Fauna of Australia. Discovery series.
Melbourne: Australian National Publicity Association, [1948]. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
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Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume ten.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1879. Quarto, 95 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Restored green half morocco, new endpapers, a few light spots and a single small library stamp, otherwise a very good copy. The papers are: 1. Mivart, George. On the axial skeleton of the Struthionida..... More
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, volume twelve.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1890. Quarto, 65 handcoloured and uncoloured lithographic plates, some double page. Contemporary green half morocco, marbled endpapers, a few spots. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON In 1826 the Zoological society of London was formed with the specific intention of establishing a menagerie, museum..... More
The first year in the life of Estuarine Fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Octavo, text illustrations, tables, fine copy in dustwrapper. This text summarizes research into the first year in the lives of the fishes of the estuaries of the Middle Atlantic Bight, describing the natural history of the eggs, larvae and juveniles of 70 fish species..... More
Marine fishes of tropical Australia and south-east Asia.
Perth: WA Museum, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour plates, text illustrations. Owner's signature, minor wear to front cover. Otherwise a fine copy. A field guide for anglers and divers - the excellent illustrations make identification easy and the author has included a guide to edibility as well as sections on..... More
The southern ark: zoological discovery in New Zealand 1769-1900.
Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The painted stream: a river warden's life.
London: J M Dent & Sons, 1985. Quarto, text illustrations. Minor wear to dustwrapper, otherwise a fine copy. More
Billion-dollar fish: the untold story of Alaska pollock.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Alaska pollock is everywhere. That ubiquity has made pollock the most lucrative fish harvest in America-the fishery in the United States alone has an annual value of over one billion dollars. But even as the money rolls in..... More
Planet ocean: voyage to the heart of the marine realm.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2005. Large quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Spanning the vast diversity of Earth's oceans, these fascinating ocean worlds occupy more than three quarters of our planet, and their natural richness is the source of life, yet they are still poorly understood. With through, accessible essays on..... More
The illustrated atlas of wildlife.
California: University of California Press, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Have you ever seen an antelope the size of a cat, or a frog bigger than a lapdog? What kinds of animals thrive in the Sahara? Earth is full of incredible creatures, all specially adapted..... More
Dangerous marine animals.
London: A & C Black, 2010. Octavo, paperback with plastic cover, colour photographs, maps. This guide to the marine environment covers all forms of sealife. It describes colenterates, molluscs, crustacea, urochordates, fish, reptiles, seabirds, cetaceans and sea mammals. The book opens with a section on oceanography and marine biology which..... More
Creatures of the deep blue.
Rickmansworth: Evans Mitchell Books, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. An underwater safari featuring amazing photography. More
Over Eenige Visschen van Van Diemensland.
Amsterdam: C. G. Van Der Post, 1855. Quarto, one folding plate. Publisher's printed wrappers, rare. Not in Ferguson. More
The Kingfisher.
Poole: Blandford Press, 1982. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. More
Ocean frontiers: explorations by oceanographers on five continents.
New York: Abrams, 1992. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
A philosophical account of the works of nature: endeavouring to set forth the several graduations remarkable in the mineral, vegetable and animal parts of the creation.
London: W. Mears, 1721. Quarto, 28 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary full calf and maroon leather label, some wear and corners bumped, all edges coloured, a sound copy. Richard Bradley was appointed to the chair of botany at Cambridge University in 1724. This work is an early attempt to describe the..... More
Buckland's curiosities of natural history: a selection.
London: The Batchworth Press, 1948. Octavo, line drawings, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
The ocean at home: an illustrated history of the aquarium.
London: Reaktion Books, 2011. Octavo, paperback, photographs, colour and black and white illustrations. The mysterious world beneath the ocean's surface has captivated man for centuries - the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and ancient Chinese all kept fish in their homes for purposes other than the culinary. But it was not until..... More
The Galathea Deep Sea Expedition, 1950-1952: described by members of the expedition.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Octavo, illustrations, folding map, worn dustwrapper. More
On statistical treatment of the results of parallel trials with special reference to fishery research.
Ambleside: Freshwater Biological Association of the British Empire, 1945. Octavo, stained wrappers, folding table. More
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Pacific marine fishes, Book 1 [Fishes of southern Japan and the Ryukyus].
Neptune City: TFH, (1973. second edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. More
Salmon country: a history of the Pacific salmon.
Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2000. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Chronicles the demise of the North American Salmon Industry. More
The naturalist's library. Ichthyology, volume two: treating of the nature, structure, and economical uses of fishes.
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, (1840. first edition), Duodecimo, 32 handcoloured engraved plates, uncoloured frontispiece of Salviani. Handsome contemporary blindstamped full morocco, all edges gilt, a fine copy. More