FRESHWATER LIFE
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MANUAL OF SALMONID FARMING
Written by Stephen Willoughby.
Stock no. 2139607
Published by Fishing News (Books) Ltd.; Blackwell Science.
1st
1999.
Very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. B/w diagrams. This practical text is designed as a benchmark reference to the many technical aspects of salmon and trout farming, the varied issues of growth and development, operational and administrative concerns, environmental requirements and consequences, nutrition and feeding, disease prevention and control, harvesting and fish quality, genetics and breeding technology, and marketing. ISBN: 0852382456. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few marks to covers. Light page edge browning, with a few foxspots to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- SALMON
- TROUT
- FISHING (COMMERCIAL)
- FARMING
SMALL FRESHWATER CREATURES (POCKET GUIDES)
Written by Lars-Henrik Olsen; Jakob Sunesen; Bente Vita Pedersen.
Stock no. 1822359
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Describing over 500 animals, from spiders to salamanders, that you may meet in the ponds, rivers, and streams of Northern Europe. Grey pictorial boards, black title to spine. Illustrated endpapers, colour illustrations, 229 pages including index. ISBN: 0198507984. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- RIVERS
TRANSACTIONS OF THE MIDLAND SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION WINTER SESSION OF 1864-5
No author listed.
Stock no. 1819468
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co..
1865.
Good condition.
Contents include: On Thor's Cave; On the Nest of the Ten Spined Stickleback; On the Embryo of the Pike; On the Jaw of the British Leopard; On some Peculiarities in the growth of the Hawthorn Tree; and much more. Pink cardwraps. 71 pages plus 19 plates at rear. Writing in blue pencil to front cover, covers are unevenly faded and marked/grubby. Backstrip worn and front cover just starting to split from contents because of this. A little unobtrusive annotation to contents in pencil. Text block browned. Plates have some foxing present.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- FOSSILS
- ANTIQUARIAN
FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 75)
Written by Peter S. Maitland; R. Niall Campbell.
Stock no. 2130650
Published by Collins.
1st
1992.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist No. 75 Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 21 colour photos and over 200 b/w photos and diagrams. ISBN to verso of title page is 0002193833 but this is incorrect as this ISBN matches NN No.74 (Ferns). ISBN provided is on verso of dustwrapper of this title. ISBN: 0002193795. Foxing to top edge of outer page edges, else fine. Wrapper is faded to spine.
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- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- NEW NATURALIST
- FISH
LAKES, LOUGHS AND LOCHS (NN 128)
Written by Brian Moss.
Stock no. 1817563
Published by William Collins.
As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series 128. A comprehensive overview of British and Irish lakes. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Orange endpapers with blue New Naturalist logo repeating. Colour & b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780007511389. Still in original shrinkwrap!
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- FRESHWATER LIFE
BARBEL
Written by J.W. Martin.
Illustrated by Paul Cook.
Stock no. 2129555
Published by The Medlar Press.
1st thus
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Smaller format. Dark orange cloth, black title to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Limited edition to 295 copies. B/w illustrations. Being a Practical Treatise on Angling with Float and Ledger in Still Water and Stream. ISBN: 1899600248. This is the binders file copy - so NOT numbered and also missing pictorial onlay to front cover. A few marks to covers. Contents are excellent!
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- FISH
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- LIMITED EDITION
BARBEL
Written by J.W. Martin.
Illustrated by Paul Cook.
Stock no. 2129509
Published by The Medlar Press.
1st
2002.
Fine condition.
Smaller format. Leather binding. Black title to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Deluxe, Limited edition to 55 copies. B/w illustrations. Being a Practical Treatise on Angling with Float and Ledger in Still Water and Stream. ISBN: 1899600248.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- FISH
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- LIMITED EDITION
- LEATHER BINDING
BRITISH FRESHWATER FISHES
Written by Len Cacutt.
Stock no. 2126502
Published by Croom Helm.
1st
1979.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of their evolution. B/w photos. ISBN: 0856643203. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few chips and faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- EVOLUTION
- FISH
THE BIOLOGY OF POLLUTED WATERS
Written by H.B.N. Hynes.
Stock no. 1813011
Published by Liverpool University Press.
1st
1960.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The biological aspects of pollution in simple terms and as comprehensively as possible. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w charts and illustrations. 202 pages. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned and edge-worn.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- ZOOLOGY
- WATER
- BIOLOGY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
THE TROUT (NMN 21)
Written by W.E. Frost; M.E. Brown.
Stock no. 1608267
Published by Collins.
1st
1967.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist Monograph series. B/w photos. Trout anatomy, physiology, distribution and food, the effects of climate, water chemistry, human and other predators, their growth and weight, how to assess their age and condition. Foxing to textblock. Some foxing / browning to wrapper which has a couple of closed edge tears repaired with tape to verso.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- FISH
- TROUT
ILLUSTRATED INDEX OF BRITISH SHELLS
Written by G.B. Sowerby.
Illustrated by G.B. Sowerby.
Stock no. 1208607
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co..
2nd
1887.
Almost very good condition.
Containing Figures Of All The Recent Species, With Names and Other Information. Habits and localities, range of depth of marine species and comparative abundance. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 26 tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates depicting 668 species. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover, embossed decorative borders to covers. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn with small tear in cloth at base of spine. Covers darkened at edges and on spine. Front hinge cracked. Inscription in ink on verso of front endpaper. All plates present. One tissue guard detached. Foxing to tissue guards. Plates clean except for a very few which have minor foxing at the edges. A bright copy.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- MARINE LIFE
- SHELLS
- FRESHWATER LIFE
LIFE IN LAKES AND RIVERS (NN 15)
Written by T.T. Macan; E.B. Worthington.
Stock no. 1607076
Published by Collins.
1959.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist series. Green cloth covers. 6 x 8.5". 272 pages. An authoritative work of outstanding interest. Many attractive colour plates - also black and white photo illustrations. Some mottling / fading marks to boards. Owner's name stamp to front endpaper and textblock. Some foxing. Wrapper is a little grubby and foxed to verso.
- Categorised in:
- NEW NATURALIST
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- RIVERS