THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by A. Laurence Wells.
Stock no. 1331459
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1941. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer's book No. 6. Describing 82 species with 76 illustrations, 64 of which are in full colour. Pale green cloth with dark blue titles. 4th issue. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight fading at cover edges. Endpapers lightly fingered. Dustwrapper is edge worn and very slightly grubby.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FRESHWATER FISHES
Written by T.B. Bagenal.
Stock no. 1331228
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers series No. 6. Revised Edition. Describing 50 species with 32 colour plates. Light green boards with dark titles. ISBN: 0723200890. Spine slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price sticker above).

THE ECOLOGY, EXPLOITATION, AND CONSERVATION OF RIVER TURTLES
Written by Don Moll; Edward O. Moll.
Stock no. 1831274
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

The underlying theme of this book is that a widespread, taxonomically diverse group of river turtles, important both from ecological and human resource perspectives, remains poorly understood and in delcine, while receiving scant attention from the ecological and conservation community. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and a few colour. x and 393 pages including index. ISBN: 0195102290. Front spine edge lightly creased. Boards slightly grubby. Couple of light score marks to rear board. Contents clean.

POPULAR HISTORY OF THE AQUARIUM OF MARINE AND FRESH-WATER ANIMALS AND PLANTS
Written by George Brettingham Sowerby.
Stock no. 1209024
Published by Lovell Reeve. 1st 1857. Good condition.

A fascinating history of the creation of the aquarium by an illustrious British naturalist and marine biologist. Burgundy leather binding with four raised bands and gilt title to spine, gilt London College vignette to front. 20 handcoloured plates. xvi and 327 pages including index. All edges gilt. Spine faded and rubbed. Board edges rubbed and worn, boards scuffed. Bookplate from King's College, London and dated 1859 to front pastedown. A few faint school stamps to margins. Froint joint is split and holding together by last two cords. Some light browning to contents and a few age-related marks. All plates are present.

THE FISHES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Francis Day.
Stock no. 1209020
Published by Williams and Norgate. 1st 1880. Very good condition.

Rebound with speckled calf leather spine, green title band and gilt title. Brown cloth boards. Year below publisher on title page is '1880-1884'. 180 b/w plates (including plate 172A). A few b/w illustrations to text. A heavy set. Boards are a little scuffed, rear board of volume 2 is marked. Spines are very good, a few scuffs but overall clean. Text blocks are browned and little grubby. New endpapers given during rebind. Plate 52 in Volume I has a small closed tear at top gutter edge. Page 1 of Volume II has slight margin loss at top edge - does not affect text. All plates are pres3ent. Some plates have a few foxspots or age-related marks. A very nice set.

THE WILD TROUT
Written by Malcolm Greenhalgh. Illustrated by Rod Sutterby; Simon Farrell.
Stock no. 1329531
Published by George Philip. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Artist Sutterby and biologist Greenhalgh combine forces to celebrate the beauty of the wild trout and make an urgent call for conservation measures. With more than 40 colour paintings, drawings and sketches of individual fish, together with colour photos. Large oblong format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0540011991. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front pastedown (covered by dustwrapper flap). Dustwrapper is slightly marked and edge worn, large tear to rear panel.

THE COMPLETE FLY-FISHER'S HANDBOOK
Written by Malcolm Greenhalgh. Illustrated by Denys Ovenden.
Stock no. 1329356
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Natural food of Trout and Grayling and their artificial imitations. A pratical guide to Essential Techniques. Glazed pictorial boards. 288 Pages (including index). Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0751304999. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly creased.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1915. Good condition.

Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.

KEEPING AND BREEDING FRESHWATER TURTLES
Written by Russ Gurley.
Stock no. 1826676
Published by Living Art Publishing. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Information and ideas that can help keepers enhance their work and help them provide more interesting and appropriate environments for their turtles. Large format. Black pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 096381303X. Covers a little grubby and scuffed. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Foxing to title page else contents clean.

BACTERIAL FISH PATHOGENS: DISEASE OF FARMED AND WILD FISH
Written by Brian Austin; Dawn A. Austin.
Stock no. 1825190
Published by Springer. 6th 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Sixth Edition. This book puts emphasis on the isolation, taxonomy, diagnosis (phenotypic, serology and molecular biology), epizootiology, pathogenicity mechanisms, and methods of disease control (by vaccination, immunostimulation, probiotics, prebiotics, plant products, and antimicrobial compounds). Primarily targeted at research workers, including postgraduate students, and diagnosticians, as well as veterinary microbiologists, publich health scientists and microbialecologists. Green glazed boards. A few colour photos. Printed by Printforce, Netherlands, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9783319326733. Spine & corners lightly rubbed, minor knocks to lower edges of boards. Some very slight page crinkling. Contents clean.

MEDAKA: BIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, AND EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS VOLUME 2
Written by Kenji Murata; Masato Kinoshite; Kiyoshi Naruse; et al.
Stock no. 1824797
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition.

Explains the advantages of using medaka in experimental designs, to facilitate research, and to stimulate progress by adopting medaka as a model animal. This volume explores new technologies developed after 2009, using the fish as a molecular tool in the fields of life science, evolution, ecology and toxicology. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. xxiii and 344 pages including index. ISBN: 9781119575290. Boards lightly scuffed, corners lightly rubbed, previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear board. Contents fine.

FISH DIVERSITY OF JAPAN: EVOLUTION, ZOOGEOGRAPHY, AND CONSERVATION
Written by Yoshiaki Kai; Hiroyuki Motomura; Keiichi Matsuura.
Stock no. 2140432
Published by Springer. Circa 2022. Fine condition.

This book reviews and summarizes the studies on the fish diversity of Japan. ISBN: 9789811674266. Still in original shrink wrap - UNREAD.