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Peterson Field Guide To Freshwater Fishes, Second Edition
by Lawrence M ; and Burr, Brooks M ; Sherrod, John P Page
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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First Year In the Life Of Estuarine Fishes In the Middle Atlantic Bight
by Kenneth Able and Michael Fahay
Fish Books & Ephemera
PART IX REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR 1881 AND FOOD FISHES OF THE UNITED STATES
by Baird, Spencer F. , Commissioner
Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1884 publication of the United States Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Clean black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Text tight, clean & intact. (lxxi) ,1146pp. Corners lightly rubbed. Prior owners signature. Illustrated with 28 b/w plates, drawings, fold out chart & tables. Agriculture, Fish, Ichthyology. ; B&W Illustrations; Thick 8vo; 1146 pages .
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$42.50
An Economic Study of the Boston Large-Trawler Labor Force; Circular 248
by Norton Virgil J., Morton M. Miller
United States Dept. of the Interior, 1966. Book. Good +. Staplebound Wraps. G+ stapled blue wraps w/black lettering. Circular 248. Stain to top cover edge. Pages clean. Binding solid. Photos/charts/tables. 54 pp..
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$15.00
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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$250.00
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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£10.00
![The Book of Fishes: Presenting the Better-Known Food and Game Fishes and the Aquatic Life of the Coastal and Inland Waters of the United States; edited by J.O. La Gorce ; narratives by Charles Haskins Townsend ... [et al.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/285/032/1529032285.0.b.jpg)
The Book of Fishes: Presenting the Better-Known Food and Game Fishes and the Aquatic Life of the Coastal and Inland Waters of the United States; edited by J.O. La Gorce ; narratives by Charles Haskins Townsend ... [et al.]
by La Gorce, John Oliver (ed.)
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1952. 1952 edition, revised and enlarged...". Hardcover. Fine with wee bump to rear bottom outer corner (see photos) in about good jacket now housed in archival myalr. Please refer to photos./good. Quarto in white color-illus jacket; xi, 339 p. : illus in b&w and color (photos & drawings) ; 26 cm. Wonderfully and lavishly illustrated. Fish!
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$27.00
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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$475.00
Guide to the Freshwater Sport Fishes of Canada
by McAllister, D. E. & F. J. Crossman
National museums of Canada. Very Good. 1973. Paperback. 0660000482 . Very good paperback with tight binding and clean pages. Very minimal shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Previous owner stamped name on the bottom leaf ends and the front end page. ; 8 x 5 x 0.40 inches .
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$6.00
The First Asian Fisheries Forum - Scientific Sessions Abstracts
by unknown
Manila, Philippines: The Philippine International Convention Center, 1986. Book. Good Plus. Soft cover. Good+ White softcover wraps w/black lettering. May 25-31, 1986. Covers w/creasing. All of text unmarked. Binding is solid. Smudge or two to covers, but overall clean. Several contributor's inside. 323 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall..
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$18.50
Studies on Freshwater Fishes of New Guinea and Northern Australia
Perth, Western Australa: Western Australian Museum, 1990. Previous owners name to front cover. Corrigendum pasted to front endpaper. 206 pages with b/w illustrations. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement no. 34. . Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A$120.00
Exotic Aquarium Fishes
by William T. Innes
TFH Publications, Incorporated, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$8.98
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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$200.00
1997 Pounds and Value of Commercially Caught Fish and Shellfish Landed in Oregon
by Hensleigh Jay & Chris Carter
Porltand, Ore: Oregon Dept. Of Fish and Wildlife, 2000. Book. Good +. Spiral Bound. Good+ Green spiral-bound softcover w/black lettering. Plastic spiral binding. EX-LIB w/a few stamps. NO pockets. Pages all clean/unmarked. Binding solid - no breaks. Charts throughout. 138 pp. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall..
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$20.00
Colin Spencer's Fish Cookbook
by Spencer, Colin
London: Bracken Books. 1994. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with colour photographs and black & white drawings. 224 pages. Over 200 recipes. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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A$10.00
THE CAT WHO COVERED THE WORLD : The Adventures Of Henrietta And Her Foreign Correspondent
by Christopher S. Wren
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/New. BRAND NEW COPY w/remainder mark & trace spotting (acidic paper reaction) to upper text block. 2000, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/New. Memoir & biography. Tales in the lives of journalist, NY Times Editor (a human) Christopher S. Wren and Henrietta (a cat). Wren, retired after near 29 years, having headed Times news bureaus in Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, Ottawa &...
