RARE MARINE MAMMAL BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS AVAILABLE

 

The following is a partial list of items available.  All funds go to ¡VIVA Vaquita! (a collaboration of five 501(3)c non-profits), for research and conservation of the World’s most endangered marine mammal species, the vaquita (Phocoena sinus).  Go to www.vivavaquita.org for more details. Costs listed are suggested minimum donations. 

 

Allen, G.M. (1916) The whalebone whales of New England. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, 8, 107-322.  HC/Clothbound.  $65.

 

Arseniev, V.A. & Panin, K.I. (1971) Pinnipeds of the North Pacific. 274 pp. VNIRO.  PB.  $20.

 

Berzin, A.A. (1972) The Sperm Whale (kashalot), Israel Program for Scientific Translations. PB.  $22.

 

Gaskin, D.E. (1972) Whales, Dolphins, and Seals, With Special Reference to the New Zealand Region, Heineman Educational Books.  HC.  $23.

 

Goode, G.B. (1884) The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States. {Sections on whales, marine mammals, and whaling}.  Pp. 1-136, 131-491. Government Printing Office.  HC/Clothbound.  $95.

 

Mitchell, E. editor.  (1975) Review of biology and fisheries for smaller cetaceans. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, pp. 879-1242.  PB.  $23.

 

Norris, K.S. & Prescott, J.H. (1961) Observations on Pacific cetaceans of Californian and Mexican waters. University of California Publications in Zoology, 63, 291-402.  PB.  $26.

 

Norris, K.S. (1966) Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises. 789 pp. University of California Press, Berkeley.  HC.  $62.

 

Ridgway, S.H. (1972) Mammals of the Sea: Biology and Medicine. 812 pp. Charles C. Thomas.  HC.  $215.

 

Truitt, D. (1974) Dolphins and Porpoises: A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of the Smaller Cetacea, Gale Research Co.  HC.  $44.

 

Turner, W. (1912) The Marine Mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh, MacMillan and Co.  HC.  $38.

 

All items are in good-excellent condition, unless otherwise stated; HC=hardcover, PB=paperback.  Preference will be given to domestic USA orders.  Donations can be made in cash or with checks in US dollars.  Email Tom Jefferson <sclymene@aol.com> questions, and your postal address for the items to be sent to (please type your name and address exactly as they would appear on a mailing label).  Shipping is included.  Orders will be sent out only after payment and ‘mailing label’ are received.