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Reynolds, V., 1968. The Apes. The Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Orangutan, and Gibbon. Their History and Their World. E.P. Dutton: New York. 296 pp., 15 figs., 110 pls., hardcover with dust jacket with some tears. $25. Rijksen, H.D. and E. Meijaard. 1999. Our Vanishing Relative: The Status of Wild Orang-Utans at the Close of the Twentieth Century. Springer Verlag. 480 pp., num. figs., Paperback, ex library, some marks. $125. Rijksen, H.D., 1978. A Field Study of Sumatran Orang Utans- Ecology, Behavior and Conservation. H. Veenan: Wageningen, Netherlands. 420 pp., 161 figs., paperbound, thesis, ex library stamps, very good condition $40. Roberts, A., 1954 (2nd ed.). The Mammals of South Africa. Trustees of the Mammals of South Africa: Johannesburg. 700 pp., 54 (num. in color) pls. Cloth, some page damage, stains $50. Romer, Alfred S. [1928]. Pleistocene mammals of Algeria. Fauna of the Paleolithic Station of Mechta-el-Arbi. [Logan Museum Bulletin 1 (Belvit College Bulletin 26]: 79-163. Original paper, card stock covers, like new $40 Romer, A.E. 1958. Vertebrate Paleontology. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. 687 pp., 489 figs. Pic HC, DJ, DJ good, book very good, mild foxing $10 Rosevaer, D.R., 1969. The Rodents of West Africa. The British Museum (Natural History): London. 604 pp., 88 figs., Cloth ex library, good condition $110. Rumbaugh, D.M. (ed.), 1977. Language Learning by a Chimpanzee. The Lana Project. Academic Press. 312 pp., num. figs., hardcover with dust jacket, ex library stamps and. $25. Russell, R.J., 1968. Evolution and Classification of the Pocket Gophers of the Subfamily Geomyinae. University of Kansas Press: Lawrence, Kansas. 107 pp., 9 figs., paperback, ex library $25. Russon, A.E. and D.R. Begun (eds.). 2004. The Evolution of Thought: Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 384 pp., num. figs., Hardcover ex library $55. Schaller, G.B. et al., 1985. The Giant Pandas of Wolong. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. 298 pp., num. figs., cloth with dust jacket, ex library (stamped). $15. Schenkel, R. and L. Schenkel-Hulliger, 1969. Ecology and Behaviour of the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis L.). P. Parey: Hamburg. 99 pp., 26 figs., frontispiece, paperback, good condition $25. Schouteden, H., 1944-1947. De Zoogdieren van Belgisch Congo en van Ruanda-Urundi. 1. Primates, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Pholidota. 2. Carnivora Ungulata. 3. Ungulata , Rodentia. Annals of the Museum van Belgisch Congo: Tervuren. 576 pp., 610 figs., new red half calf with original front cover bound in, ex library with stamps $160. Schropfer, R. et al. (eds.), 1992. Semiaquatische Säugetiere. Semiaquatic Mammals. M aterialien des 2. Internationalen Symposiums “Semiaquatische Säugetiere” in Osnabrück vom 9.6 bis 6 December 1992. W issenschaftliche Beiträge, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-W ittenberg, Halle/Saale, 1992, 468 pp., num. figs., paperback, ex library, stamps $48. Searle, J.B. and J.M. Wojcik (eds.), 2000. Evolution in the Sorex araneus Group: Cytogenetics and Molecular Aspects. Suppl. Acta Theriologica. 191 pp., num. figs., paperback, very good $30. Setzer, H.W., 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 141 pp., 10 figs., paperback, very good $25. Shelford, Victor E. 1926. Naturalist’s Guide to the Americas. The Williams and Wilkins Co.: Baltimore, Maryland. 761 pp., 16 figs. $15 Paperback, card stock covers, no DJ, bent corners, fading, shelf wear, binding strong and pages solid Shortridge, G.C., 1934. The Mammals of South West Africa. A Biological Account of the Forms Occurring in That Region. 2 volumes. Willima Heineman. 