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Laurie, A.H., 1933. Some aspects of respiration in blue and fin whales. Discovery Reports 47: 363-406, 4 figs., 1 pl. cloth, rebound, library stamps $27. Laurie, A.H., 1937. The age of female blue whales and the effect of whaling on the wtock. Discovery Reports 15: 223-284. 14 figs., num. tables cloth, rebound, ex library stamps. $25. Laws, R.M., 1961. Reproduction, growth and age of Southern Rightfin Whales. Discovery Reports. 160 pp., 60 figs., 4 pls., 33 tables, roy. 4to, cloth, rebound with original front cover laid on, library stamps $121 Leatherwood, Stephen, David K. Caldwell, and Howard E. Winn. 1976. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic. A Guide to Their Identification. NOAA Techical Report NMFS Circular 396: Washington D.C. 176 pp., profusely illustrated throughout, b&w photos and drawings, Paperback, 4to, very good [With special assistance by William E. Schevill and Melba C. Caldwell. Includes occurrence information on cetacean encounters and strandings.]. $15 Leatherwood, Stephen, Randall R. Reeves, William F. Perrin, and William E. Evans. 1982. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters. A Guide to Their Identification. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular 444: Washington D.C. 245 pp., profusely illustrated throughout, b&w photos and drawings [With Appendix A on Tagging by Larry Hobbs. Includes occurrence information on cetacean encounters and strandings] (2 copies) paperback, 4to, very good $20 Leatherwood, S. et al., 1988. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters. A Guide to Their Identification. Dover Publications: Mineola; 250 pp., num. photos paperback, very good. $30. Lichter, A. and A. Hooper. 1983. Guia para el Reconnocimiento de Cetaceos del Mar Argentino. Foundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina. First National Bank of Boston. 95 pp., drawings Paper, very good SIGNED and DEDICATED to Richard Ellis [Keys to identification of species] $12 Lockley, R.M., 1966. Grey Seal, Common Seal. An Account of the Life Histories of British Seals. October House: New York. 175 pp., 10 figs., 8 pls., hardcover with dust jacket, good condition. $25. Lubbock, Basil. 1968. The Arctic Whalers. Brown, Son & Ferguson: Glasgow. 483 pp., 85 illus. including foldout plan, map endpapers HC, DJ, very good+ [Detailed history of the fishery. Appendices include whaling returns (1861-1883), and lists of whalers from Whitby, Hull and Peterhead] $50 … Mackintosh, N.A., 1942. The southern stocks of whalebone whales. Discovery Reports 22. 104 pp., 9 figs. [BOUND TOGETHER WITH] N.A. Mackintosh, 1947. The natural history of whalebone whales. Annual Report of the U.S. National Museum. 32 pp., 2 pls. cloth, ex library stamps $56. Magnolia, L.R. (compiler). 1977. Whales, Whaling and Whale Research. A Selected Bibliography. The Whaling Museum: Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York. Publication Number WM-1. 91 pp. paperback, reading copy, most pages separated from wraps, prior owner notations, otherwise very good; SIGNED and DEDICATED by the author to Richard Ellis $25 Matthews, L.H., 1938. Notes on the southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Discovery Reports 17. 169-182, 6 pls. (1 in color) paperback, few cover marks $37. McCorkle, Cpt. Samuel. 1941. Incident on the Bark Columbia Being Letters Received & Sent by Captain McCorkle and the Crew of his Whaler 1860-2. Cummington Press: Cummington. Unpaginated Fine first edition, hand printed cloth, near fine, limited #269/300 $130 McIntyre, Joan (ed.). 1974. Mind in the Waters. A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins. Charles Scribner's Sons: Old Tappan, New Jersey. 240 pp., abundantly illus with drawings, charts, maps and 18 color photos, Hardcover, 4to, DJ with small tears, very good [Collection of poems, essays, articles celebrating the consciousness of cetaceans. Assembled by the founder of Project Jonah] $20 McNally, Robert. 1981. So Remorseless a Havoc. Of Dolphins, Whales and Men. Little, Brown: Boston, Massachusetts. 268 pp., b/w photos HC, DJ, 8vo, very good [History, cetacean science, legends and literature] $18 Moore, J.C., 1968. Relationships Among the Living Genera of Beaked Whales with Classifications. Fieldiana Zoology. 90 pp., 24 figs. paperbound, waterstain in right bottom corner of front cover and first few pages not affecting text $42 Murie, J., 1872-1880. On the Form and Structure of the Manatee (Manatus americanus) TOGETHER WITH Further Observations on the Manatee. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 106 pp., 15 pls. (3 two-page, 4 partly colored) 
