Oceans
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The Octopus's Garden : Hydrothermal Vents and Other Mysteries of the Deep Sea
by Van Dover, Cindy Lee
Reading, Massachusetts: Helix Books, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1995. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations by Karen Jacobsen. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 183 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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CA$22.68
Opening the Oceans
by Ruhen, Olaf
Sydney: Nautical Press. No DateCirca 1980. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. With 31 b/w plates and one folding map [32x49cm] exhibiting the discoveries made by Captain James Cook during his three voyages in H.M.S. Endeavour & H.M.S. Resolution. 189 pages. Study of the 18th and 19th century exploration of the Pacific. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all...
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CA$16.33
Voyages to the South Seas, Indian and Pacific Oceans, China Sea, North-West Coast, Feejee Island, South Shetlands, & c.
by Fanning, Edmund
Upper Saddle River, NJ: The Gregg Press. 1970. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Faint discolouration to spine. Glue stain to hinges at free endpapers [appears to be a publication flaw as other Gregg Press book has the same issue]. 324 pages. Includes " With an Account of the New Discoveries Made in the Southern Hemisphere Between the Years 1830-1837 also, The Origin, Authorization, and Progress of the First American National South Sea Exploring Expedition, With...
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CA$31.75
Stellwagen Bank: A Guide to the Whales, Sea Birds, and Marine Life of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
by Ward, Nathalie
Down East Books, 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Like New. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Not price-clipped ($17.95 price intact). Published by Down East Books, 1995. Octavo. Pictorial wraps. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. 232 pages. ISBN: 9780892723362. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo....
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CA$27.79
Freshwater Fishes of Manitoba: Checklist and Keys
by Fedoruk, Alex N
Province of Manitoba Department of Mines and Enviornment Management, 1971 First printing in trade paperback. 130 pp. Figures, bibliography, index.Some light rubbing and soiling to the covers, small gouge to the bottom of front cover and first few pages. Very Good.
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CA$20.79
A PATTERN OF ISLANDS
by Arthur Grimble
The Reprint Society, London, 1954. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. There are 320 pages, b/w photos. Map endpapers.
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CA$27.79
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Sea Moss Souvenir, Cal. [Bound in Whale Bone]
by [Specimen Book]
[Monterey, CA?], 1900. A lovely commercially produced (though likely in small quantities) album of colorful preserved marine algae specimens mounted on six leaves of cardstock and enclosed within thin sections of whale vertebrae. The algae samples are beautifully arranged and still have brilliant color. The bone front cover has a hollowed-out center lined with cardstock with specimens mounted in the center. The rear cover is a solid piece of bone. The binding is seWn with a green silk ribbon. An...
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CA$2,917.95
The Conch Book. All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Queen Conch From Gestation to Gastronomy
by Carstarphen, Dee. Second Edition
Wicomica Church, VA: Pen & Ink Press., 2000 First printing of the second edition in trade paperback. 73 pp. Illustrations, bibliography. Very minor shelfwear. Near Fine.
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CA$15.58
Northern Yukon Freshwater Fisheries Studies 1973
by Steigenberger, L.W., G.J. Birch, P.G. Bruce, and R.A. Robertson
Yellowknife, NWT: Northern Operations Branch Fisheries and Marine Service Department of the Environment, 1974 First printing in tall stapled paper covers 51 pp. Maps, tables, references. Minor shelfwear to the covers. Very Good.
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CA$41.63
The Last of the Hunter Gatherers. Fisheries Crisis at Sea
by Wigan, Michael
Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press., 1998 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 270 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Faint scratch to the foredge. The jacket has some minor rubbing.
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CA$15.58
Fish Farming. a Pictorial Adventure in the Blue Pasture
by Vassvik, Vidar. Translated From The Norwegian By Barbara Grisdale-Helland
Norway: Foto Og Bildebyra, 2000 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Colour photographs. Jacket has a minor crease to the top of the rear panel. Fine/Near Fine.
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CA$31.21
Salmon, The Living Resource. Third Issue.
Vancouver (ca. 1970): Fisheries Association of B.C. et al. Talll stapled paper covers. 23 pp. Colour map at centrefold, colour photographs. Short tear at spine that runs through the text, the front cover has some tears, creasing, small chips and a scrape. Text is tanning but fine except for tear. Fair.
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CA$15.58
The Hunting of the Whale. A Tragedy That Must End
by Cherfas, Jeremy
London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1988 First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 239 pp. Illustrated, references. Pages tanning otherwise Fine/Fine.
