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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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Marine Life Books & Ephemera
Mind in the Waters: A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins
by McIntyre, Joan (editor)
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. lite soiling; owner's name; 240 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by B/w. 4 vo.
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$8.95
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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$75.24
THE VOYAGE OF THE HURON AND THE HUNTRESS:The American Sealers and the Discovery of the Continent of Antarctica
by Stackpole, Edouard A
The Marine Historical Association, 1955. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good/No Dust Jacket. 1955 Edition, 86 pages, illustrated with maps and plates. Original stapled wrappers, wrappers stained from staples as expected, previous owners signature on front cover, contents clean. Folding map is a modern copy laid in (Rosove states this is often missing) This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales;...
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$33.29
Rapport sur le Voyage de M. Bocourt a Siam
by Milne Edwards, Henri and F. Bocourt
Milne Edwards, Henri and F. Bocourt. 1869. Rapport sur le Voyage de M. Bocourt a Siam. Notes sur les Reptiles, les Batraciens et les Poissons recueillie Pendant un Voyage dans le Royaume de Siam. Nouvelles Archives du Museum Bulletin. 2: 1-20, 1 plate.
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$45.00
Certain Scopelids in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
by Gilbert, Charles H
Gilbert, Charles H. 1906. Certain Scopelids in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 46 (14): 255-262, 3 plates. Original wrappers.
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$3.00
DISCOVERY REPORTS: Vol V, pp327-362, text figures 1-10 The Vascular Networks of the Fin Whale
by Ommanney, F.D. & Harrison Matthews, L
Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIGNED Original Report: The vascular networks (retia mirabilia) of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), Signed "With compliments FD Ommanney"on front cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No:...
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$37.68
The Practical Encyclopedia of Freshwater Tropical Aquarium Fishes.
by Mills, D. & G. Vevers:
London: Salamander Books Ltd, 1982. . 4to pp. 208. Cloth, 280 colour photos, 50 colour artwork illustrations, 200 line drawings. Fine in similar (price clipped) d/w. (The first section of the book explains in some detail how to set up a tropical freshwater aquarium, providing information on suitable aquariums, lighting, filtration, aeration, aquatic plants, furnishing, selecting fishes, feeding, disease etc. The second section is a guide to around 200 tropical freshwater fishes that are suitable for...
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$12.56
A Phylogenetic Study of the Neotropical Characiform Family Curimatidae (Pisces: Ostariophysi)
by Richard P. Vari
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. 71 pages with b/w illustrations. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology number 471. . Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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$13.07
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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$5.02
Records of the South Australian Museum Volume II No 2
by Edited by the Museum Director [Edgar R. Waite]
Adelaide: of South Australia. 1922. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Original contents bound in facsimile covers. Illustrated with Black & White Plates and Drawings. 171 pages. Includes articles on: 1. two Ziphioid Whales, not previously recorded in South Australia; 2. Description of a New Australian Fish of the Genus Congiopus; 3. Studies in Australian Sharks No. 4; 4. Record of a European Mollusc not previously reported from Australia; 5. Undescribed Crane-Flies in the South Australian...
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$9.81
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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$20.73
A Voyage of Discovery Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay and Inquiring Into the Plausibility of a North-West Passage
by Ross, John
London: John Murray, 1819. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. 4to. 4to. Contemporary calf binding with rebacked spine and raised bands. xxxix [1] tipped in errata slip, 252 p.p., cxliv. 15 colour plates [4 folding], 9 engravings [2 folding], 4 tables [2 folding] and 3 folding charts including frontispiece. Light scratches to front and rear board with rubbing to extremities, but otherwise in fine condition. Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a member of the Royal Navy, British naval officer and explorer who...
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$5,506.30
THE MARINE MAMMALS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED:
by Scammon, Charles M
Quarto (12 by 9 1/2 inches) San Francisco: John H. Carmany and Company, 1874. Original First Edition. 319 + v pages, hardcover, bound in original green pebble cloth, with title in gilt on spine, and gilt vignette of a seal on upper front cover; 27 lithographic plates drawn by the author, and printed by Britton and Rey, plus many other fine lithographs (a few drawn by another hand) of whaling equipment, seals, dolphins and porpoises. Neat nineteenth century inked gift inscription on front fly leaf; minor...
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$950.00
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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$50.00
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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$40.00
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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$7.84
Piloting, Seamanship and Small Boat Handling
by Chapman, Charles F
NY: Motor Boating. NF. 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. 1964-1965 edition. 8 3/4" x 11 3/4" hardcover bound in blue cloth. A n ear fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Name inked on the book's fro nt endpaper. Dust soiling to the edges of the upper page block. Shelf wear to spine tips and corners. The dust jacket has chips/rubs to its corners and along the head and base of its spine. The front panel has small tears and creasing to its upper and lower edges. The rear panel has a 2" tear with creasing along...
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$15.00
Meet The Great Ones: An Introduction to Whales and Other Cetaceans
by Barstow, Robbins
Wethersfield, Connecticut: Cetacean Society International, 1987. Third printing. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good. Sineti, Donald.
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$12.00
History of Fishes: A Complete Known Account of Fishes
by J.R. Norman
Hardback. New.
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$46.65
DISCOVERY REPORTS: Vol V, pp363-466, plates II and III text figures 1-39 The Urino-Genital Systgem of the Fin Whale
by Ommanney, F.D. & Harrison Matthews, L
Cambridge University Press, UK, 1932. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIGNED Original Report: The urino-genital system of the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with appendix The dimensions and growth of the kidney of blue and fin whales. Signed "With compliments FD Ommanney"on front cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not...
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$37.68
Eyewonder: Ocean: Enter A World of Discovery
by Samantha Gray
Dorling Kindersley, Great Britain, 2010. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 48 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children's; Children; Marine Life. ISBN/EAN: 9781405361293. Inventory No: 247058. . 9781405361293
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$4.58
DISCOVERY REPORTS: Vol VII, pp363-406, plate XV. Some aspects of respiration in Blue and Fin Whales
by Laurie, Alec H
Cambridge University Press, UK, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Original Report: Some aspects of respiration in Blue and Fin Whales, pp363-406, plate XV, 4 figures in text,. Original wrappers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Animals & Birds. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3489. .
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$22.61
Australia's Underwater Wilderness
by Hughes, Roland
Ure Smith, Sydney, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Size: Over 12" Tall. Spine Sunned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Nature; ISBN: 0725408057. ISBN/EAN: 9780725408053. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 48728. . 9780725408053
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$19.61
SOUTH LATITUDE
by Ommanney, F.D
Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. 1st Edition; x, 308 pages, map end papers, illustrated, frontispiece of the Royal Research Ship Discovery II and sixteen plates. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket. Previous owners bookplate to verso map otherwise contents clean. A nice copy. The author was a lecturer in Zoology & made this voyage on the Discovery II expedition. ''It was written in odd half-hours in the routine of a...
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$12.56
Close to Shore : A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence
by Michael Capuzzo
Broadway Books, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.11
