Kirwan Guy M Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Brett Jarrett (illustrator). Oversized, heavy hardcover, 510 pages, glossy paper, illustrated throughout, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Gentle external handling wear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: List of Colour Plates; Preface; Referees for This Book; Acknowledgements; Background to the Research Work; Layout of the Book [Maps; Abbreviations]; Synopsis of the Region [Antarctic and Subantarctic Environments: The Southern Ocean; Geological History; Geography and Climate; Sea Environment; Habitats and Vegetation; Avifauna; Marine Mammals; Conservation in the Region; Checklist of Birds and Marine Mammals of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean; History of Antarctic Exploration]; Bird and Marine Mammal Topography: -- Species Accounts -- Birds [Penguins; Great Albatrosses; Small and Medium Albatrosses; Sooty Albatrosses, Giant Petrels and Distinct Petrels; Gadfly Petrels; Procellaria Petrels and Shearwaters; Blue Petrel and Prions; Storm-petrels and Diving-petrels; Cormorants and Shags of the Southern Ocean; Gannets; Large Skuas; Stercorarius Skuas; Gulls and Terns; Endemic and Indigenous Species of Subantarctic Islands in the S Indian and S Atlantic Oceans and the Falklands; Endemic and Indigenous Non-passerines of New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands; Endemic and Indigenous Near-Passerines of New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands; Endemic and Indigenous Passerines of New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands] / Marine Mammals [Seals; Cetaceans]; -- Regional Descriptions (with Tables of Breeding Species) [Subantarctic Islands Off South America (and Checklist of Falkland Islands Birds); South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea; South Atlantic Islands; Subantarctic Islands in the Indian Ocean; Subantarctic Islands South of New Zealand; Ross Sea; East Antarctica; Peter I Oy] / Other Regions and Islands [Islands Off Southern Chile and Southern Argentina; Tasmania Group]; Gateways to the Antarctic: Pelagic and Other Birds and Marine Mammals in Southern South America, South Africa, New Zealand [Ushuaia, the Beagle Channel and Sea Area South of Tierra del Fuego; Seabird and Whale Viewing Off South Africa; Observing Southern Ocean Seabirds and Cetaceans Off Australia; Seabird and Sea Mammal Viewing Around New Zealand]; Bibliography; Appendix [Organizations and Contacts in the Region; About the Authors]; Index.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Harris, Alan (illustrator). Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good condition. Dj is glossy. Binding is strong and tight. Corners are square. Pages are clean and bright. Free of marks or writing. Overall very good condition. Title page is not dated. Copyright is dated 2001. 576 pages. We are a real brick and mortar bookstore and ship books everyday. This listing was written by an actual person with the book in front of them for inspection. Please email with questions or to see any photos.