779 pp., 15, 18 pls. 6, 25 maps, 1 folding map, frontispieces, green cloth, ex library $60. Sikes, S.K., 1971. The Natural History of the African Elephant. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 397 p, 54 figs., num. pls.and photos, frontispiece, cloth with dust jacket, ex library $85. Simpkins, J., 1974. Techniques of Biological Preparation. Blackie Academic and Professional: London. 100 p., num. figs., photos throughout, 8 color pls, hardcover, very good $56. Sody, H.J.V., 1959. Das Javanische Nashorn Rhinoceros sondaicus. Historisch und biologisch; 134 pp., 7 figs., 4 pls., paperback, ex library stamps and markings. $38. Soeuf, A.S. le and H. Burrell, 1926. The Wild Animals of Australasia-Embracing the Mammals of New Guinea and the Nearer Pacific Islands-With a Chapter on the Bats of Australia and New Guinea. George H. Harrap: London. 388 pp., num. pls., frontispiece, publisher's decorated cloth (outer ends spine worn) ex library stamps $25. Solbrig, O.T. (ed.) 1991. From Genes to Ecosystems: A Research Agenda for Biodiversity. International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS): Paris, France. 124 pp. Original paper, card stock covers, LIKE NEW $20 Stein, B.A. and S.R. Flack. 1996. America’s Least Wanted: Alien Species Invasions of U.S. Ecosystems. The Nature Conservancy: Arlington, Virginia. 31 pp., illus. New, paperback, card covers $5 Stebbings, R.E., 1988. The Conservation of European Bats. Christopher Helm. 246 pp., num. figs. and maps, paperback, new copy. $25. Stenseth, N.C. and R.A. Ims (eds.). 1993. The Biology of Lemmings. Linnean Society Symposium Series 15. 683 pp., num. figs., color frontispiece, hardcover with dust jacket, ex library. $190. Stenseth, N.C. and R.A. Ims (eds.). 1993. The Biology of Large African Mammals in Their Environment. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London. 304 pp., num. figs., 4 image pls. original cloth, ex library. $60. Stoddard, D.M. (ed.), 1980. Olfaction in Mammals. Academic Press. Zoological Society of London Symposium 45. 363 pp., num. figs., cloth, ex library (stamped). $25. Sutton, PP. and C. Sutton. 1994. How to Spot an Owl. Charters: Selburne. 143 pp. Pb, very good $5 Sutton, G.M. and W.J. Hamilton, 1932. The Exploration of Southampton Island, Hudson Bay. Part II. Zoölogy. Section 1.- The Mammals of Southampton Island. Carnegie Institute: Pittsburgh. 111 pp., 5 pls. paperback, new copy ink mark in top right corner. $95. Taboada, G.S., 1979. Los Murcielagos De Cuba. Editora de la Academia: La Habana. 423 pp., num. figs., 53 pls. paperback, good condition, spine wear $90. Tate, G.H.H., 1936. Some Muridae of the Indo-Australian Region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 228 pp., 32 figs., paperback, good condition, ex library stamp $27. Tate, G.H.H., 1942. Review of the Vespertilionine bats, with special attention to genera and species of the Archbold Collections. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 77 pp., 5 figs., paperback, very good $25. Tattersall, I. and R.W. Sussman (eds.), 1975. Lemur Biology. Plenum: New York. 365 pp., num. figs., hardcover with dust jacket, ex library (stamped). $40. Taylor, W.P., 1918. Revision of the rodent genus Aplodontia. University of California Publications in Zoology: Berkeley. 70 pp., 16 figs., 5 pls., paperback (printed covers), new and unopened $37. Terborgh, J., 1983. Five New World Primates. A Study in Comparative Ecology. Princeton University Press: Princeton. 260 pp., num. figs., cloth with dust jacket, ex library stamps $35. Thompson, H.V. and C.M. King (eds.). 1994. The European Rabbit: The History and Biology of a Successful Colonizer. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 245 pp., num. figs. cloth with plastic dust jacket, ex library $100. Toschi, A., 1965. Fauna d'Italia. Vol. VII. Mammalia. Lagomorpha, Rodentia, Carnivora, Ungulata, Cetacea. Edixioni Calderini: Bologna. 