roy. 4to, new cloth a few pages foxed. [Rare and very thorough morphological work on the manatee with beautiful plates.] $380 Nachtigall, P.E. et al. (eds.), 1995. Harbour Porpoises. Laboratory Studies to Reduce Bycatch. Woerden: Netherlands. 168 pp., num. figs. hardcover, marks, good $40. National Geographic. 2004. National Geographic Atlas of the World. Eight Edition. National Geographic: Washington, D.C.. 416 pp., wraparound photo cover, color pictures, satellite images, drawings, maps, etc. huge folio 12 x 18.5” (9 lbs.), laminate slipcase, New [More than 15,000 updates and editorial changes and an index of more than 140,000 place names. Most accurate and interesting record of the world yet. Stunning maps, photos, satellite imagery, human activities, urban areas, environment, oceans, space]. $50 Nielsen, A.K., 1924. Door de Tropen naar de Zuidelijke Ijszee ter Walvischvangst. Querido: Amsterdam. 246 pp., 50 pls., docorated cloth, few exterior stains $25. Norris, Kenneth S. 1991. Dolphin Days. The Life and Times of the Spinner Dolphin. W.W. Norton: New York. 335 pp., 30 photos and diags. Hardcover, DJ, 8vo, fine [How dolphins swim, find food, breathe in rough weather, and how they protect themselves in an underwater world totally without places to hide] $15 Old Dartmouth Historical Society. 1975. New Bedford & Old Dartmouth A Portrait of a Region’s Past- A Bicentennial Exhibition of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford. New Bedford Whaling Museum. New Bedford. paper, near fine $15 JC O’Shea, T.J. et al. (eds.). 1995. Population Biology of the Florida Manatee. U.S. Department of the Interior: Washington, D.C. 289 pp., num. figs., paperback, ex library stamp. $25. Ommanney, F.D., 1932. The vascular networks (retia mirabilia) of the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus). Discovery Reports 5:327-262, 10 figs., cloth (original front cover laid on), ex library stamps $72. Payne, Roger. 1995. Among Whales. Scribner: New York. 431 pp. Hardcover, DJ, 8vo, very good+ [Our most advanced knowledge about whales by a leading cetacean biologist] $15 Payne, Roger (ed.). 1983. Communication and Behavior of Whales. American Association for the Advancement of Science: Washington D.C. 643 pp., charts, b/w photos, maps Hardcover, grey cloth boards w/ red lettering, 8vo, very good+ [Documentation of some of the core studies that ushered in a dramatic change in focus and methodology. Part of the AAAS Selected Symposia Series, begun in 1977, to provide a means to record and disseminate valuable material discussed at the AAAS National Meetings, edited by a leading research scientist] $85 Perrin, William F. 2004. Chronological Bibliography of the Tuna-Dolphin Problem 1941 - 2001. NOAA Technical Memorandum Series: La Jolla, California. 194 pp. Very good, paperback, 4to $25 Perrin, W.F., 1975. Variation of spotted and spinner porpoise (genus Stenella) in the Eastern Pacific and Hawaii. University of California Publications in Zoology. 206 pp., 83 figs., paperback. $25. Perrin, W.F. et al., 1987. Revision of the spotted dolphins Stenella spp. Marine Mammal Science. 72 pp., 19 figs., paper, stapled.. $25. Purves, P. E. 1955. The wax plug in the external auditory meatus of the mysticeti. Discovery Reports 27:293-302, Pl. 14-18 (photographic). Quarto. Original wrappers. Fine. $40 Rayner, G.W., 1940. Whale Marking. Progress and Results to December 1939. Discovery Reports. 39 pp., 1 fig., 8 tables, 40 (37 folded) pls. (charts) (2 copies) roy. 4to, cloth with original front cover laid on, library stamps $65 Rice, D.W. and A.A. Wolman, 1971. The Life History and Ecology of the Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus). American Society of Mammalogists Special Publication 3. 142 pp., 38 figs., cloth with dust jacket, ex library stamps, very good copy. $25. Ridley, D.E. 2004. Nantucket Signals. Private Signal Flags, Owner’s Flags, and House Flags of Nantucket Whalers. New Bedford Whaling Museum: New Bedford. 40 pp., 137 color figs. (3 copies) Paper, new $18 Robertson, R.B., N.D. (ca. 1960). Mens en Walvis [in Dutch, Men and Whales]. H.J.W. Becht: Amsterdam. 312 pp., 27 photos, cloth, very good $25. Roe, H.S.J., 1967. Seasonal Formation of Laminae in the Ear Plug of the Fin Whale. Discovery Reports. 30 pp., 8 figs., 4 pls., (2 copies) roy. 4to, paperbound, small library stamp on title-page, ex library Syndic's Library, Cambridge 30 Ronald, K. et al., 1976. An Annotated Bibliography on the Pinnipedia. International Council for Exploration of the Sea: Copenhagen. 785 pp. 4to, cloth, library stamps, very good $85 Schevill, William E. (ed.). 1974. The Whale Problem: A Status Report. