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Lake, River & Sea-Run Fishes of Canada
by Wooding, Frederick H
Madeira Park, BC: Harbour., 1994 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 303 pp. Illustrations, references, index. One light corner bump, jacket has one small tear. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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$19.95
A Classification of the Nearctic Chironomidae
by Hamilton, A.L., O.A. Saether, and D.R. Oliver
Winnipeg: Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1969 First printing in tall stapled covers with cloth over spine. Technical Report No. 124. This is a private company copy with a small label on the front cover and a library pocket on the spine. No stamps, text is clean and umarked. Some pencil on the front cover, minor creasing to corners. Good.
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$39.95
Fish Farming. a Pictorial Adventure in the Blue Pasture
by Vassvik, Vidar. Translated From The Norwegian By Barbara Grisdale-Helland
Norway: Foto Og Bildebyra, 2000 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Colour photographs. Jacket has a minor crease to the top of the rear panel. Fine/Near Fine.
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$29.95
Inoperculate Chytridiaceous Organisms Collected in the Vicinity of Ithaca, N.Y., With Notes on Other Aquatic Fungi
by Sparrow, F.K
Reprinted from Mycologia, Novermber-December 1933. Stapled pamphlet. 22 pp. Figure, plate, references. Inscription (possibly by author) at top of front cover, light creasing and age toning. Good.
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$39.95
Northern Yukon Freshwater Fisheries Studies 1973
by Steigenberger, L.W., G.J. Birch, P.G. Bruce, and R.A. Robertson
Yellowknife, NWT: Northern Operations Branch Fisheries and Marine Service Department of the Environment, 1974 First printing in tall stapled paper covers 51 pp. Maps, tables, references. Minor shelfwear to the covers. Very Good.
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$39.95
Beneath Tropic Seas: A Record of Diving Among the Coral Reefs of Haiti (association copy)
by Beebe, William (signed); John Tee-Van (signed); Helen Tee-Van (signed)
NY: G.P. Putnam, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. A family association copy, signed on the second blank: "Inscribed for Leopold & Douglas Damrosch by William Beebe, John Tee-Van, and Tante Helen." Beebe, John Tee-Van, and Helen Damrosch Tee-Van's signatures are each in their own hand, a rare collection of signatures. Beebe was a preeminent naturalist-writer, known especially for the far-flung ocean expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological Society and his pioneering descents in...
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$500.00
PORTRAIT OF PLETTENBERG BAY
by STORRAR, PATRICIA
Cape Town.: Timmins., 1978. Dj is somewhat scuffed at head and tail & front edges; closed tears 23, 20, 10, 8mm; 85 x12mm tape stain on front inside flap. Book has tape staining on both front and rear free eps. Extensive signed dedication to "Sally and Toddy" on half title. Maps as eps; x plus 242pp, incl index, col portrait as frontis, 4pp col photog plates; numerous b&w photos in text, many full page. Please see this booksellers listings on for other books under the keyword "Africana". For an...
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$53.00
The Conch Book. All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Queen Conch From Gestation to Gastronomy
by Carstarphen, Dee. Second Edition
Wicomica Church, VA: Pen & Ink Press., 2000 First printing of the second edition in trade paperback. 73 pp. Illustrations, bibliography. Very minor shelfwear. Near Fine.
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$14.95
Sea Moss Souvenir, Cal. [Bound in Whale Bone]
by [Specimen Book]
[Monterey, CA?], 1900. A lovely commercially produced (though likely in small quantities) album of colorful preserved marine algae specimens mounted on six leaves of cardstock and enclosed within thin sections of whale vertebrae. The algae samples are beautifully arranged and still have brilliant color. The bone front cover has a hollowed-out center lined with cardstock with specimens mounted in the center. The rear cover is a solid piece of bone. The binding is seWn with a green silk ribbon. An...
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$2,100.00
Common ocean fishes of the California coast Fish Bulletin No. 91
by Roedel, Philip M
Dept of Fish and Game. Very Good-. 1953. Paperback. Very good paperback with tight binding and clean pages. Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Covers have some scuff marks and light staining. Previous owner stamped name on the front cover and bottom leaf ends. Pages are yellowing with age. ; 9 X 6 X 0.30 inches .