647 pp., 417 figs., 4 color pls., hardcover, some rippling on corner of cover, ex library stamps $95. Toschi, A. and B. Lanza, 1959. Fauna d'Italia. Vol. IV. Mammalia. Generalita, Insectivora, Chiroptera. Calderini: Bologna. 488 pp., 163 figs., 1 color plate, cloth, ex library stamps $90. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1979. Administration of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 April 1, 1978 to March 31, 1979. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C. 86 pp. + app. Paper, shelf wear, card stock, some writing on cover $10. Van der Valk, A. 1989. Northern Prairie Wetlands. Iowa State University Press: Ames, Iowa. 400 pp. HC, shelf wear only $45 Verheyen, W.N., 1962. Contribution à la Craniologie Comparée des Primates. Les Genres Colobus illiger 1811 et Cercophithecus linne 1758. Tervuren. 255 pp., num. figs. and graphs, 32 pls., cloth, ex library (stamped), rebound, excellent. $38. Vinogradov, B. and A. Argiropulo, 1968. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. Mammals. Key to Rodents [In English translated]. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. 230 pp., 109 figs., hardcover with dust jacket, ex library stamps $35. Walker, E.P. et al., 1968 (2nd ed.). Mammals of the World. 2 Vols. 1. Monotremata, Marsupialia, Insectivora, Dermoptera, Chiroptera, Primates, Edentata, Pholidota. Vol 2. Lagomorpha, Rodentia, Cetacea, Carnivora, Pinnipedia, Tubulidentata, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Sirenia, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla. Johns Hopkins Press. 1500 pp., hundreds of photographs, cloth, contained in slipcase, very good copy. $45. Wijngaarden, A. van, 1964-1970. The Badger, Meles meles (L.) in the Netherlands / De Bever, Castor fiber L., in Nederland / De Otter, Lutra lutra (L.), in Nederland. Lutra 60 + 30 + 72 pp., 6, 1, 7 figs., 2, 12 pls., 1 folded map, paperback, stapled, good condition $25. Winge, H., 1941-1942. The Interrelationships of the Mammalian Genera. 3 volumes. [Translated from Danish by E. Deichmann and G.M. Allen, Edited by A.S. Jenssen, et al.]. C.A. Reitzels Forlag: Copenhagen. 1114 pp., several figs., 1 pl., very good, ex library $175. Wilson, D.E. and G.L. Graham (eds.), 1992. Pacific Island Flying Foxes: Proceedings of an International Conservation Conference. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Report 90(23). 176 pp., num. figs. paperback, ex library stamp $25. Young, S.P. and E.A. Goldman, 1944 (1st ed.). Wolves of North America. Part I - Their History, Life Habits, Economic Status and Control. Part II - Classification of Wolves. American Wildlife Institute. 636 pp., 131 pls. (some in color) original green decorated cloth, good condition, original, not the reprint $37. Young, S.P. and E.A. Goldman, 1946 (2nd ed.). The Puma. Mysterious American Cat. Part I. History, Life Habits, Economic Status, and Control. Part II. Classification of the Races of the Puma. Dover Publications: New York. 358 pp., 6 figs., 92 photographs/pls., original cloth, title page tear, good otherwise $38. Youngman, PP.M. 1958. Geographic variation in the pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae, in Colorado. University of Kansas Publications 9(12): 363-384. Paper, wraps good condition $5 MARINE MAMMALS: Anonymous. 1869 [2005 reprint].The Whaling Directory of the United States in 1869. With the Signals of the Fleet Lithographed in Colors [Rarities from the Sturgis Library, facsimile edition, limited]. Clock and Rose: Harwich Port, Massachusetts. 