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts. 419 pp., many statistics, charts and some photos HC, missing DJ, 8vo, very good [Historical document including current status of populations, their biology, management and conservation and field methods originating from papers presented at "The International Conference on the Biology of Whales" June 1971 preceding the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission] $20 Schram, Margaret B. 2004. Hudson's Merchants and Whalers. The Rise and Fall of a River Port 1783-1850. First paperback edition. Black Dome Press: Hensonville, New York. iii + 209 pp., b/w illus. and maps on most every page, Paperback, pictorial wraps, 4to, near fine [Author has uncovered and documented never before published Hudson voyages in the late 18th and early 19th century, a valuable whaling history reference] $45 Schlegel, H., 1841. Beitrage zur Charakteristik der Cetacean [in German, Contributions to the Characteristics of the Cetacea]. Abhandlungen Aus Dem Gebiette Der Zoologie Und Vergleichende Anatomie. 1 Heft. 44 pp., 6 lithographed pls. 4to, contemporary cloth, library stamps and markings on title page, some repaired tears on title page, pages brittle $260 Scott, H.H. and C.E. Lord, 1919-1926. Studies in Tasmanian Cetaceans. Parts I-V. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 21 pp., 10 pp., 14 pp., 10 pp., 4 pp., 9 pls., 1 pl., 3 pls., 5 pls. disbound with no covers $50 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 1934. (Presented to Parliament by) International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. Miscellaneous Treaty No. 4, Cmd. 4541, His Majesty's Stationery Office: London, England. 17 pp. Paperback, very good [pamphlet, articles of agreement presented to parliament by command of His Majesty (who had not yet ratified) of the September 24, 1931, Convention at Geneva which was to be registered and administered by the League of Nations; includes list of delegates (plenipotentiaries) and signatories from 27 countries including UK Commonwealths and Dominions; the 21 Articles are presented in both French and English; interesting early effort to prohibit or limit the taking of certain species and gathering biological and statistical data for others] $45 … SALE $40 Sergeant, D.E., 1962. On the biology of the pilot or pothead whale Globicephala melaena (Traill) in Newfoundland waters. Bulletin Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 84 pp., 28 figs., 39 tabs. paper wraps. $40. Several authors. 1934. Contributions to Paleontology 447. Marine Mammals. Carnegie Institution of Washington. 136 pp. 24 figs., 3 pl.; 2 figs. 4 pl.; 3 figs. 1 pl.; 12 figs. Contains four papers, by (1) E. L. Packard and R. Kellogg New cetothere from Miocene Astoria Formation of Oregon; (2) R. Kellog Patagonian fossil whalebone whale Cetotherium moreni (Lydekker); (3) R. Kellog New cetothere from Modelo formation, Newport at Los Angeles, California; (4) E. Huber Anatomical notes on Pinnipedia and Cetacea]. Green cloth. Excellent condition; corners slightly bumped. Bookplate and number stamps inside. $30 Simpson, G. G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 85:1-350. Blue card covers, worn and taped. Water marks on cover and corner of internal pages. Owner stamp Remington Kellogg. $15 Sivertsen, E., 1941. On the biology of the Harp Seal Phoca groenlandica Erxl. Investigations carried out in the White Sea 1925-1937. Scientific Results of Marine Biological Research: Hvalradets Skrifter. 166 pp., 41 figs., 11 pls., paperback, ex library stamps and markings $40. Small, George L. 1971. The Blue Whale. Columbia: New York. 248 pp., b/w illus., maps and graphs (2 copies) Hardcover, DJ, 8vo, very good, dj good, previous owner signature Richard Ellis [Tragic slaughter, ignorance and indifference leading to near extinction. The author was professor of geography at the City University of New York. National Book Award in 1972.] $15 JC State Street Bank and Trust. 1968. Whale Fishery of New England (reproduction of original). Reynolds-DeWalt Printing: New Bedford. 63 pp., b& w photos (2 copies) Paper, very good $10 St. John, Patricia. 1991. The Secret Language of Dolphins. Summit Books: New York. 268 pp., 21 photos Hardcover, DJ, very good+ [The author's work to understand the voices and language of dolphins led her to helping autistic children. Remarkable story.] $18 … Starbuck, Alexander. 1989. [Reprint of 1878 publication]. History of the American Whale Fishery. Limited edition of 750 copies. Castle Books: Syracuse. 767 pp., 6 pls., line drawing (2 copies) HC, DJ, [index to voyages by vessels' names;. new Preface by Stuart C. Sherman. Techniques and ships as well as a statistical survey of the voyages made by American whalers from the major east coast ports] $12 Stejneger, L. 1896. The Russian fur seal islands. Extracted from U.S. Fish Commission Bulletin for 1896, Article 1, pages 1-148, plates 1-66, including 14 fold-out maps. Interior mint; text and maps plates uncut. Card covers worn and taped. $80 Sterba, O. et al., 2000. Embryology of Dolphins. Staging and Ageing of Embryos and Fetuses of Some Cetaceans. Springer Verlag. 133 pp., 32 figs., 10 pls. 
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