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The Lake and Brook Lampreys of New York; Especially Those of Cayuga and Seneca Lakes
by Gage, Simon Henry
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Ithaca, NY: Wilder Quarter-Century Book, 1893. First edition.. Small water stain to outer margin of frontis plate, joints to some folding plate reinforced with archival tape, a very good copy. . Pp. 412-493; 8 plates (5 are black-and-white photos, 3 are large folding line-drawings and stipple drawings). Later brown cloth, lettered in black on the spine, 8vo.… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Aquarium Fishes
by Goldstein, Robert J.
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College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. xii, 428, 118 color photographs, numerous text-figures. Publishers dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, green pictorial dustjacket lettered in gold and white, 4to. This volume identifies several hundred freshwater fish from North America that are suitable for aquariums. This volume is from… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Complete Introduction to Corydoras and Related Catfishes
by Burgess, Warren E.
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Neptune City, NJ: T. F. H. Publications, 1987. First edition.. Bump to back top corner, transfer of ink to inside of wrappers, a very good copy.. Pp. 128, numerous color photographs and illustrations. Publishers printed laminated green pictorial wrappers, lettered in black and orange on spine and cover, sm 8vo. This volume is a practical guide for fish… Read more about this item Item Price
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Aquarium Care of Livebearers
by Coletti, Ted Dengler
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Neptune City, NJ: T. F. H Publications, 2008. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. 111, numerous color photographs. Publishers pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in green, white, and black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. From the series: Animal Plant Pet Care Library. This book provides information for aquarium hobbies to care for livebearer fish. This volume… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Revision of the Catfish Genus Noturus Rafinesque with an Analysis of Higher Groups in the Ictaluridae
by Taylor, William Ralph
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Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969. First edition.. Some wear to spine, a very good copy.. Pp. 315, frontispiece, 21 black and white plates, 5 text-figures, 14 maps. Publishers printed tan and wine-red wrappers, 8vo. From the series: United States National Museum Bulletin 282. This volume is the result of a small study to examine… Read more about this item Item Price
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Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische: I. Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische, 9 parts in 4 volumes (text) + II. Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands, with 432 fine color plates in 2 volumes (plates)
by Bloch, Marcus Elieser
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New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Reprint.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. (Text): Vol. 1: (24), 258, (8), 192, (6), 234; Vol. 2: (8), 160, x, (4), 146; Vol. 3: x, 128, (8), 152, (6), 126; Vol. 4: x, (2), 144, (8), 174, (6), 192; (Plates): Vol. 1: pp. (1), 216 fine color-printed plates; Vol. 2:… Read more about this item Item Price
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Die Fische der Südsee-Expedition der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung 1908-1909, in three parts
by Duncker, Georg and Mohr, Erna
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Hamburg, Germany: Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum, 1929. First edition.. The paper of Part 1 is browned, part 2-3 were printed on a better quality of paper and are clean; overall, a good solid copy of a rare set.. Pp. 1-20, 126-136, 57-84; one foldout plates, numerous text-figures. Extract (no wrappers), with original staples on the spine,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Aquatic Life and the Aquatic World, Second Series, Volume 1 (1951) to volume 14 (1964), complete in six cloth-bound volumes
by Roth, August M. (editor)
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Baltimore, MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World, 1951-1964. First edition.. Light wear and a few old mars and chips to the vinyl jacket protectors, some endpaper show mild foxing, the original brown cloth binding and the text, printed on clay-coated white paper, are very bright and clean; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vol.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Aquatic Life and the Aquatic World: The Fish Fanciers Guide, volume 12 (1928) to volume 25 (1942), complete in sixteen cloth-bound volumes
by Roth, August M. (editor)
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Baltimore, MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World, 1928-1942. First edition.. Light wear and a few old mars to the vinyl jacket protectors, some endpaper show mild foxing, the original brown cloth binding and the text printed on clay-coated white paper are very bright and clean; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vol. 12): 1-241,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Duplicate Letters, the Fisheries and the Mississippi. Documents relating to Transactions at the Negotiation of Ghent. Collected by John Quincy Adams, one of the Commissioners of the United States at that Negotiation
by Adams, John Quincy