46 pp. + [6 pp. adv.], 84 color lithographs of house flags, alphabetical list of vessels Original HC, DJ, new [Unique reference book (now part of Sturgis' maritime archives in Barnstable MA), printed for sea captains and all those concerned with the whaling industry, which enabled them to correctly identify whaling vessels from U.S. ports] $60 … Abel, O., 1901-1905. Les Daphins Longirostres du Bolderien (Miocène superiur) des environs d'Anvers [in French, The dolphins in Antwerp] AND Les Odontocètes du Bolderien (Miocène superieur) des environs d'Anvers [in French, The Odontocetes of Bolderien (upper Miocene) in the area of Antwerp]. Memoris of Royal Museum of Natural History Belgium. 95 pp., 155 pp., 17 pp., 27 figs., 10 pls. roy. 4to, cloth, good condition $90 Abel, O., 1914. Die Vorfaren der Bartenwale [in German, The Ancestors of Whales]. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften: Wien. 70 pp., 20 figs., 12 pls. roy. 4to, disbound (no covers), unopened copy $145 Allen, G.M., 1916. The whalebone whales of New England. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 8(2): 107-322, 12 figs., 9 pls., paperback, folio, cover taped, ex library stamps, good. $60. Andrews, R.C. and H. von W. Schulte, 1914-1916. Monographs of the Pacific Cetacea. I. The California Grey Whale (Rhachianectes glaucus Cope). II. The Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis Lesson). 1. History, Habits, External Anatomy, Osteology, and Relationship. 2. Anatomy of a Foetus of Balaenoptera borealis. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History (all four in one). 59 pp., 214 pp., 22 pp., 38 pp., 10 figs., 57 pls. roy. 4to, hardcover cloth, good condition $280 Arseniev, V.A. and K.I. Panin (eds.), 1968. Lastonogie severnoi chasti Tikhogo okeana [in Russian, Pinnipeds of the North Pacific]. Izvestiya TINRO 62. 282 pp., num. figs., cloth, ex library stamps $42. Avern, P. (ed.), 2001. Humpback Whale (from 2000 Conference Proceedings). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 210 pp., num. figs., paperback, very good $25. Baird, Spencer F. 1873. Report of the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England in 1871 and 1872. Part I. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries: Washington, D.C. xxlvii + 852 pp. + 40 full page pls. (maps and fish species), scattered text illus., + large folded chart Hardcover, good+, rear hinge split but holding, spine titles worn, extremities bumped, some soiling as expected. [includes folded chart of Massachusetts and Rhode Island coast, Monomoy to Block Island; The first testimony included in the Report begins: "There are very few fish indeed now, to what there used to be", the causes of which are examined in detail in the Fish and Fisheries Commissioner's report to the 42nd Congress] $125 … Baird, Spencer [Starbuck, Alexander]. 1878. Report of the Commissioner for 1875-76 INCLUDES: A. Inquiry into the Decrease of the Food-Fishes; B. The Propagation of Food-Fishes in the Waters of the United States. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries: Washington, D.C. ix + 50 pp. + 1029 pp., 6 pls. Hardcover, very good [Following the 50-page report referred to in the sub-title is the famous 780-page "History of the American Whale Fishery from its Earliest Days to the Year 1876" by Alexander Starbuck, written at the request of Spencer Baird, Commissioner, and since this first appearance reprinted many times. A lengthy second appendix deals with the inland fisheries (lakes and rivers)] $60 Second copy, Good, ex-library (Library of Congress), small chip to top spine corner. $55 Baird, Spencer. 1884. Report of the Commissioner for 1881. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries: Washington, D.C. 1146 pp., 18 pls., index. Hardcover, very good, light foxing [Monumental study of stations, propagation, investigations of off-shore fishing grounds, fishery census, ocean temperatures, and species of fish cultivated in 1881] $75 Baker, Mary L. 1987. