Search Results: Ichthyology from Natural History Books

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Reprint.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. (Text): Vol. 1: (24), 258, (8), 192, (6), 234; Vol. 2: (8), 160, x, (4), 146; Vol. 3: x, 128, (8), 152, (6), 126; Vol. 4: x, (2), 144, (8), 174, (6), 192; (Plates): Vol. 1: pp. (1), 216 fine color-printed plates; Vol. 2: (1), 216 fine color-printed plates. The text volumes are bound in white laminated boards, lettered in black on the spine and front covers with tan endpapers, 4to (11.1 x 9. 75 inches). The plate volumes are bound in brown textured cloth (simulated leather), with the spine and front cover lettered in gilt, folio (16.1 x 10.75 inches). This is a fine facsimile reprint of this rare ichthyological work originally published in Berlin in 1782-1795. The work covers the general natural history of fishes with a primary focus on the economic natural history of fishes in Germany and secondary focus on the natural history of foreign fishes. The fine color plates, are after paintings by F. G. Berger, G.… Read More

College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. xii, 428, 118 color photographs, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, green pictorial dustjacket lettered in gold and white, 4to. This volume identifies several hundred freshwater fish from North America that are suitable for aquariums. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the endpaper. Neat underlining on 17 pages.

Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1868. First edition.. A small nick to the top of the rear board; a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. xii, 13-304; frontispiece plate (line-drawing), 7 full page black-and-white halftone plates, numerous small text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original dark brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt panel lines, the front and rear covers have border decorations stamped in blind, 8vo. This work discusses the breeding and care of trout, salmon, shad, and other fishes. Signature of A. W. Gowen, Inland Fish and Game Warden for the state of Maine dated July 25, 1897 on one front endpaper; another endpaper bears the name stamp of A. W. Gowen, Esq. No other ownership marks and almost no signs of use.

New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1937. First edition.. Bump to the bottom outer corner, a marginal wrinkle to the rear wrapper; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 173; 8 full page black-and-white photo-plates, each with a description leaf of text, 127 text-figures (mostly line-drawings). Publisher's original gray printed wrappers, lg 4to. The Bashford Dean Memorial Volume Archaic Fishes, Article 6. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1937. First edition.. Small bumps to the two corners along the top page edge; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 173; 8 full page black-and-white photo-plates, each with a description leaf of text, 127 text-figures (mostly line-drawings). Publisher's original gray printed wrappers, lg 4to. The Bashford Dean Memorial Volume Archaic Fishes, Article 6. Name stamp of marine biologist Dr. J. K. Dooley of Adelphi University on the front wrapper.

Melle, Germany: Baensch, 1987-1996. First edition in English.. A fine (new) copy in fine dust jackets.. Pp. 992, 1000+ color photos; pp. 1212, (4, ads), 1150 color photos; pp. 1104, 1100 color photos. Publisher's original dark green cloth, each in simulated snake skin style, the spines are lettered in gilt, color pictorial dust jacket, thick sm 8vo. This is the three volume set in this series on aquarium fishes and plants - the color photographs are very detailed. No ownership marks and no signs of use. This is a very heavy set - extra postage will be required for overseas orders.

London: Academic Press, 1981. First edition.. Small scratch (3/4 inch) on the bottom outer corner of the front cover; overall a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. x, 453; numerous charts, graphs and black-and-white photos. Publisher's original white pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lettered in brown on the spine and front cover and with image of a swimming fish (from Willoughby) on the front cover, lg 8vo. Original sales receipt is laid in at rear. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Neptune City, NJ: T. F. H Publications, 2008. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. 111, numerous color photographs. Publisher’s pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in green, white, and black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. From the series: Animal Plant Pet Care Library. This book provides information for aquarium hobbies to care for livebearer fish. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the titlepage. Neat underlining on 60 pages.

