Lost Leviathan / F.D. Ommanney
1971, First Edition. London : Hutchinson. Library copy - library marks remain. Very good copy in the original illustrated gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #383755
ISBN: 0091059909
Physical description: 280 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index.
Contents: 1. Southern heyday -- 2. Whales, dolphins and porpoises -- 3. Produce of whales -- 4. History of whaling -- 5. At the whaling statrion -- 6. The rorqual -- 7. The chase -- 8. Size and age of rorquals -- 9. On board a factory ship -- 10. Krill -- 11. The sperm whale -- 12. Humpback and sei whales -- 13. High and dry -- 14. How many whales? -- Appendix: Scientific names.
Subjects: Whales. Whaling.
Offshore whaling. Whales.
Baleines. Baleines Chasse. Offshore whaling.
Whales.
Price: €12.95