New York: Halcyon House, 1942. Octavo, original cloth boards, colour frontis, colour plates, pp 156 plus extensive section of b&w plates. Geoffrey Ingleton's bookplate, plus additional previous owner's bookplate. Very good condition. Protected in later glassine wrap.
Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conservation, 2007. Royal octavo, wraps, pp 23. Signed by co-author (Baker). Near-fine condition.
Canberra: Australian Nature Conservancy Agency, 1996. Tall octavo, pictorial wraps, b&w maps, pp vii, 242. With hadwritten note including the author's compliments loosely inserted, signed by John Bannister. His initials pencilled on title page. Near-fine condition. Uncommon. Conservation action plan, including individual reports on over 40 species of Australian whales.....
Perth: Western Australian Museum, 1994. Oblong, pictorial wraps, colour photographs, pp 52. Fine condition. Information on and photographs of Western Australian whales, now (after whaling was stopped) increasing in numbers. A guide to whale watching,
Hull: William Andrews, 1895. Octavo, original cloth boards with gilt decoration in lower corner, pp x, 211. Ex-library (faint number to spine, stamp on preface page and endpapers). Boards lightly scrateched. Previous owner's bookplate. Good copy of scarce title. Describes the author's experiences whaling in the Arctic in the 1850s.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. Octavo, original cloth boards, pp 312. B&w pictorial onlay (printed photograph of man with harpoon gun), Previous owner's bookplate, spine faded, faint ring nark front board, good condition. Novel set on a whaling ship in the Arctic.
New Bedford, Mass. Old Dartsmouth Historical Society, 1977. Quarto, wraps, colour frontis, b&w illus, pp 127. Compliments slip of the Old Dartsmouth Historical Society and Whaling Museum tipped in. Previous owner's bookplate. Some light foxing. Good condition.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986. Quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp 400. Related ephemera loosely inserted. Previous owner's small (whale-shaped) bookplate, very good condition in very good d.j.
London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1925. Octavo, cloth boards, b&w illus, pp 248. Ex-library. Foxing. Fair condition.
Amsterdam/New York: N. Israel/Da Capo, 1968. Royal octavo, cloth boards in original clear glassine wrapper, b&w illus, large folding maps, pp 179. Facsmile edition, first published 1798. James Colnett was an officer of the British Royal Navy, an explorer, and a maritime fur trader. He served under James Cook during.....
London: John Murray, 1926. Octavo, cloth boards with black decoration, frontis portrait of the author, b&w plates, pp x, 344. Previous owner's bookplate. Light foxing. Very good condition.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1934. Octavo, cloth boards, b&w plates, endpaper maps, pp xx, 263. No dustjacket, but description from dustjacket tipped in to front endpaper. Light foxing. Previous owner's bookplate. Good condition.
Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1937. Octavo, original cloth boards, b&w plates, pp 254. An embossing tool has neatly punched "Cancelled. Univ.Qld.Lib" to the title page and through to the next five pages. No other ex-library marks. Previous owner's bookplate (private collection). Occasional light foxing. All illustrations complete. Protected in removeable clear wrap.....
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, ppxxiv, 365. Previous owner's bookplate. Near-fine in near-fine d.j., protected.
Salem: Marine Research Society, 1925. Introd. Frank Wood. Royal octavo, original cloth boards, b&w plates, pp xi, 40 plus plate section: over 200 illustrations. Previous owner's inscription. Previous owner's bookplate, plus remnat of earlier bookplate. Very good condition.
Auckland: Collins New Zealand, 1991. Paintings by Ron Druett. Royal octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, colour illus, pp 213. Previous owner's bookplate. Near-fine condition in near fine d.j.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. Royal octavo, pictorial cloth boards, colour illus, b&w illus, pp xii, 194. Previous owner's small (whale-shaped) bookplate, otherwise fine condition.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1936. Edited by Leslie Dalrymple Stair; illustrated by Paul Quinn. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, endpaper maps, pp xv, 316. Slightly chipped to top edge of dustjacket. Previous owner's bookplate. Very good condition in very good d.j,. Protected.
New Milford, Connecticut: N. Flayderman, 1972. Quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, pp 293 plus (xii) bibliography, notes, index. Previous owner's bookplate. Lightly rubbed to edges. Very good condition in very good d.j. The first complete book on the art of scrimshaw, with over 450 illustrations. Dovetails the development of.....
Canberra: Australian National University, 1991. Royal octavo, wraps, pp 61. Presentation copy, signed by the author. Previous owner's bookplate. Some mild foxing. Very good condition.
Canberra: Australian National University, 1991. Royal octavo, wraps, pp 61. Typed signed letter from the author loosely insrted. Some foxing. Very good condition.
Wellington: Reed, 1982. Quarto, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, colour plates, pp xvi, 238. Whaling in New Zealand.
London: Martin Hopkinson, 1932. Royal octavo, original cloth boards, full-page illustrations (b&w drawings on yellow background), illus endpapers, pp 127. Ex-library, with Nautical College Pangbourne bookplate. Cloth worn and marked. Ink annotations one page of text, otherwise text and illustrations clean. Fair condition.
New York: Doubleday, 1924. Original cloth boards with gilt ship vignette, colour frontis, colour plates, top edge gilt, pp ix, 358. Previous owner's bookplate. Gift inscriptin. Very good condition. "Wherein are discussed the first whalemen of whom we have record; the growth of the European whaling industry, and of its.....
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. 1st ed., Limited edtion of 700 copies, octavo, pp.314, incl Index, b&w fronts., col fold maps, ep maps, book-plate, orig cl pict bds., near fine condn.