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World. Doubleday: New York. 224 pp., abundant illus. hardcover, DJ., 4to, very good [introduction to the mysterious undersea world, organized around systematic classification of 39 genera and 75 species beginning with the small river dolphins and ending with great right whales] $18 Baker, A.N., 1983. Whales and Dolphins of New Zealand and Australia. An Identification Guide. Victoria University Press: Wellington. 133 pp., num. figs. and photos (several in color), paperback, very good. $25. Beale, Thomas. 1839. The Natural History of the Sperm Whale to Which is Added, a Sketch of a South Sea Whaling Voyage in Which the Author Has Personally Engaged. John Van Vorst: London. 393 pp., 2 pls. + frontice ¾ calf leather, gilt titles, some rubbing to covers, endpapers with some spotting, likely rebound some time ago, very good condition [This book was used as inspiration and source material for Herman Melville’s Moby Dick] $2900 Beamish, Peter. 1993. Dancing with Whales. An Adventure Story Reveals New Concepts of Time. Creative: Newfoundland. 159 pp., b/w diagrams Paperback, 8vo, near fine, SIGNED and dedicated by the author with remarque [Geophysical and Bioacoustical Oceanographer shares his years of study] $12 Beauregard, H. and R. Bouolart, N.D. (CA. 1898). Recherches Anatomiques sur les Balaenides [in French, Anatomical Research on Balaenids]. Nouvelles Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris). 18 pp., 1 lithographed pl., roy. 4to, printed wraps, missing front cover $33 Beddard, F.E., 1887. On the structure of Hookers sea-lion (Arctocephalus hookeri). Transaction of the Zoological Society of London 36: 12 pp., 2 pls. (1 in color) 4to, disbound $52 Behrmann, G., 1994. Evolution der Wale [In German, Evolution of Whales]. Bremerhaven: Nordseemuseum, Lebensraum "Meer". 105 pp., num. figs., 1 color pl. paperback, plastic sleeve covers $30. Behrmann, G., 1995. Ergänzende Beiträge zur Anatomie der Zahnwale (Odontoceti). Additional Contributions to the Anatomy of Toothed Whales (Odontoceti) [In German and English]. Bremerhaven: Nordseemuseum, Lebensraum "Meer" 10. 92 pp., num. figs., 2 color pls. paperback plastic sleeve cover. $38. Beland, P., 1996. Beluga. A Farewell to Whales. Lyons Press: New York. 224 pp., several figs., 8 color pls. cloth with dust jacket, as new $25. Beneden, P.-J. van, 1877. Descriptions des Ossements Fosiles des Environs d'Anvers. Première Partie (Planches). Pinnipèdes ou Amphiteriens. [in French, Description of fossil bones in the vicinity of Antwerp, Part 5…]. Ann. Mus. Roy. D’Hist. Nat. Belqique. 18 lithographed pls. folio, original printed boards, spine taped, front cover somewhat foxed, some slight marginal foxing in some plates, old library stamp on title-page. $270 Beneden, P.-J. van, 1885. Descriptions des Ossements Fossiles des Environs d'Anvers. Quatrième Partie (Planches). Genre Plesiocetus. [in French, Description of fossil bones in the vicinity of Antwerp, Part 5…]. Ann. Mus. Roy. D’Hist. Nat. Belqique. 30 lithographed pls., folio, original printed boards, some slight marginal foxing on some plates, inner margin on half-title page taped $380 Beneden, P.-J. van, 1886. Descriptions des Ossements Fossiles des Environs d'Anvers. Cinquième Partie (Planches). Genres Amphicetus, Hetrocetus, Mesocetus, Idiocetus and Isocetus [in French, Description of fossil bones in the vicinity of Antwerp, Part 5…]. Ann. Mus. Roy. D’Hist. Nat. Belqique. 75 lithographed pls. folio, original printed boards, front cover browned, title-plates foxed, some marginal foxing in some plates, inner margin half-title taped, library stamps on front cover and half-title. $720 Bockstoce, John R. 1986. Whales, Ice and Men. The History of Whaling in the Western Arctic. First edition. University of Washington Press: Seattle, Washington. 