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By: ATACK, Katherine
Price: £22.50
Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, 2006
Seller ID: 003684
ISBN: 9838121134
Condition: New
NEW. Well illustrated, pp xii, 200, a good copy in dustwrapper. [Introduces the non-taxonomic reader to the variety of fish species in the mostly estuarine rivers running through the city of Kuching. Many of the species are illustrated with some of the most stunning photography yet seen in any fish guide. One hundred and two species are described with detailed information on the appearance, habitat and distribution. These species range from freshwater species that can tolerate low salinity levels to marine species that visit freshwater. This book covers the species most likely to be seen, and ... View more info
By: Barman, R.P.
Price: £6.50
Publisher: Calcutta, Zoological Survey of India: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013395
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, slim octavo, pp (2), 86, extremely clean internally, paperback, covers slighly curled, otherwise a very good copy, virtually as new. View more info
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Constable & Company: 1909
Seller ID: 009994
Condition: Good
Second ("cheaper") reissue. With photographic plates and line drawings within the text by Gambier Bolton and Winifred Austin, pp x, 310, uncut, slight adhesion markes on title pages with very tiny loss of the printed surface, contemporary inscription on front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, red decorated cloth, slightly worn and marked, spine very slightly faded. View more info
![Image for Les Poissons des Eaux Douces de la France [Alan Davidson's copy]](/assets/images/product/009154.jpg)
By: Blanchard, Emile
Price: £135.00
Publisher: Paris, J.B. Bailliere et Fils: 1866
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 009154
Condition: Good
Illustrated with text engravings, large thick 8vo, pp xvi, 656, some foxing and age-staining, rather heavy and dis-figuring on some pages, quarter morocco and marbled boards, a little rubbed. [Stamp of "Bibliotheque Maurice Hofer" on the half-title.]. The scarce first edition. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxfo... View more info
By: Brewster, Bernice; Chapple, Nicky; Davies, Mark (et al) [Anne Mcdowall - editor]
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Dorking, Interpet Publishing: 1999
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013865
ISBN: 1902389735
Condition: Very Good
Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 208, pictorial boards, a very good copy. [A comprehensive introduction to keeping and displaying these magnificent ornamental fish, from choosing healthy stock to installing a fully equipped koi pond. Plus a full-colour survey of all the major varieties.] View more info
By: Carpenter, Stephen R. & Mitchell, James F. (editors)
Price: £35.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1996
Seller ID: 010901
ISBN: 0521566843
Condition: Very Good
A few illustrations, pp xiv, 385, paperback, the very slightest signs of use to the covers, but virtually an as new copy of the original printing. [Fluctuations in fish populations in lakes can cascade through food webs to alter nutrient cycling, algal biomass and primary production. Trophic cascades may interact with nutrients and physical factors to explain most of the variance in lake ecosystem process rates. In this 1993 book, a multidisciplinary research team tests this idea by manipulating whole lakes experimentally, and coordinating this with palaeolimnological studies, simulation model... View more info
![Image for La Lamproie, ou les eaux limoneuses de la memoire [Alan Davidson's copy]](/assets/images/product/009333.jpg)
By: Chapuis, Lise; Meller-Liron, Elisabeth & Rives, Caroline
Price: £12.00
Publisher: Cognac, Editions Ke Temps qu'il Fait: 1994
Seller ID: 009333
ISBN: 286853189X
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, large 8vo, pp 128, paperback, a very good copy. [Scarce, and one of the few books on lampreys]. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fish" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; from 1973 to 1975, he was am... View more info
![Image for The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay - Two volumes [Richard Fitter's copy]](/assets/images/product/013587.jpg)
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, Witherby & Co.: 1910
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013587
Condition: Very Good
Two volumes, illustrated, large octavo, pp xxxii, 472; xl, 210, top edges gilt, other edges uncut, a little scattered foxing, slightly heavier on the preliminary pages, otherwise very clean internally, spines very age-toned, otherwise the cloth is in very good condition. {Volume 1 contains the birds and mammals; Volume 2 the fishes, reptiles and amphibians. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpapers.] View more info
Price: £98.50
Publisher: Oxford, Fishing News Books (an imprint of Blackwell Science Ltd: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 010899
ISBN: 0852382839
Condition: Very Good
Large 8vo, pp xii, 401, immaculately clean internally, decorated cloth, the lower cornes very slightly bumped otherwise this copy would be as new. [In this comprehensive edited book, international experts in fisheries management and ecology review and appraise the status of lake and reservoir fisheries, assessment of fisheries yields, trophic ecology, rehabilitation and conservation, including a special section on African lakes where so much information of huge relevance to fisheries managers is now available. Contributions come from around the world. Carefully edited by an internationally res... View more info
By: DAVIDSON, Alan
Price: £3.00
Publisher: New York, Cambridge, London, Harper & Row: 1989
Seller ID: 006216
ISBN: 0060971940
Condition: Very Good
["A comprehensive guide, with recipes, to all the fish and shellfish from the coasts of Europe to the shores of North America"]. Illustrated with line drawings throughout the text, paperback, pp 512, a very slight suggestion of age-toning, otherwise a very good copy. [A classic standard work]. View more info
By: Emmens, Cliff W.