Baltimore, MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World, 1928-1942. First edition.. Light wear and a few old mars to the vinyl jacket protectors, some endpaper show mild foxing, the original brown cloth binding and the text printed on clay-coated white paper are very bright and clean; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vol. 12): 1-241, (4, index), (65, supplement); (vol. 13): pp. (4, ads), 1-220, (47, supplement); (vol. 14): pp. 1-307, (3, index); vol. 15: pp. (2, ads), 1-354, (4, index); (vol. 16): pp. 1-540, (4, index); (vol. 17): pp. (8, ads), 1-338, (2, index); vol. 18: pp. (2, ads), 1-254, (88, supplement); (vol. 19): pp. 1-192; (vol. 20): pp. 1-192; (vol. 21): pp. 1-160; (vol. 22): pp. 1-144; (vol. 23): pp. 1-144; (vol. 24): pp. 1-96; (vol. 25): pp. 1-24; numerous illustrations. This set is uniformly bound in contemporary brown pebble cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, with a clear vinyl jacket protector for each of the 16 volumes, lg 8vo (10 x 7 inches). Volume 1 of this journal… Read More

Baltimore, MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World, 1951-1964. First edition.. Light wear and a few old mars and chips to the vinyl jacket protectors, some endpaper show mild foxing, the original brown cloth binding and the text, printed on clay-coated white paper, are very bright and clean; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vol. 1): 1-204; (vol. 2): pp. 1-200, (4, index); (vol. 3): pp. 1-192; (vol. 4): pp. 1-196, (4, index); (vol. 5): pp. 1-234; (vol. 6): pp. 235-500; (vol. 7): pp. 1-272; (vol. 8): pp. 1-272; (vol. 9): pp. 1-144; (vol. 10): 1-144; (vol. 11): pp. 1-144; (vol. 12): 1-112; (vol. 13): pp. 1-108; (vol. 14): pp. 1-72, numerous illustrations. This set is uniformly bound in contemporary brown pebble cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, with a clear vinyl jacket protector for each of the 6 volumes, lg 8vo (10 x 7 inches). Volume 1 of this journal was first issued in 1951. Each of the early volumes contained 12 numbers (no. 1-12) sold monthly by subscription. Volumes 9-14… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. First edition.. Small triangle-shaped chip missing from the base of the front wrapper and the title page with no loss to text, old crease to the outer bottom corner of front wrapper; a bright, tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. (2), 17-90; 16 full page plates (most are black-and-white photos, one folding plan-view map), some text-figures (all line-drawings). Later wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (original pale green printed wrappers are bound in place), lg 8vo. This work is from the revised edition of The Fish Manual, United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1882. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (2), 71. Later full dark green cloth, lettered in white on the front cover, lg 8vo. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, no. 11. This is annotated bibliography of the fishes collected of the Pacific coast from Baja California up to British Columbia. The references are presented chronologically from 1757 to 1879. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Lochem, Netherlands: Antiquariaat Junk, 1972. Reprint.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. xxxii, 203, (1); 26 full-page lithographed plates (1 map, 25 halftone illustrations), 5 maps. Publisher's original maroon-red cloth, lettered in gilt on the front cover, folio (12.25 x 10 inches). This is a high-quality facsimile reprint the section on Pisces from the series Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America first published in 1906-1908 in London and edited by Fred. D. Godman and Osbert Salvin. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

New York: Alan R. Liss, 1987. First edition.. Light wear to the outer joints and at the base of the spine, otherwise a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. viii, 383; numerous black-and-white photos, fine line-drawings, cladograms and maps. Publisher's original pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. Based on proceedings of a symposium held during the American Society of Zoologists meeting in Denver, Colorado, December 27, 1984. This detailed study contains 18 chapters, by noted authorities in the field, on all aspects of the biology and evolution of lungfishes. The volume is divided into three sections: I. History and Literature; II. Paleontology, Systematics and Phylogeny; III. Biology of Living Species of Lungfishes. No ownership marks and few signs of use.

