The Littoral Fauna of the British Isles. A Handbook for Collectors by N. B. Eales:

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1967. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Maroon cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Owerniship inscription on f. paste down. Frontis plate. Illustrations. Plates. 306 pages clean and tight. This handy reference book provides the serious student of marine biology with the means of identifying the extraordinary variety of living creatures to be found on the British and Irish coasts, without the need for searching through large specialised monographs or papers scattered in zoological journals. It has been written to encourage observation of the habits and structure of the living animal in its natural surroundings, supplemented by closer study in the laboratory, with special attention to characters of systematic importance, and to give preliminary training in systematic work. The keys in this book should enable the collector to trace an animal at least to its genus; and in the process he will… Read More

Cambridge Uni. Press., 1961. 3rd. Ed.. pp.xvii, 306 with b/w. photos and line drawings. 8vo. Signature. Thor. vg. hardback.