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Washington: Printed by Davis and Force (Franklin's Head), 1822. First edition.. The top edge of the title page has some professional paper repairs as does the contents page and errata page at the end of the volume, light age-toning to some text pages, a few marginal pencil annotations, a tight and clean copy in very good condition in… Read more about this item Item Price
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A List of European Fishes in the Collection of the United States National Museum + Catalogue of a collection of fishes sent from Pensacola, Florida, and Vicinity, by Mr. Silas Stearns, with descriptions of six new species
by Bean, Tarleton and Goode, G. Brown
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. First edition.. The edges of the text are a bit uneven due to the way the signatures are bound together, some wear to edges of the pages; a good solid copy.. Pp. 10-208; numerous tables, lg 8vo. Extract with self-wrappers with binder's tan tape on the spine, lg 8vo. This section… Read more about this item Item Price
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Report on Collections of Fishes made in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species
by Oliver Peebles Jenkins
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 417-511, 50 text-figures (fine line-drawings of fishes and rays). Extract with self-wrappers, sm 4to. From: Bulletin of United States Fish Commission for 1902. No ownership marks. Item Price
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Fishes of the Islands of Luzon and Panay
by Jordan, David Star and Seale, Alvin
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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1907. First edition.. Wrappers are chipped along the spine and along the top edge of the front wrapper, rear wrapper has a 2.5 x 1.5 inch piece missing from the bottom edge near the spine, the text has a few corrections in the margins; overall a good, solid copy.. Pp. 48, i-v, (index);… Read more about this item Item Price
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Essai sur L'histoire Naturelle des Vertebres de la Province et des Departements Circonvoisins: Vertebres Anallantantoidiens (Poissons et Batraciens)
by Reguis, Jean Marius Francois
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Marseillie: Marius Lebon, 1882. First edition.. The spine is sunned which has caused the leather to turn into golden tan, the title is fully readable on the spine, the text is clean and unused with some pages uncut and unopened; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. (7), 8-425 (3, index); 44 text-figures (line-drawings and… Read more about this item Item Price
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A History of British Fishes, in two volumes (third edition)
by Yarrell, William
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London: John Van Voorst, 1859. Third edition.. A touch of foxing to the blank endpapers at the front and rear of each volume, there is a very small bump affecting the bottom outer corner of the frontis matter of volume 1 only; a very attractively bound set in near fine condition.. Pp. xxxviii, (i); 675; pp. (ii), 670;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Contributions to the Knowledge of the Chemical Composition and Nutritive Value of American Food Fishes and Invertebrates
by Atwater, W. O.
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. First edition. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 431-499; 2 full page color charts, numerous other tables. Later wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1883, no. 15 (document 98). This work is written by a chemist… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Review of the genera and species of Serranidae found in the waters of America and Europe
by Jordan, David Starr and Eigenmann, Carl H.
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 329-441; 10 full page plates (fine line-drawings of fish). Later green cloth, spine is lettered in white, sm 4to. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1888, volume 8. This is an important early work by Jordan and Eigenmann on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Studies in Carangid Fishes, no. 1 to no. 6, complete
by Smith, I. L. B. and Smith, Margaret M.
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Grahamstown, South Africa: Rhodes University, 1967-1972. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (2), 139-141; (2), 143-153; (4), 157-166; (6), 173-184; (4), 217-228; (2), 229-239; 18 full page plates (black-and-white photos, halftones and line-drawings). Later black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University Occasional… Read more about this item Item Price
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Relationships of the Fish Fauna of the lakes of southeastern Oregon
by Snyder, John O.
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 69-102; 4 text-figures of fishes (halftones), 1 large folding map of southeastern Oregon at the end. Later orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine, sm 4to. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries for 1907, volume 27 (document no. 636).… Read more about this item Item Price
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A History of British Fishes, in two volumes (second edition)
by Yarrell, William
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London: John Van Voorst, 1841. Second edition.. Some foxing to the original gray boards, there is an old wrinkle to the top inner corner of front free endpaper in volume 2, light foxing to the endpapers only, the text is very bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xlviii, (i); 464; pp. (iv),… Read more about this item Item Price
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