Price: £3.90
Publisher: New Jersey, T.F.H. Publications: 1970
Seller ID: 014647
ISBN: 0876660847
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, 12mo, pp 128, paperback, very slight signs of wear to the covers, but a very good copy. [Postage will be reduced.] View more info
By: Esdaile, David
Price: £50.00
Publisher: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons: 1865
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015001
Condition: Very Good
Octavo, pp viii, 364, slight age-toning, otherwise clean and sound internally, front and rear hinges cracking but sound, green cloth only slightly worn. Quite a presentable copy. [A fascinating work on the dietary aspects of much of the subjects - oysters, salmon, herrings and other fish, fungi, horses. Little seems to be known of the author, apart from the fact that he was a Scottish minister; he was obviously much concerned on improving the diet of the Scottish people.] View more info
![Image for Les Peches d'Amateurs en Mediterranee [Alan Davidson's copy]](/assets/images/product/008675.jpg)
By: Euziere, Jean
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Cannes, Robaudy: 1961
Seller ID: 008675
Condition: Good
Second edition, revised. Illustrated, small 8vo, pp 305, age-toned, slightly weak internally, paperback, covers slightly worn, spine creased. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fishy" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Ha... View more info
By: Fowler, Henry W.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences: 1945
Seller ID: 000228
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, quarto, pp 408, uncut and unopened, a little dusty, paperback, original brown covers slightly worn, traces of a stamp on upper cover. View more info
By: Frey, Hans
Price: £3.50
Publisher: London, Orbis Publishing Ltd: 1984
Seller ID: 014559
ISBN: 0856136204
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, large octavo, pp 288, hardback, a very good copy in slightly stretched dustwrapper. View more info
![Image for A Catalogue of the Vertebrate Fauna of Dumfriesshire [Richard Fitter's copy]](/assets/images/product/013084.jpg)
Price: £125.00
Publisher: Dumfries, J. Maxwell & Son: 1912
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed letter from author
Seller ID: 013084
Condition: Very Good
Large slim octavo, pp xiv, 80, a little age-toned, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, folding map, cloth slightly dusty, spine slightly faded, otherwise a very good copy. [With two short typed letters to the notable ornithologist Rev F.L. Blathwayt, signed by the author.] RARE [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.] View more info
By: Gudger, E.W.
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Calcutta, Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal: 1940
Seller ID: 008822
Condition: Good
With seven pages of plates, pp (100), a little worn internally, paperback, covers a bit worn and marked. VERY SCARCE. [ Memoirs of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol XII number 2.] View more info
Price: £8.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Maryland, Cornell Maritime Press: 1959
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013497
Condition: Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp xii, 146, a neat owner;s name on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth slightly rubbed, spine head very slightly pulled. View more info
By: Henkel, Fr; Baum, H & Stansch, K.
Price: £35.00
Publisher: Darmstadt, Friedrich Henkel: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013654
Condition: Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp 74, (+ advertisements - 10 pages), corners a bit bumped and folded, bound in hald cloth and plain boards, a small paper label on the spine (peeling), the original paper covers bound in, the Hartland Library copy, with labels on the front endpape, a stamp on the verso of the title page, but no other markings. RARE. [The Library was formed by Edwin Sydney Hartland, and was a diverse, but major, collection of herbals, archaeology and anthropology. It was donated to Gloucestershire County Council in 1936, and was eventually dispersed around 2010.] View more info
By: INGER, Robert F. & Chin Phui Kong
Price: £28.50
Publisher: Kota Kinabalu, 2002
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003450
ISBN: 9838120707
Condition: New
Hardback edition. Illustrated, pp 268, [78], a very good copy in dustwrapper. [The supplementary chapter has been revised since the 1990 reprint, and now contains 78 pages rather than 47. Includes new species, illustrations, records of distribution, photographs, local names etc. North Borneo (now Sabah) is situated at the northern tip of Borneo Island (the third largest island in the world), it lies between 5° and 7° north of the Equator. It covers an area of 73,711 sq. km. (29,388 sq. miles) or about 10% of Borneo’s total area of 286,699 sq. miles, yet it has nearly 40% of the fresh-water... View more info
