WHALES : The Biology of the Cetaceans
by Slijper, E.J.; (Translated to English from the Dutch By A.J. Pomerans)
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New York, NY: Basic Books, 1962. First American Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright w/trace soiling to front cover verso. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF; loss to upper front & upper spines edges; showing discoloration; under mylar. First published 1958 in Dutch under the title: Walvissen. Whale biology by Professir Everhard Johannes Slijper (1907 - 1968) of the Univ of Amsterdam. 14 chapters w/illustrations: 1, Historical Introduction; 2, Evolution & External Appearances; 3, Locomotion & Locomotive Organs; 4, Respiration; 5, Heart, Circulation, & Blood; 6, Behavior; 7, Hearing; 8, The Production of Sounds; 9, Senses & the Central Nervous System; 10, Feeding; 11, Metabolism; 12, Distribution & Migration; 13, Reproduction; and, 14, The Future of Whales & Whaling, followed by two appendices.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010388
- Title
- WHALES : The Biology of the Cetaceans
- Author
- Slijper, E.J.; (Translated to English from the Dutch By A.J. Pomerans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Biology, Whales, Mammals, Textbook
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- Botany; Memoir; Physiology;
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