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Cod
by Mark Kurlansky
A delightful romp through history with all its economic forces laid bare, Cod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history with this humble fish as its recurring main character. Cod, it turns out, is the reason Europeans set sail across the Atlantic, and it is the only reason they could. What did the Vikings eat in icy Greenland and on the five expeditions to America recorded in the Icelandic sagas? Cod, frozen and dried in the frosty air, then broken into pieces...
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Peterson Field Guide To Freshwater Fishes, Second Edition
by Lawrence M ; Burr, Brooks M Page
There are nearly 1,000 species of freshwater fishes in North America alone, and identifying them can sometimes be a daunting task. In fact, in just the twenty years since publication of the first edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, the number of species has risen by almost 150, including 19 marine invaders and 16 newly established nonnative species. This second edition incorporates all of these new species, plus all-new maps and a collection of new and revised plates. Some of the...
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The Complete Divers' & Fishermen's Guide To Fishes Of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
by Gerald R Allen, Roger C Steene John E Randall
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Cod: a biography of the fish that changed the world
by Kurlansky, M
Jonathan Cape, 1998. 1st paperback edition. Paper covers. Fine/No Jacket. Scarcely used.
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£5.00
Mermaid
by MEYDENBACH, Jacob
Mainz: Jacob Meydenback, 1491. Print. Woodcut. 11 1/2" x 8".<br/> <br/> Rare and beautiful woodcut published in 1491. Five wonderful illustrations of a merman, two tailed mermaid and several schools of fish. From "Hortus Sanitatis" by Jacob Meydenbach. It translates to "The Garden of Health". It was the first natural history encyclopedia and an important medical book. Scarce.<br/> <br/>
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£384.51
An illustrated encyclopedia of aquarium fish
by Sandford, G
Quantum Books, 1998. New edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. As new. No inscriptions.
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£12.00
A Fishkeeper's Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Aquarium.
by Carrington, N:
London: Salamander Books, 1985. . 8vo pp. 116. Illustrated, laminated boards, 105 colour photos, 14 illustrations. Fine. (Provides essential advice on all aspects of aquarium care). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.
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£4.00
Common ocean fishes of the California coast Fish Bulletin No. 91
by Roedel, Philip M
Dept of Fish and Game. Very Good-. 1953. Paperback. Very good paperback with tight binding and clean pages. Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Covers have some scuff marks and light staining. Previous owner stamped name on the front cover and bottom leaf ends. Pages are yellowing with age. ; 9 X 6 X 0.30 inches .
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£4.05
Trout of Michigan: Being a short history of the trouts that have at one time or another been in the Rivers of Michigan
by Smedley, Harold Hinsdill
Grawn, MI: Sportsman's Outdoor Enterprises. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1982. Limited Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Originally published in 1938 in an edition of 50 copies, this is the third printing and was produced in a LIMITED EDITION of 750 hardcover copies (700 of which were for sale). Bound in publisher's original blue cloth covers with gilt cover lettering and decoration. There is a little rippling to lower edge of the book's glossy pages, else this is a nice clean,...
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£28.29
Fishing with the Camera
by Slava Stochl
Prague: Artia. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1954. Hard Cover. Edge wear light dust soiling indust jacket with edge wear, small chips and closed tears, creases and light dust soiling. The dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. ; Beautifully illustrated with black and white photographs, the book gives a history of fishing and fish breeding in Czechoslovakia, with information on various ponds and streams, different types of fish, etc. ; Photographs ....
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£17.81
Field Guide to the Living Marine Resources of Namibia
by FAO
Rome: FAO, 1999 28cm Pp298 88 colour photos line illustrations Paperback This field guide covers the major resource groups likely to be encountered in the fisheries of Namibia An annotated checklist of sharks batoid fishes chimaeras bony fishes and marine mammals as well as a list of important references are appended The introduction and guide sections are fully indexed 1999.
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£9.00
The distribution of fresh-water fishes.
by Jordan, D. S:
Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1928. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. 355-385 (+ pls). Stapled self wrappers, plates 1-2 (inc. 1 beautiful colour plate of the Golden Trout), figs 1-9, 1 table. Spine neatly reinforced with brown paper tape, slight yellowing to paper, corners of some pages creased or very slightly torn, overall VG. (Extracted from Annual Report, Smithsonian Institution, 1927). . Catalogs: Fishes, reprints & separates.
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£4.50
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia Vol 104, Parts 3 & 4 1980
by Tyler, M. [Edited by]
Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Card covers. Illustrated with black and white plates and drawings. Spine a little faded. 42 pages. Natural history and Geological papers presented to the Society. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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£6.35
Wielka Encyklopedia Ryb Slodkowodne I Morskie Ryby Europy W Ponad 500 Barwnych Ilustracjacj I Ponad 200 Podwodnych Zdjeciach
by Reichholf, Josef H. and Gunter Steinbach
Warsaw, Poland: Muza SA. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 8370793177 . Book is clean and tight. Corners and ends of spine are bumped and shelf worn. Dust jacket has a tear at the back fold. WRITTEN IN POLISH. Seems to be an atlas or encyclopedia of fishes. Lots of illustrations. Big, heavy book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 358 pages .