Tokyo: Tokai University Press, 1997. First edition.. A bright and clean copy in fine (new) condition in a fine dust jacket.. Pp. xv, 201; numerous black-and-white and color photographs, some line-drawings, cladograms and other illustrations. Publisher's original pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), color pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to. Presents 21 chapters by noted authorities in the field on all aspects of the megamouth shark. This study is based primarily on a female megamouth shark caught in Fukuoka, Japan in November 29, 1994; the research for this volume took place at Marine World unimo-nakamichi in Japan. This particular copy is a review copy sent by the Director of Marine World unimo-nakamichi, Seiiciro Wakisaka and the editorial board; a letter from Wakisaka is laid in at the front. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Beppu-City, Oita: Zen Nippon Airinkai, 1983. First edition.. A fine (new) copy in a near fine card slipcase.. Pp. 534; 1611 individual color photographs of Nishikigoi, 100+ color photographs of people who raised the winning Nishikigoi and color photos of 18th Zen Nippon Airinkai Nishikigoi Show. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gold on the spine, in the original printed card slipcase, 4to (12 x 8.5 inches). This work presents the color photographs of all prize-winning koi of the Imabari Show as well all prize-winning koi of the Hiroshima Show. The title of the volume "Book of Great Nishikigoi" originated in Takeo Kuroki's naming of all the prize koi in the All Japan Nishikigoi Show as the 'greatest Nishikigoi'. The Kokugyo Prize Koi is the term generally used for the koi that win prizes at the shows of the All Nippon Nishikigoi Promoter's Association. The Grand Champion of All is called the Greatest Nishikigoi, while the best koi of each size are… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906. First edition.. The first chromolithograph plate has an old cellotape repair on rear side of the plate (with no effect to the image); a tight and clean copy in very good condition in an attractive binding.. Pp. vii, 488; 53 full page plates (30 are fine chromolithographs), 110 text-figures. Later brown textured cloth (in simulated leather style), lettered in gilt on the spine, all page edges are marbled, sm 4to. The entire volume 25 of the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries is offered here. The work contains the following monographs: Evermann - The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras (3 chromolithograph plates of trout); Sumner - The Physiological Effects upon Fishes of changes in the density and salinity of water; MacFarland - Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Monterey Bay, California, and Vicinity (10 chromolithograph plates); Moore - Hirudinea and Oligochaeta in the Great Lakes (1 chromolithograph plate); The Fishes of Samoa: Description of… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. First edition.. There is some browning to the endpapers, a nick to the cloth on the spine and a few spots on the rear cover, the gilt on the spine is dull making the title difficult to read; overall a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xi, 504; 166 full page plates (numerous folding maps - some quite large, some black-and-white photos, some halftone drawings of fishes, some line-drawings). Publisher's original dark brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front and rear covers with blind-stamped border lines, 4to. This is Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, volume IX, for 1889. There are 22 separate papers by such notable researchers as Charles Gilbert, David Starr Jordan, Seth Meek, Hugh Smith, Charles Townsend, and Henry Wilson. Three titles include "Explorations in Colorado and Utah"; "Reconnaissance of the streams and lakes of the Yellowstone National Park"; and "Salmon and Salmon Rivers of Alaska."… Read More

London: Zoological Society, 1938.. Library stamp of the Zool. Society of Philadelphia on the inside front wrap, otherwise no other ownership markings, a very good to near fine copy.. Pp. 82, 5 full page plates, 17 text-figs. Original blue wraps, sm folio. Trans. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 24, pt. 2.

Taipei, Taiwan: Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum, 1972-1976. First edition.. Outer margin of one page in volume XX is light soiled; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. 925. Original self-printed wrappers, sm 4to. Eight consecutive parts of this rare work are offered here. This work includes the last five parts of volume 2 and the first three parts of volume 3. The parts were originally published in Quaternary Journal of the Taiwan Museum, volume 25 (no. 3-4) to volume 29 (no. 1-2). No ownership marks and few signs of use.