Barnes, Lawrence G.

Miocene Desmatophocinae (Mammalia Carnivora)

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972. First edition. Pp. v, 76; 6 full page black-and-white photo-plates, 25 text-figures (mostly fine line-drawings and diagrams). Publisher's original light tan printed wrappers, lg 8vo. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, volume 89. This work documents the evolution of a subfamily of seals (family Phocidae), in the Pacific region. The monograph centers on the description of a new specimen of Allodesmus which allows a re-evaluation of the Miocene subfamily, Desmatophocinae. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7304

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Bryden, M.M. and Harrison, R. (editors)

Research on Dolphins

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1986. First edition Pp. xiv, 478, numerous photographs and diagrams. Publisher's dark blue cloth with red cloth spine panel, lettered in gilt on the spine, and lettered in gilt and in red on the front cover, lg 8vo. Presents 21 chapters by noted authorities; the volume is divided into three parts - Part I: Anatomy and physiology, Part II: Dolphins in captivity, and Part III: Dolphins in the oceans. From the library of Michael Newcomer with his blind-stamp on the front endpaper. Fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 3177

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals dolphins anatomy physiology Cetacea Delphinidae ISBN 0198576064

Elliot, Henry W.

A Monograph of the Seal-Islands of Alaska.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882. First edition. Pp. 175; 2 folding frontispiece color maps, 19 full page plates (line-drawings), some text-figure maps. One quarter black cloth over pressboard pamphlet binder (front original wrapper bound in place), 4to. U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Special Bulletin no. 178. A rare monograph covering the seals, walruses, sea lions and other marine species (including birds) of islands off the coast of Alaska. Bookplate of Reading Public Museum on the inside of the binder, call number on the front cover, no other ownership marks. Front wrapper is browned and with a few old creases, final page of the text is chipped and frayed around the edges with a small amount to text lost, pages are a little loose along the gutter of the binding; overall a good solid copy of a rare work..

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Book number: 4973

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals marine mammals seals walruses sea lions Pinnipeds Seal-Islands Alaska United States North America Elliot

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Mammals in the Seas, 4 volumes, complete

Rome: FAO and UNEP, 1978-1982. First edition Pp. xxv, 264, (3); ix, 151, (2); x, 504, (1); x, 541, (3), numerous photos, maps and diagrams. Publisher's original medium blue cloth, lettered in light blue on the spines and front covers and with drawing of a whale tail on the front covers, color pictorial dust jackets, 4to. Volume I: Report of the FAO ACMRR Working Party on Marine Mammals; Volume II: Pinniped Species Summaries and Reports on Sirenians, Volume III: General Papers and Large Cetaceans, Volume IV: Small Cetaceans, Seals, and Otters. Small signature of original owner, Brownell, on the front endpapers. A fine set in near fine dust jackets..

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Book number: 3440

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals mammalogy

Jordan, David Starr

Reports by Wm. Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, C.H. Townsend, F.W. True, J.J. Brice and Leonard Stejneger on Internal Resources of Alaska and the Fur-Seal Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean.

Washington: Department of the Treasury, 1878-1895. First edition. Pp. 772, 31 maps (some are in color, most are very large and folding), 2 chromolithographic plates, 67 plates (mostly black-and-white photos). Later brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, red speckling to page edges, thick lg 8vo. Contains 10 monographs by Morris, Petroff, Townsend, True, Brice, Stejneger, Alexander and Jordan on Alaska and the fur-seal fisheries. This work consists of both House of Representative and Senate documents. An important reference source on the natural history of Alaska. This work is not listed in any of the standard reference sources. Ex-library from Holyoke Public Library with gilt call number on the spine and check-out slip on front endpaper - the book was checked out just twice (in 1932 and 1937). First three pages have extensive repairs where paper had become cracked, some soiling and a few old stains to the cloth binding, marginal water marks to the outer top corner of the last few plates, text, maps and plates are bright and clean and unused; overall a good solid copy of a rare work..

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Book number: 4049

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals seals fur seal Callorhinus ursinus Fur-Seal Island Pribilof Islands Northern Fur Seal Islands Morris Petroff Townsend True Brice Stejneger Alexander Jordan Alaska fur-seal fisheries United States North America North Pacific Ocean Jordan

King, Judith E.

The Otariid Seals of the Pacific Coast of America.

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1954. First edition Pp. 309-337; 2 full page photo-plates. Original tan printed wrappers, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology series, volume 2, no. 10. Signed on the front wrapper by Richard G. Van Gleder, Curator of Mammals at the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years. Near fine copy..

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Book number: 3849

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals mammalogy otariid seals eared seal otary Otariidae pinnipeds pinnipedia Pacific Coast North America South America Pacific Ocean

Mitchell, E. and Tedford, R.H.

The Enaliarctinae, a new Group of Extinct Aquatic Carnivora and a Consideration of the Origin of the Otariidae.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1973. First edition Pp. 84, 27 text-figures (most are line-drawings, some are full page photographic plates). Original printed blue stiff wrappers, sm 4to. Small signature of Michael Cassiliano on the title page). Bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 3799

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals mammalogy Enaliarctinae Extinct Aquatic Carnivora Otariidae Enaliarctos pinniped Pinnipedia evolution extinction eared seal otariid otary

Pettit, Auguste

Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert 1er Prince Souverain de Monaco, Fascicule XXXI: Description des encephales de Grampus griseus, de Steno frontatus Cuv., et de Globicephalus melas Traill, prov. des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice

Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1905. First edition Pp. 56; 4 full page halftone plates each with onion-skin overlays. Publisher's original printed wrappers, folio (14.2 x 11.1 inches). Risso's dolphin, the Rough-toothed dolphin, and the long-finned pilot whale are covered. No ownership marks. A few faint spots to the outer wrappers, light sunning to spine; contents are bright and clean, a near fine copy..