400 pp., completely illustrated w/ b/w archival photos, maps, endpaper maps, Hardcover, DJ, near fine, small chips to DJ $45 … Bodfish, Captain Hartson H. (as told by) and Joseph C. Allen (recorded by). 1936. Chasing the Bowhead. First edition. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts. ix + 281 pp., 8 b/w full-page photo pls. Hardcover, good+ overall; slightly yellowed page edges, spine top torn, edges rubbed, false title page abraded; lightly soiled decorative green cloth boards w/ gilt whale illustration, gilt letters and decoration on spine; INSCRIBED by the author [b/w frontis painting of the author by Arthur Freedlander; account of author's whaling days beyond the Arctic Circle; he was the first master to spend a winter in the Arctic in order to lengthen the season].,.. $75 Bouef, B.J. le and R.M. Lawas (eds.), 1994. Elephant Seals: Their Population, Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology. University of California Press. 414 pp., numerous figs. cloth, hardcover, dust jacket, library stamps and markings, very good. $155 Bonner, W. Nigel. 1980. Whales. Blanford Mammal Series. Blandford: England. Ix + 278 pp., 14 color photos, 70+ b/w line drawings and photos Original HC, DJ, 8vo, very good [Describes the natural history of whales, dolphins and porpoises, and covers their adaptation from the basic mammalian pattern to life at sea] $15 Bree, P.J.H. van, 2005. Updated Catalogue of the Remains of Pinnipedia (Mammalia) in the Collection of the Zoological Museum Amsterdam University of Amsterdam. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden. 48 pp., 25 pls., ~ 125 figs. paperback, new $35. Brewington, M.V. and D. Brewington. 1965. Kendall Whaling Museum Paintings. Kendall Whaling Museum: Sharon. 137 pp., 160 b& w pls., 13 color pls. Cloth, gilt lettering, near fine $35… Brown, S.G., 1962. The movements of fin and blue whales within the Antarctic Zone. Discovery Reports 33. 54 pp., 16 figs., 11 charts paperback, ex library stamps $45. Brownell, R.L. et al. (eds.). 1986. Right Whales: Past and Present Status. Proceedings of the Workshop on the Status of Right Whales. 289 pp., num. figs. 4to, hardbound, library stamps, good copy. $125 Burmeister, G., 1869. Description de cuatro especies de Delfinides de la costa Argentina en el Oceano Atlantico [in Spanish, Description of four species of delfinids off the Argentine coast of the Atlantic Ocean]. Anales del Museo Publico de Beunos Aires. 79 pp., 8 lithographed pls. small folio, paper, partly loose, library stamps, some foxing. [Also includes: G. Burmeister: Catalogo de los Mamiferos Argentinos con las especies exoticas que se conservan en el Museo Publico de Buenos Aires (20 pp.).] $270 Burton, Robert. 1973. The Life and Death of Whales. Universe Books: New York. 159 pp., 14 photos and 21 figures in the text, 2 tabs. Original HC, DJ, laminate sleeve [The anatomy, life cycles, food and behavior of whales, patterns of movement, breeding, songs and speech] $18 Busch, Briton Cooper (ed.). 1980. Master of Desolation. The Reminiscences of Captain Joseph J. Fuller. First edition. Mystic Seaport Museum: Mystic, Connecticut. Vol. IX of The American Maritime Library. xxxi + 349 pp., 2 maps Original HC, DJ, very good [Fuller served for fifty years after the Civil War in the New London branch of the whaling industry that hunted elephant seals at Kerguelen (Desolation) Island in the Indian Ocean. One of the two voyages described here ended in shipwreck, with Fuller and his bickering crew stranded for eleven months] $18… Camerano, L., 1884. Ricerche intorno a anatomia di un feto di Otaria jubate (Forster). Acad. Rle. delle Sc. di Torino. 