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$5.00
Notes from the Shore
by Jennifer Ackerman
Penguin Publishing Group, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$6.88
The ever-changing sea
by Ericson, David B. and Goesta Wollin
Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Second printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Author's inscription on front free end page. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging...
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$17.00
The Hunting of the Whale. A Tragedy That Must End
by Cherfas, Jeremy
London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1988 First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 239 pp. Illustrated, references. Pages tanning otherwise Fine/Fine.
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$14.95
Margins: A Naturalist Meets Long Island Sound
by Buckles, Mary Parker (signed)
North Point Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed on the title page by Buckles. Uncommon signed. As the jacket says: "Twenty-four million people live within one hundred miles of Long Island Sound [in 1997] . . . Yet the land, sky, and intertidal areas that Mary Parker Buckles explores . . . have remained virtually uncelebrated until now." See the New York Times review. Buckles had written several guidebooks to animals, but this is her first and primary work for a lay audience in...
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$125.00
Freshwater Fishes of Manitoba: Checklist and Keys
by Fedoruk, Alex N
Province of Manitoba Department of Mines and Enviornment Management, 1971 First printing in trade paperback. 130 pp. Figures, bibliography, index.Some light rubbing and soiling to the covers, small gouge to the bottom of front cover and first few pages. Very Good.
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$19.95
The Shark: Splendid Savage of the Sea
by Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (signed); Philippe Cousteau
NY: Doubleday & Co, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Second printing. Inscribed by Jacques-Yves Cousteau on the half-title page in his usual upper left location: "To the Guarinos, JY Cousteau." Scarce signed. A book that explores sharks via encounters while on the Calypso, Cousteau's famous research vessel. The book is co-authored with his son Philippe who carried the family mantle and distinguished himself as well in ocean conservation; the majority of the narrative actually...
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$1,500.00
Observations on a New Rhipidistian Fish From the Upper Devonian of Australia
by Thomson, Keith Stewart
Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1973 Offprint from Palaeontographica in tall stapled paper covers. 14 pp. 1 plate, 5 figures. Short split at top of spine, quite a bit of overall creasing and crimping. Fair. .
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$49.95
A PATTERN OF ISLANDS
by Arthur Grimble
The Reprint Society, London, 1954. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. There are 320 pages, b/w photos. Map endpapers.
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$20.00
Pacific Salmon
by Childerhose, R.J. And Marj Trim
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979 First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 158 pp. Color illustrations. Previous owner's information on the front endpaper has a blank white label attached over it. Jacket has some minor edgecreasing. Very Good/Very Good.
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$19.95
The Ever-Changing Sea
by ERICSON, David B. and Goesta Wollin
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Later printing. 354 + 12 pp. Illustrations by Ingrid Niccoll. Fine in near fine lightly rubbed dustwrapper.
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$20.00
Salmon, The Living Resource. Third Issue.
Vancouver (ca. 1970): Fisheries Association of B.C. et al. Talll stapled paper covers. 23 pp. Colour map at centrefold, colour photographs. Short tear at spine that runs through the text, the front cover has some tears, creasing, small chips and a scrape. Text is tanning but fine except for tear. Fair.
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$14.95
Oceanic Birds of South America
by Robert Cushman Murphy
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Cloth. Near Fine. 10.5" by 8.5". Francis L. Jacques. A fascinating two volume work on seabirds, profusely illustrated with a number of colour plates. Robert Cushman Murphy (1887-1973) was an American ornithologist who travelled on a number of expeditions on the ocean and was highly regarded as an expert on seabirds, with Murphy's petrel named for him. He also penned works such as 'Bird Islands of Peru' and 'Logbook for Grace: Whaling Brig Daisy', as well as over...
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$190.02$171.02
The Last of the Hunter Gatherers. Fisheries Crisis at Sea
by Wigan, Michael
Shrewsbury, England: Swan Hill Press., 1998 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 270 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index. Faint scratch to the foredge. The jacket has some minor rubbing.
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$14.95