Lost Leviathan / F.D. Ommanney
by Ommanney, F. D. (Francis Downes) (1903-1980)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0091059909
- ISBN 13
- 9780091059903
- Seller
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About This Item
London : Hutchinson, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. 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.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 383755
- Title
- Lost Leviathan / F.D. Ommanney
- Author
- Ommanney, F. D. (Francis Downes) (1903-1980)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091059909
- ISBN 13
- 9780091059903
- Publisher
- London : Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
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