47 pp., 8 figs., 5 pls. (1 in color) roy. 4to, paperbound, plain covers $47 Coffey, D.J. 1977. Dolphins, Whale, and Porpoises. Macmillan: New York. 223 pp., copiously illustrated w/ 32 color pages and 50 b/w pages of photos Original HC, DJ, 4to, near fine, owner’s signature Richard Ellis [An encyclopedia of sea mammals, from the humpback to the scarcely seen dugong. The author is a veterinary clinician and specialist in animal behavior]. $18 Colby, B.L. 1990. For Oil and Buggy Ships. B.L. Colby: Mystic. 202 pp., illus. Paperback, as new [Sketches of local whaling captains] $18 Domning, D.P., 1966. Bibliography and index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleontology 80. 611 pp., paperback, very good $37. Deinse, A.B. van, 1931. De Walvisckachtige Dieren van Nederland. Fossieles zoowel als recente [in Dutch, Whales and Whale Animals of the Netherlands. Fossil and Recent]. H.J. Paris: Amsterdam. 304 pp., 31 pls. (with 39 figs) paperbound, good condition, [This is the published trade edition of Van Deinse's thesis about two stranded sperm whales in the Netherlands. Includes newpaper article on Van Deinse’s thesis and obituary by Erna Mohr; also signature and handwritten postcard from Van Deinse to Dr. Van der Vlerk dated 1942] $175 Doak, Wade. 1982. Dolphin Dolphin. First American edition. Sheridan House: New York. 245 pp., b/w sketches, full color photos Original HC, DJ, 4to, fine [Research on cetacean intelligence and communication, with an emphasis on dolphin-initiated approaches to humans] $18 Dwight, T., Jr. 1872. Description of the whale (Balaenoptera musculus Auct.) in the possession of the Society: with remarks on the classification of fin whales. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 203-230, 11 figs., pl. 6-7. Original covers bound with blue tape, front tattered and chipped, but contents intact (unopened). Black and white plates of skull and postcranial elements (fold-out) and external appearance. $60 Edwards, E.J. and J. Rattray. 1956. Whale Off! The Story of American Shore Whaling. F.A. Stokes: New York. 285 pp., 21 illus., maps green cloth, gilt, very good, some fading, SIGNED by both authors $40 Eschricht, D.F., 1848. Undersogelser over Hvalyrne. Sjette afhandling. Usbytte paa en Reisse gjennem det nordvestlige Europa i Sommeren 1846, som Tillaeg foregaaende Afhandlinger [in Danish, Studies of Whales 6. Thesis. Travels through Europe in the Summer of 1846]. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter 54 pp., figs. cloth with marbled covers., library stamps, good condition $70 Faulkner, Joseph P. 1878. Eighteen Months on a Greenland Whaler. First edition. Published for the Author by Maria Faulkner: New York. 317 pp. Original hardcover, wetted pages, green cloth boards, gilt letters, rear endpaper missing, 16mo, reading copy, pencil notations by previous owner, torn spine re-glued $75 Flower, W.H., 1866-1879. Assortment of papers including: On the External Characters of two Species of British Dolphins (Delphinus delphis, and Delphinus tursio) / On the Osteology of the Cachalot or Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) / Description of the Skeleton of Inia geoffrensis and the Skull of Pontoporia blainvillii, with Remarks of the Systematic Position of these Animals in the Order Cetacea / On the recent Ziphioid Whales, with a Description of the Skeleton of Berardius arnouxi / A further Contribution to the Knowledge of the existing Ziphioid Whales / On a Specimen of Ziphius recently obtained near Dunedin. 6 rare antiquarian papers published in Transactions of the Zoological Society London: 21 pp., 64 pp., 30 pp., 32 pp., 23 pp., 8 pp., figs. 2, 7, 4, 3, 3, 3 (3 double-paged, 5 folded, 4 in color) lithographed pls. roy. 4to, cloth, some foxing on a few plates, most plates clean. $620 Forbes, W.A., 1881. Notes on the External Characters and Anatomy of the Californian Sea Lion (Otaria gillespii). Transaction of the Zoological Society London. 7 pp., 3 pls. (2 in color) 
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