Monographs Pacific Cetacea (5 results)

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1916 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 108 Language: English Pages: 108.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1916 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 454 Language: English Volume p5 Pages: 454 Volume p5.

Paperback. Condition: Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Black & White Photos & Illus. (illustrator). Facsimile Copy. American Museum of Natural History. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. [1916]. Facsimile Copy. Paperback. A facsimile copy of the original 1916 publication II. THE SEI WHALE( BALAENOPTERA BOREALIS LESSON) 1. History, Habits, External Anatomy, Osteology, and Relationships 2. Anatomy of the Foetus of Balaenopterus Borealis . Folio, pp. 289-504, cover rubbed, soiled, corners lightly curling .

Condition: Very Good. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, New Series, Volume I, Part VI, 1916, pp. 291-502. Quarto, VG in original wrappers.

New York, NY, The American Museum of Natural History, 1916. Large 4to (35.0 x 26.0 cm). Title page, 112 pp. [numbered 391-502]; 15 lithographed plates [numbered XLIII-LVII], ten text figures. Slightly later olive buckram with gilt title on the spine. Edges speckled red. Original printed front wrapper inserted. = A rarely seen monograph with fine illustrations, written by the American zoologist and anatomist Hermann von Wechlinger Schulte (1876-1932), and published in the Museum's Memoirs, New Series Volume I, Part VI. Rare, as nearly all early Memoirs. The fine illustrations depict the external and internal anatomy. The sei whale is "the third-largest rorqual after the blue whale and the fin whale. It inhabits most oceans and adjoining seas, and prefers deep offshore waters. It avoids polar and tropical waters and semi-enclosed bodies of water. The sei whale migrates annually from cool, subpolar waters in summer to temperate, subtropical waters in winter with a lifespan of 70 years. Reaching 19.5 m (64 ft) in length and weighing as much as 28 t (28 long tons; 31 short tons), the sei whale consumes an average of 900 kg (2,000 lb) of food every day; its diet consists primarily of copepods, krill, and other zooplankton. It is among the fastest of all cetaceans, and can reach speeds of up to 50 km/h (31 mph) (27 knots) over short distances. The whale's name comes from the Norwegian word for pollock, a fish that appears off the coast of Norway at the same time of the year as the sei whale. Following large-scale commercial whaling during the late 19th and 20th centuries, when over 255,000 whales were killed, the sei whale is now internationally protected. As of 2008, its worldwide population was about 80,000, less than a third of its prewhaling population." (Wikipedia). Bookplate of a medical school mounted on the front pastedown; front wrapper and title page with a few library marks. The front wrapper - of inferior paper - toned, chipped at edges and detached; the other pages and plates fine. A very good copy.