Search Results: Titles starting with B from Graham Newland (Natural History Books)

Enfield: Beekay Publishers Ltd, (1982) 1985. . Reprint. 8vo pp. 132. Illustrated card wrappers, 45 b/w photos, line drawings. Slight thumbing to fore edges, minor creases to covers, small ink mark to title page, otherwise VG. (Useful reference to modern carp fishing aimed at the beginner and inexperienced carp angler, written by master carp fisherman Peter Mohan). . Catalogs: Fishing & Countryside.

Santee, CA: Advanced Vivarium Systems, Inc., 1995. . 8vo pp. 1-18. Illustrated card wrappers, 8 b/w photos. New book. (The Herpetocultural Library Basic Care Series). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, new.

Genève: Société Suisse de Zoologie et du Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 1959. . Roy. 8vo pp. 711-721. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-6 (inc. 13 b/w photos), tables. VG. (Phrynobatrachus werneri hylaios; Hyperolius mosaicus n. sp. French text with Latin nomenclature. Revue suisse Zool., Tome 66, Fasc. 30). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

London: Pelham Books, 1974. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. 183. Cloth, 22 b/w photos, 41 text figs (line drawings by Baz East). Dust marks to top edges, otherwise a near fine copy in similar d/w. (Practical guide providing detailed information on how to achieve success at the skilful business of catching a wide variety of edible fishes from piers, beaches, harbour walls and rocks, based on the author's 40 years of experience). . Catalogs: Fishing & Countryside.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1986. . 8vo pp. 61. Illustrated laminated boards, 40 colour photos + end-paper photos. Good. (Deals with the basic construction and maintenance of simple terrariums of various types: Content: Introduction; Equipment; Setting up; Care; Desert reptiles; Woodland reptiles; Amphibians). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, previously owned.

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1972. . Roy. 8vo pp. 191-194. Stapled self wrappers, fig 1, table 1. VG. (Ambystoma macrodactylum macrodactylum; Ambystoma macrodactylum krausei; Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum. Reprinted from Herpetologica, Vol. 6, Nos. 3-4). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

London: Zoological Society of London, 1968. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 193-221. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-6, tables I-VII, apendix. Spine reinforced with paper tape, otherwise VG. (Amphibolurus caudicinctus, Amphibolurus inermis, Amphibolurus minimus, Amphibolurus minor, Amphibolurus ornatus. Extract from J. Zool. Lond., Vol. 154). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde, 1968. . 1st edn. 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 44-45. Self wrappers. VG. (Reprinted from Salamandra, Vol. 4). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Dresden: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, 1991. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 157-164. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-5 (inc. 7 b/w photos, 1 map), table 1. Light horizontal crease throughout, otherwise VG. (Inscribed and signed by the author on upper margin of title page. German text with Latin nomenclature and a brief summary in English. Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden, Band 46, Nr. 10). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Stuttgart: Alfred Kernen Verlag, 1964. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 179-183. Self wrappers, figs 1-4 (b/w photos). Horizontal crease throughout, otherwise in VG condition. (German text with Latin nomenclature. Reprinted from Aquar.-Terrar.-Z., Vol. 17. No. 6). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde, 1974. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. 93-103. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-4 (b/w photos), table 1. VG. (Reprinted from Salamandra, Vol. 10, No. 3/4. Inscribed and signed by the author). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Rio de Janeiro: Ministério da Educação e Saúde, Museu Nacional, 1944. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. 1-66. Stapled self wrappers, 14 plates (inc. 40 b/w photos, 1 X-radiograph), bibliography. Exterior pages slightly dust-marked, tiny chip to upper corner of back page, otherwise in VG condition. (Portuguese text with Latin nomenclature and a substantial summary in English [Pp. 37-43]. Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio, nova série, zool., no. 17). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, previously owned.

Urbana, IL: State of Illinois, Natural History Survey Division, 1951. . 8vo pp. 211-265. Printed card wrappers, b/w frontispiece, 13 figs (inc. 3 b/w photos, 2 maps), 29 tables. Staples rusty, brief ink notation to margin of front cover, otherwise in good condition. (Report based primarily on an intensive study of the white crappie in Lake Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, where sampling was conducted at 1-to-2 month intervals at all seasons throughout the year during 1935-1939. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bul., Vol. 25, Art. 4). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1982. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 260-264. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-7 (inc. 2 b/w photos, 1 map). VG. (Reprinted from Copeia, 1982, No. 2). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Washington, D.C: Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior, 1956. . 8vo pp. 1-88. Printed card wrappers, 15 figs (inc. 13 b/w photos, 1 map), 43 tables. Staples rusty, otherwise in VG condition. (Experimental fishing using gill nets of five mesh sizes in Lake Michigan in 1930-32 yielded more than 16,000 young lake trout. Data is presented on age, growth, length-weight ratio, abundance, geographical and bathymetric distribution, and other details of their biology. U. S. Fish and Widlife Service, Research Report No. 42). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1986. . 1st edn. 4to pp. xvii + 1-670. Illustrated laminated boards, 350 figs (inc. b/w photos, line drawings, charts & maps), 57 tables. Slight fading to green band on the spine, lower corners lightly bumped, small indentation (5mm) to upper edge of front board, overall in near fine condition, tightly bound with no inscriptions. (This is the widely acclaimed, preeminent reference and text on all aspects of amphibian biology, including their life history, ecology, morphology, and evolution. Copiously illustrated throughout with original drawings and photographs, together with an extensive bibliography containing over 2,500 entries. The book remains the standard work on the subject and is an indispensable reference for professional biologists and students alike. Content: Introduction to the Amphibia. Part 1: Life History: Reproductive Strategies; Courtship and Mating; Vocalization; Eggs and Development; Larvae; Metamorphosis. Part 2: Ecology: Relationships with… Read More

Frankfurt am Main: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde, 1979. . Roy. 8vo pp. 266-268. Self wrappers. Slight creasing, otherwise VG. (German text with Latin nomenclature and a brief summary in English. Reprinted from Salamandra, Vol. 15, No. 4). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Liege: Archives Internationales de Physiologie et de Biochimie, 1963. . Roy. 8vo pp. 614-615. Table I. VG. (Reprinted from Arch. internat. Physiol. Bioch., Vol. 71, No. 4). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1978. . Roy. 8vo pp. 256-258. Self wrappers, table 1. Small oval institutional handstamp to upper r/h corner of front page, otherwise VG. (Alytes obstetricans; Salamandra salamandra; Lacerta monticola; Podarcis hispanica; Psammodromus algirus. Reprinted from J. Herp., Vol. 12, No. 2). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, reprints & separates.

Bonn: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, 1985. . Roy. 8vo pp. 233-606. Printed card wrappers, num. b/w photos, line drawings, text figs & maps. As new copy. (Compilation of 26 papers (11 are in English and all others have an English summary) presented at the first symposium ,,Herpetologia Canariensis'' held at Bonn, 1-3 November 1984. The proceedings of the symposium include original information on both recent and fossil reptiles and amphibians of the Canary Islands, data on microclimate, vegetation and conservation is also discussed with particular emphasis on the lizards of the genus Gallotia. Bonn. zool. Beitr., Vol. 36, No. 3/4). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, previously owned.