Search Results: Fishes from Graham Newland (Natural History Books)

Grahamstown: J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1998. . 4to pp. 1-32 (+ pls). Printed card wrappers, plates 1-4 (44 colour photos), figs 1-16 (inc. 13 b/w photos, 1 map). Fine condition. (Ichth. Bull. J. L. B. Smith Inst. Ichth., No. 67). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Neptune City: T.F.H., 1975. . 3rd edn. 8vo pp 288. Illustrated, laminated boards, many colour & b/w photos, num. line drawings and map. Near fine. . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Washington, D.C: Biological Society of Washington, 1984. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 103-118. Stapled self wrappers. Spine neatly reinforced with brown paper tape, otherwise VG. (Provides a checklist that includes all taxa known from the state within historical times, a total of 160 native and introduced fishes referable to 108 species, 56 genera, and 19 families are recorded. Reprinted from Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 97, No. 1). . Catalogs: Fishes, reprints & separates.

Poole: Blandford Press, 1983. . 1st English edn. Cr. 4to pp. 607. Cloth, 1183 colour & b/w photos, drawings, charts, graphs & maps. Slight thumbing to fore edges, otherwise a VG copy in fair d/w, which has some loss to top edge & several chips and small closed tears. (Useful contribution to aquarium literature, covering the history of Ichthyology and the aquarium hobby with details on disease, rearing & feeding of fish/invertebrates and the cultivation of aquatic plants). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

London: The Zoological Society of London, 1971. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 351-395. Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-17 (Inc. 1 map), tables I-VIII, appendices I-V. VG. (A tuna longline survey of billfish was carried out in the equatorial western Indian Ocean during 1964-67, in which 265 specimens of five species (Istiophorus platypterus, Tetrapterus audax, Tetrapterus angustirostris, Makaira indica and Makaira nigricans) were caught. The comparative morphometric evidence obtained is used in confirming the conspecificity of these istiophorids with Pacific Indian Ocean forms. (Reprinted from J. Zool., Lond., Vol. 163). . Catalogs: Fishes, reprints & separates.

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.

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.

London: Fishing News Books, 1967. . Reprint. 8vo pp. 148. Card wrappers, 22 b/w photo plates, 25 text figs. Ex-lib copy with handstamp to f.f.e.p. & title page, labels removed from f.f.e.p. & on inside of front wrapper, otherwise VG. The text & illustrations are as new, the book has the appearance of having had very light use. (Scientific study covering the environmental factors, climate & feeding effects on species distribution). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

London: Croom Helm, 1979. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. 202. Cloth, 25 b/w photos, text figs & tables. Fine copy in similar (price clipped) d/w. (Well written and interesting study on the origins of Britain's freshwater fishes). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Neptune City: T.F.H., 1978. . 8vo pp. 832. Illustrated, laminated boards, 697 photos inc. 487 in colour, num. line drawings & maps. Minor thumbing to fore edges, otherwise a near fine copy. (Authoritative work, covering all aspects of the natural history & biology of 114 species). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Neptune City: T.F.H., 1983. . 2nd (rev. edn.). 8vo pp. 1-350. Illustrated boards, 32 colour plates (117 photos), 324 text figs (colour & b/w photos), line drawings, glossary + index of common & scientific names. VG copy. (Authoritative identification guide to the 300 species of fishes most likely to be observed or encountered on the reefs of the Caribbean Sea, providing individual accounts for all species). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Shreveport, LA: Museum of Life Sciences, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, 1979. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 1-12. Printed paper wrappers, 1 map, 1 table. Fine. (Bull. Mus. Life Sci., No. 3). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1965. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 313-357. Printed paper wrappers, 12 text figs (inc. 17 line drawings, 1 map), tables, keys. Fine condition. (The cichlid fishes of Lake Nabugabo, situated on the western shore of Lake Victoria, Uganda are reviewed. Six species of Haplochromis (inc. five endemic to the lake) are recorded, two are described as new (Haplochromis simpsoni sp. nov & Haplochromis venator sp. nov). A brief description of the lake and its history is also given. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool), Vol. 12, No. 9). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Auckland: William Collins Publishers Ltd., (1982) 1987. . Rev edn. Cr. 8vo pp. 343. Illustrated boards, 48 colour plates (180 illustrations), 475 line drawings, maps, diagrams & keys. As new condition. (Deals with 486 species from the three main groups of sea fishes to be found within New Zealand's 200 mile limit, provides information on size, growth rates, feeding, breeding, distribution & habitats). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

London: Collins, 1972. . 1st English edn. 8vo pp. 223. Cloth, over 450 colour illustrations, num. line drawings, distribution maps. VG in good, but slightly creased d/w. (Describes and illustrates more than 400 species of aquarium fish - freshwater, salt & brackish together with over 50 species of plants suitable for aquaria. Includes information on aquaria establishment, upkeep and the types available). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Neptune City: T.F.H., 1975. . 4to pp. 240. Illustrated boards, num. colour & b/w photos, illustrations, line drawings, figs, maps & tables. Fine copy. (The result of nearly four years of research, includes notes on the ecology, distribution & classification of species inhabiting Oceania, Melanesia & the Great Barrier Reef). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Cape Town: Trustees of the South African Museum, 1903. . 1st edn. Roy. 8vo pp. 5 (+ pls). Original printed paper wrappers, 6 fine lithographs by P. J. Smit & J. Green. Covers detached, with edge tears and some loss, the text and plates are fine and unmarked. (Ann. S. Afr. Mus., Vol. III, Part III). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

London: Iliffe Books, (1956) 1967. . 2nd edn. 8vo pp. 309. Cloth, num. b/w photos, line drawings, text figs, tables. 1cm ink mark to head of spine, slight thumbing to fore edges, otherwise a VG copy without d/w. . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1990. . 2nd edn. 4to pp. 768. Illustrated laminated boards, over 4000 colour photos, num. line drawings & maps. Neat handstamp to ffep, otherwise as new in d/w. (Comprehensive identification guide to both warm and coldwater marine aquarium fishes of the world, with information on maintenance in captivity, reproduction & distribution). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Urbana, IL: State of Illinois, Natural History Survey Division, 1957. . 8vo pp. 1-84. Printed card wrappers, colour frontispiece, 27 figs (inc. 16 b/w photos), 27 tables. Staples rusty, brief ink notation to lower margin of front cover, slightly faded along spine and margins, otherwise in VG clean condition. (Presents the results of an intensive study of the ecological life history of the warmouth based primarily on surveys conducted in two habitats of central Illinois, Park Pond (Vermilion County) and Venard Lake (McLean County). Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bul., Vol. 27, Art. 1). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.