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Book number: 3716

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals Cetacean Cetacea Risso's dolphin rough-toothed dolphin long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas Grampus griseus Steno bredanensis

Richard, J.

Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert 1er Prince Souverain de Monaco, Fascicule XCIV: Documents sur les Cétacés et Pinnipèdes Provenant des Campagnes du Prince Albert 1er de Monaco

Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1936. First edition Pp. 71; 8 double page plates each with numerous black-and-white photos and text-figures. Publisher's original printed wrappers, folio (14.2 x 11.1 inches). No ownership marks. Fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 3715

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals Cetacea Cetacean whales dolphins porpoises pinniped walrus seals exploration Monaco Europe

Scheffer, Victor B.

Pelage and Surface Topography of the Northern Fur Seal.

Washington: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1962. First edition Pp. v, 206; 112 photographic plates and 8 text-figures. Publisher's original black cloth, boldly lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine, 8vo. North American Fauna series no. 64. From the library of the late Richard G. Van Gelder, American Museum Curator of Mammals, with his signature on the front endpaper. Fine (as new) copy..

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Book number: 3807

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals seals pinnipedia pinnipeds northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus skin coat fur Fur-Seal Island Alaska United States North America

Stejneger, Leonhard and Jordan, David Starr.

The Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Part 4: The Asiatic Fur-Seal Islands and Fur-Seal Industry

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. First edition Pp. 383, 86 black-and-white photo-plates, 27 folding maps and charts (some in color). Publisher's original blue pebble cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 4to. The Introduction states: ""The following treatise is based upon observations gathered during four different visits to the Commander Islands, off the coast of Kamchatka, the first undertaken in 1882 -83, during the palmist days of fur-seal industry."" Other expeditions took place in 1895, 1896 and 1897. This work is the fourth and final part of Jordan's 'Report of the Fur-Seal Investigation in 1896- 1987.' Some slight edge-wear to cloth, text and plates bright and clean; a tight, very good copy..

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Book number: 3708

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals seals fur seal Callorhinus ursinus Russian Fur-Seal Island Pribilof Islands Northern Fur Seal Islands

Turner, Sir William

Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H M S Challenger during the Years 1873-76 under the Command of Captain George S Nares and Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, Zoology, Vol. XXVI, Part 68 - Report on the Seals

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1888. First edition. Pp. (vi), 3-240; 10 full page tinted lithographed plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text, 5 text-figures (woodcuts). Later one-quarter black morocco leather, spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt on red and black author/title labels in three compartments, over the original English marbled boards, lg 4to. This volume consists of a description of the skeletons of the Seals collected on the Challenger expedition to the Kerguelen group of Islands, Heard Island, Messier Channel off the west coast of Patagonia, the Falkland Islands and Juan Fernandez Island. The specimens belong to the genera Macrorhinus, Leptonychotes, Otaria and Arctocephalus. This work also presents a revised classification of the Pinnipedia and a comparison of the brains of the Elephant Seal and Walrus with the brains of the Carnivora. There is also an Appendix at the end on the Myology of the Pinnipedia by W. S. Strettell Miller. No ownership marks. There is a touch of marginal tanning to some text pages; a tight, bright and clean copy in near fine condition in an attractive binding..

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Book number: 7847

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, Townsend, C.H. and others

Reports to the Secretary of the Treasury, in Relation to the Condition of Sea Life on the Fur-Seal Rookeries of the Pribilof Islands and to Pelagic Sealing in Bering Sea and the Pacific Oceans (2 Parts in 2 Volumes + Atlas volume)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. First edition Pp. (text): viii, 379; 154 with 23 plates and other illustrations, 12 large folding maps and charts (many maps are in color); pp. (atlas): (4), with 46 full page photo-plates (many are large and folding panoramic plates with linen-backings). Text: publisher's original three-quarter dark brown morocco leather, spine lettered in gilt, over red marbled boards with matching marbled endpapers and page edges, lg 8vo; Atlas: publisher's original three quarter tan sheep leather with red and black morocco spine labels, over red marbled boards, oblong lg 8vo. All three volumes were issued by the 54th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Document 137, Part 1 - Text (in 2 volumes) and Part 2 - Atlas (in 1 volume). The atlas volume presents photos of several rookeries on two of the Bering Sea islands which document the methods for killing fur-seals. The text volumes present the distribution, life history and harvesting of the fur-seals of the Pribilof Islands. Name stamp of Jno S. Witmer on front blank endpaper of both text volumes, ink stamp on front endpaper of the atlas volume ""Afognak, Alaska, Received June 26, 1910."" Slight edge wear to the leather of all three volumes, outer corners a bit worn on atlas, small black spot to rear calf of atlas volume; a bright and clean set in very good condition..

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Book number: 3804

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Marine mammals seals pinnipedia pinnipeds northern fur seal Callorhinus ursinus fishing fisheries Pribilof Islands Pelagic Sealing open water sealing Bering Sea Pacific Ocean Rookeries Alaska United States North America 1895

Wurtz, Maurizio

Balene e Delfini del Mediterraneo

Monaco: Musée Océanographique, 1991. First edition Pp. 32 text leaves (13 are full page half-tone plates of dolphins and whales, 1 is double page, some are color-tinted), 19 smaller half-tones and text-figures (1 in color). Printed purple portfolio, folio. Presents the whales and dolphins that inhabit the Mediterranean sea. Fine copy..

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Book number: 3703

Catalogue: Marine Mammals

Keywords: Mammalogy mammals marine cetaceans Cetacea whales dolphins Mediterranean sea Europe