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$14.50
I. On the cichlid fishes of the genus Pelmatochromis with proposal of a new genus for P. congicus; on the relationship between Pelmatochromis and Tilapia and the recognition of Sarotherodon as a distinct genus.
by Trewavas, E:
and II. A new species of cichlid fishes of rivers Quanza and Bengo, Angola, with a list of the known cichlidae of these rivers and a note on Pseudocrenilabrus natalensis Fowler. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1973. . Cr. 4to. Printed card wrappers. (I) pp. 1-26, 14 text figs, 1 table, key. (II) pp. 28-37 (+ 1 b/w plate). VG copy. (Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool), Vol. 25, No. 1). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.
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£8.00
The cranial muscles of loricarioid catfishes, their homologies and value as taxonomic characters (Teleostei: Siluroidei).
by Howes, G. J:
London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1983. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 309-345. Printed card wrappers, 22 text figs. Fine copy. (Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool), Vol. 45, No. 6). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.
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£8.00
Fishes Of Ontario
by H H.Mackay
Deptartment of Lands & Forests, 1963. Hardcover. Good. 1963. No Edition Remarks. 300 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white and colour illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.
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£22.15
The Propagation of Cod; Gadus morhua L. PART 2 An International Symposium Arendal 14-17 June 1983
by Dahl, E. & D.S. Danielssen, E. Moksness & P. Solemdal
Institute of Marine Research, 1984. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. VG Red leatherette hardcover w/gilt lettering. 1984. No jacket. PART 2. Mild edgewear to spine ends. ALL PAGES CLEAN/Unmarked/crisp. Covers clean/bright. Binding solid. Illustrated endpapers. Tables/graphs. 895 pp. Very nice copy..
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$50.00
PACIFIC SALMON AND STEELHEAD TROUT
by Childerhose, R. J. and Trim, Marj
Vancouver, BC: Douglas & Mcintyre. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0888942184 . 4to 11" - 13" tall; 158 pages; Light edgewear and creasing, small ding on DJ spine, gift notation on front free end paper. DJ unclipped. Dust jacket in Mylar, a tight bright book. A beautifully illustrated study of the salmon fishery in British Columbia in the 1970's. Included are maps and charts. Illustrated by Colour Plates. .
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$20.00
The Fresh-Water Fishes of British Columbia; by G. Clifford Carl, W.A. Clemens, black and white illustrations by Frank L. Beebe
by Carl, G. Clifford ; Clemens, W. A. ; Beebe, Frank L. (illus.)
Victoria, B.C.: printed by Don McDiarmid, 1953. Edition: 2d ed. (rev.). Paperback. Very good(+) to near fine(-) with thin partial crease to front wrap. See photos.. Octavo in pale blue printed wraps; 136p; numerous b&w and some full page color plates. Inscribed and signed by author Clemens on cover. Illustrator Frank Lyman Beebe founded the North American Falconers Association. // British Columbia Provincial Museum. Department of Education. Handbook no. 5 / Freshwater fishes -- British Columbia....
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$50.00
Identification of British Fishes.
by Bagenal, T. B:
Amersham: Hulton Educational Publications, 1973. . 1st edn. Cr. 8vo pp. 199. Illustrated card wrappers, 89 text figs (line drawings). VG+. (Enables the identification of 111 freshwater & inland marine species of fishes - Hulton Group Keys). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.
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£6.00
Crustaces PL.4
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, small repairs to edge.<br/><br/> Beautiful selection of 8 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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$250.00
Fishes of the Red
by Shpigel, Muki
Bibliography in Hebrew and english. Scientific and common names of fish in English. Fish names in Hebrew. All fish pictures in color.
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$25.00
Carved Fish
by Nagai, Fumio
Japan: Graphical Point, 1996. Hardcover. Good/very good. Hardcover in dustjacket. Unauthenticated artist's signature in heavy black ink to the front free-endpaper. A good copy, clean and unmarked with general wear at the corners and a bump to the base of the spine. Would be a very good copy but for a moderate downward warping. Unclipped jacket is clean and attractive with light ruffling at the panel edges and a bit of scuffing to the dark panels. 63 pp., all color images. Nagai's carvings...
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$150.00
Taxonomy and distribution of the stomioid fish genus Eustomias (Melanostomiidae), I: Subgenus Nominostomias.
by Gibbs, R. H. Jr., T. A. Clarke, & J. R. Gomon:
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution, 1983. . Cr. 4to pp. iv + 1-139. Printed card wrappers, 44 figs (line drawings, charts, maps), 13 tables, key. VG copy. (Nine subgenera of Eustomias are recognised tentatively and diagnostic characters are given for each. Nominostomias is redefined. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool., No. 380). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.
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£13.50