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CA$15.58
Inoperculate Chytridiaceous Organisms Collected in the Vicinity of Ithaca, N.Y., With Notes on Other Aquatic Fungi
by Sparrow, F.K
Reprinted from Mycologia, Novermber-December 1933. Stapled pamphlet. 22 pp. Figure, plate, references. Inscription (possibly by author) at top of front cover, light creasing and age toning. Good.
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CA$41.63
Margins: A Naturalist Meets Long Island Sound
by Buckles, Mary Parker (signed)
North Point Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed on the title page by Buckles. Uncommon signed. As the jacket says: "Twenty-four million people live within one hundred miles of Long Island Sound [in 1997] . . . Yet the land, sky, and intertidal areas that Mary Parker Buckles explores . . . have remained virtually uncelebrated until now." See the New York Times review. Buckles had written several guidebooks to animals, but this is her first and primary work for a lay audience in...
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CA$173.69
A Classification of the Nearctic Chironomidae
by Hamilton, A.L., O.A. Saether, and D.R. Oliver
Winnipeg: Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1969 First printing in tall stapled covers with cloth over spine. Technical Report No. 124. This is a private company copy with a small label on the front cover and a library pocket on the spine. No stamps, text is clean and umarked. Some pencil on the front cover, minor creasing to corners. Good.
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CA$41.63
Reef Life
by Callum Roberts
First edition (2019). " With a scientist's eye, a poet's turn of phrase, and an explorer's sense of wonder, Callum Roberts brings the underwater world to vivid life. His deep love of the ocean and profound concern for the changes that threaten it cannot be ignored." Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of the Oceans. The dustjacket is in near fine condition, there is no fading of the vibrant colours and vitually no sign of wear at all. The original retailer's price sticker is on the back and this could be removed if...
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CA$12.36
Observations on a New Rhipidistian Fish From the Upper Devonian of Australia
by Thomson, Keith Stewart
Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1973 Offprint from Palaeontographica in tall stapled paper covers. 14 pp. 1 plate, 5 figures. Short split at top of spine, quite a bit of overall creasing and crimping. Fair. .
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CA$52.05
A Photographic Guide to Seashore Life in the North Atlantic: Canada to Cape Cod
by J. Duane Sept
Princeton University Press, 2008. Paperback. New. Beautiful color identification guide of shore life along the American North Atlantic coast. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. Color photos. B&W line drawings. Glossary. Index. 2008 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Publisher's blurb, "The tides of the North Atlantic are the world's highest, and they reveal a world of amazing seashore life--from jellies and sea anemones, to clams and crabs, to seaweeds and lichens. With...
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CA$26.33
Lake, River & Sea-Run Fishes of Canada
by Wooding, Frederick H
Madeira Park, BC: Harbour., 1994 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 303 pp. Illustrations, references, index. One light corner bump, jacket has one small tear. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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CA$20.79
PORTRAIT OF PLETTENBERG BAY
by STORRAR, PATRICIA
Cape Town.: Timmins., 1978. Dj is somewhat scuffed at head and tail & front edges; closed tears 23, 20, 10, 8mm; 85 x12mm tape stain on front inside flap. Book has tape staining on both front and rear free eps. Extensive signed dedication to "Sally and Toddy" on half title. Maps as eps; x plus 242pp, incl index, col portrait as frontis, 4pp col photog plates; numerous b&w photos in text, many full page. Please see this booksellers listings on for other books under the keyword "Africana". For an...
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CA$73.50
Oceanic Birds of South America
by Robert Cushman Murphy
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Cloth. Near Fine. 10.5" by 8.5". Francis L. Jacques. A fascinating two volume work on seabirds, profusely illustrated with a number of colour plates. Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1973) was an American ornithologist who travelled on a number of expeditions on the ocean and was highly regarded as an expert on seabirds, with Murphy's petrel named for him. He also penned works such as 'Bird Islands of Peru' and 'Logbook for Grace: Whaling Brig Daisy', as well as over...
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CA$260.67
CAPTAIN COOK
by MACLEAN, ALISTAIR ,
Warped by damp and badly stored but appears unread. New title on spine. Full of b&w and col illustrations; maps of Cook's voyages.
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CA$12.86
Pacific Salmon
by Childerhose, R.J. And Marj Trim
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979 First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 158 pp. Color illustrations. Previous owner's information on the front endpaper has a blank white label attached over it. Jacket has some minor edgecreasing. Very Good/Very Good.
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CA$20.79
