Whales from Polar Books

Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1940. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Readers Union Edition; (3), 308 pages, illustrated, map on front end papers, 8 b/w photos. No dust jacket, Pictorial Laminated Covers. Shelf wear, Spine faded and split, previous owners signature in pencil on half title, contents clean. The author was a lecturer… Read more about this item

William Blackwood, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; x, 222 pages,illustrated b/w photographs, diagrams. Original covers. Moderate foxing throughout but contents clean. An account of the whaling industry based on the author's thirteen years experience, including four years at sea with the whaling fleet. Features chapters on whale… Read more about this item

Author, Falkland Islands, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 118 pages, illustrated with b/w plates. True story based on experiences of the author who initially went to the Falklands Islands for two seasons sealing in the 1950s but was then persuaded to stay and serve on the Antarctic Survey Vessel… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: Some aspects of respiration in Blue and Fin Whales, pp363-406, plate XV, 4 figures in text,. Original wrappers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIGNED Original Report: The vascular networks (retia mirabilia) of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Signed "With compliments FD Ommanney"on front cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIGNED Original Report: The urino-genital system of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with appendix The dimensions and growth of the kidney of blue and fin whales. Signed "With compliments FD Ommanney"on front cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: pages 65-190, plates VII-XLII, BGLE on front cover. Original wrappers, from Colin Bertrams Collection. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1930. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: BGLE on front cover,pages 403-434,plate V, damp staining and wrinkling to bottom of pages, contents clean. BGLE on front cover, from Colin Bertrams collection. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds.… Read more about this item

J B Lippincott Company,, New York, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; 510 pages, illustrated, 16 b/w plates. Original covers in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, contents clean. A nice copy. This book explores the contributions made by New England whalemen to the history, geography, and economy of America. The author… Read more about this item

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd, London, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition. ASSOCIATION COPY. ix,11-223 pages, illustrated, frontispiece, 55 b/w plates. Original pictorial hardcover, previous owners bookplate (Henry Brocklehurst) on front pastedown, contents clean. Arctic Bibl. 10168. The author's narrative of an 1884 cruise out… Read more about this item

Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. 1st Edition; x, 308 pages, map end papers, illustrated, frontispiece of the Royal Research Ship Discovery II and sixteen plates. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. Previous owners bookplate to verso map otherwise contents clean. A nice copy. The author was a lecturer… Read more about this item

Robert Hale Ltd, London, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition; 319 pages, 16 b/w illustrations, end paper maps. Blue covers, no dust jacket. Covers grubby and faded, shelf wear, spine faded, end paper hinges previously reinforced with blue tape, contents clean. Synopsis:Haley ran away at the age of twelve.… Read more about this item

Travel Book Club, London, 1951. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. Travel Book Club Edition; 319 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. Original covers in original dust jacket. Nice clean copy. Synopsis: Haley ran away at the age of twelve. Returned to school in 1848/49 but within a few months went off to sea in the ship Charles… Read more about this item

The Marine Historical Association, 1955. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good/No Dust Jacket. 1955 Edition, 86 pages, illustrated with maps and plates. Original stapled wrappers, wrappers stained from staples as expected, previous owners signature on front cover, contents clean. Folding map is a modern copy laid in (Rosove states this is often missing) This is… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., Travel Book Club, London, 1956. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Travel Bookclub Edition; 251pages, photographic frontispiece. Cream cloth covers with black titling to spine in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, corners bumped, old Sellotape repairs to rear dust jacket. Contents clean. The true story of the rescue of 5 survivors from a… Read more about this item

Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1894. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; ix, 364 pages, 2 maps (1 folding, 1 full-page, 1 in text). 120 illustrations (8 full-page), 32 pages publisher's advertisements. Original decorative cloth covers with silver titling. Shelfware, spine softening, covers bumped and corners beginning to fray but overall still… Read more about this item

Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd, Glasgow, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st Edition; xi, 483pages; frontispiece, 85 illustrations, mostly reproductions of old paintings & prints.(1 folding plan), end paper maps. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine, in unclipped dust jacket. The amazing life of the whale hunters amid the hardships and… Read more about this item

Oliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1830. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; (4), vi, [2], 424 pages, illustrated, engravings and line drawings in text, all as called for on contents page, 1 folding map. Dark brown cloth binding with paper label on spine. Pages uncut, no front end papers,… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 1st English Translation; 1st UK Edition 1st printing. A very scarce first impression, which has no folding maps. The maps were not made in time for this issue, and therefore were only published with the second issue. xiii,15-265 pages, maps on end… Read more about this item

Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st Edition: xi, 255pages, illustrated, b/w photographs, map end papers. Blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine in illustrated dustjacket. Fascinating account by a doctor of his whaling expedition experiences in the 1950's around South Georgia and the Antarctic waters. Shelfware, dustjacket has tears… Read more about this item