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£40.48
Italian Sea Fishes A Calypso Pocket field guide
by Gerald Jennings
1996: 1996, 1996: One copy only signed by the Author Fish names given in Italian, English and Maltese .
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£59.90
History of Fishes: A Complete Known Account of Fishes
by J.R. Norman
Hardback. New.
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£37.14
The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific
by Love, M. S., M. Yoklavich, L. Thorsteinson and J. Butler
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Clothbound
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£32.38
British fresh-water fishes
by Houghton, W. (Reverend)
Peerage Books, 1981. Reprint of 1879 edition, republished 1984 by Webb & Bower. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g./V.g.. A 1-volume reprint, with beautifully reproduced colour plates and numerous monochrome illustrations, of the classic 2-volume work covering 62 species of British freshwater fishes. Foreword by Lord Hardinge of Penhurst; illustrated by A.F. Lydon, engraved by Benjamin Fawcett. D.w. sunned along spine (publishers please note: never choose red!) but a nice fine copy. Includes a loosely...
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£28.00
The results of an expedition to Bernier and Dorre Islands, Shark Bay, Western Australia
by Ride, W.D.L. et al
Government Printer, Perth, W.A., 1962. 1st edition. Paper covers. Fine/No Jacket. Scarcely used.
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£10.00
Additions to the fish fauna of the Maldive Islands Part 1: An annotated checklist of the deep demersal fishes of the Maldive islands. (with) Part 2: New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands, with notes on other species
by M. S. Adam, N. R. Merrett, R. C. Anderson, J. E. Randall & R. H. Kuiter
Grahamstown: 1998 Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown: 1998 Ichthyological Bulletin of the J L B Smith Institute of Ichthyology art 1: An annotated checklist of the deep demersal fishes of the Maldive islands (with) Part 2: New records of fishes from the Maldive Islands with notes on other species No 67SIZE:Approximately 30cm x 21cm CONDITION: Unmarked and as new .
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£4.99
Keys to the Fishes of Washington, Oregon and Closely Adjoining Regions
by Schultz, L. P
University of Washington Publications in Biology. 2(4):103-228., 1936.
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£4.05
Rare fishes of the deep-sea genus Halieutopsis; A Review with Descriptions of Four New Species (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) A Contribution in Celebration of the Distinguished Scholarship of Robert F. Inger on the Occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday
by Bradbury, Margaret G
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History. Near Fine. 1988. 1st. Softcover. Only slight wear to brown card covers ; A bright, solid book ; Fieldiana: Zoology Publication 1388, May 31, 1988; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 22 pages .
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£20.24
Reports of Explorations and Surveys,
by Cooper, J.G., Issac I. Stevens, and others
Washington: Thomas H. Ford, 1860. First edition. Good. 30 cm; 399 pages, and 49 plates. In calf over marbled boards, worn. Binding is sound if not pretty. Contents generally clean and quite good, with some plates browned, as usual, resulting of chemicals used in lithographic process. Extra shipping charges will apply at cost. Contains the Botanical Report (with a catalogue of plants, and 6 plates); the Zoological Report (including insects with 2 plates, mammals with five plates, birds with four...
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£121.42
Crustaces PL.6
by DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sebastien Cesar
Paris: Gide, 1854. Stipple engraving with hand coloring. 20 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches. Foxing and toning some stains.<br/><br/> Beautiful selection of 9 types of ghost crabs and a description of their parts. From Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee. Paris: Gide, 1841-1854. The expedition explored the south polar regions and various island groups in the Pacific.<br/><br/>
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£202.38
Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles: Cold-Blooded Vertebrates (The Smithsonian Series, Volume EIght)
by Hildebrand, Samuel; Gilmore, Charles & Doris Cochran
New York: The Series Publishers. Near Fine. 1944. Hardcover. Part I, Fish (author: Samuel Hildebrand); Part II, Amphibians (Author, Charles Gilmore); Part III, Vertebrates (Doris Chocharan). This is volume 8 of the Smithsonian series. It is bound in brown simulated leather with elaborate gilt cover and spine decorations and lettering. The top edge is gilt, and the foredge and bottom edge are deckled (rough cut). There are no owner bookplates or owner names in the book. This is a nice clean,...
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£16.15
The fishes of the Indo-Australian archipelago, vol. 3
by Weber, M. & De Beaufort, L.F
E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1916. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. Good/No Jacket. Photocopied text.
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£12.00
Fische und Fischerei in Ost- und Nordsee
by Benke, H. (foreword)
Schriftenreihe des Deutschen Meeresmuseum, 2003. Meer und Museum Band 17. Paper covers. Fine/No Jacket. Institutional bookplate.
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£10.00
The freshwater fishes of rivers Mungo and Meme and Lakes Kotto, Mboandong and Soden, West Cameroon.
by Trewavas, E:
London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1974. . Cr. 4to pp. 329-419 (+ pls). Printed paper wrappers, 5 plates (inc. 1 colour), 17 text figs, 19 tables. Fine. (Collections of fishes from the upper Mungo and its tributaries and from lakes Kotto, Mboandong and Soden are described and their relationships discussed. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool), Vol. 26, No. 5). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.
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£16.50
