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The "Tropical Fish" booklist below also contains some general titles on aquariums and fishkeeping all written by the world's top fishkeepers. For Coldwater fishes please check out the Goldfish and Koi pages.

MOST TITLES BELOW ARE SECOND USER - ALL ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOR THEIR AGE

Partial Author's List. (Our recommendations in BOLD type)

Reg. Dutta,  Dick Mills,  Gwynne Vevers,   Anthony Evans,  Leslie Katterns, Braz Walker,  Herbert Axelrod,  Klaus Paysan,  George Cust,  Peter Bird,  Peter Scott,  Warren Burgess,  Cliff Emmens,  Ray Hunziker. Dr. W. Innes,  Cliff Harrison, Mary Sweeney, A Fraser-Brunner, Derek McInerny, Geoffrey Gerard, Jim Kelly, Alwyne Wheeler, John Dawes, Wiliam Vorderwinkler, Kathy Jinkings, 

57 MISCELLANEOUS FISH AND AQUARIUM BOOKS

(and some interesting CD's on the bottom of the page)

Price Groups: A = 1p to £5  B = £5.01 to £10  C = £10.01 to £15  D = £15.01 to £25  E = £25 to £30.  F = £31 to £50  G £51 to £99. H = Over £100
EMMENSTEP

ISBN: 

Price Group:

A 

Reading Category:

All ages 

 

A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO TROPICAL FISH  by Dr C Emmens

A great, easy to read little textbook

£4.90 including UK postage

 

  ULTAQUA

ISBN: 

1 84309 035 X

Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages 

THE ULTIMATE AQUARIUM

2004. 256 pages

A definitive guide to identifying and keeping freshwater and marine fishes 

by Mary Bailey and Gina Sandford. Fully illustrated  with over 700 photographs

£13.50 plus £4 UK postage

AFISHMILLS

ISBN: 

0 7513 1020 4

0 86272 083 4

Price Group:

A

Reading Category:

All ages 

Aquarium Fish  

by Dick Mills

pp.302

Eyewitness Books

Published at £14.99

Our Price £4.99 plus £2.50 postage

CONCEN

ISBN: 

0 7064 0380 0

Price Group:

A 

Reading Category:

All ages 

 

THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TROPICAL FISH 

by T.W.Julian. Illustrated by Norman Weaver

Octopus books. Spine slightly bleached.

HB. pp 190

£3.90 plus £2.20 Recorded UK postage

ESSENTIAL TROPICAL GUIDE

ISBN: 

Price Group:

A 

Reading Category:

All ages 

 

AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CHOOSING YOUR TROPICAL FRESHWATER FISHES in the Tankmaster series

Our Price only £3.90 plus £1.70 UK postage

  CLIFFH

ISBN: 

0 572011 62 8. 

Price Group:

A 

Reading Category:

All ages 

*** Popular Tropical Fishes for your Aquarium,

  Edited by by Cliff Harrison latterly of PetFish monthly and Practical Fishkeeping magazines.  Foulsham 1982.PB 106pp.

Our Price £3.50 plus postage

ATLAS FULL

ISBN No:

PRICE GROUP:

D  

READING LEVEL

All ages

 

Dr. Axelrod's Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes.

Edition with more than 4000 photos in full colour. 992 Pages in Good Condition. TFH Publications. Our Price  £18.50 plus £7.00 UK recorded postage. Total price £25.50

See more Atlas's of Aquarium Fishes by Axelrod on the Encyclopaedias page

 

 

USBORNE SPOTTERS

ISBN: 

 

Price Group:

Reading Category:

 All ages 

 

 

SPOTTERS GUIDE TO AQUARIUM FISHES

Superb little 64 page pocket handbook . New

Our Price £4.90 post paid in the UK

 

 

JINKINGS

ISBN: 

0 00 413409 5  

Price Group:

Reading Category:

 All ages 

 

Collins Family Pet Guide AQUARIUM FISH

by Kathy Jinkings. A practical guide covering what equipment and which fish to chose by an experienced fishkeeper.pp128

RRP £6.99

Our Price £2.99 plus £1 part UK postage

MADSEN

ISBN: 

0 7137 0731 3 

Price Group:

A 

Reading Category:

 All ages 

 

AQUARIUM FISHES IN COLOUR

By J.M.Madsen in the Blandford Colour series. Beautifully illustrated 250 page hardback

 Our price £2.70 plus £1.50 postage

VEVERSHOME

ISBN: 

1984  

Price Group:

 

Reading Category:

 All ages 

 

THE COMPLETE HOME AQUARIUM

By Hans Mayland. Translated by Dr. Gwynne Vevers of the ZSL

A superb large page read. 222 pages . Fully colour illustrated with excellent photography

Our Price £5.35 plus £2.35 postage in UK

SETUPKELLY

ISBN:  

0 86622 291 X

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages

***** Setting Up an Aquarium  

by Jim Kelly

President of the Fancy Guppy Association. TFH. Fully colour photo illustrated

pp.128 A very useful beginners guide.

Published price £4.99.

Our Price £2.99 plus £2 postage

AQUAFISH

ISBN: 

1 86019 773 6  

Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages 

 

Aquarium Fish.

 HB. Pocket Guide. pp125. Originally £7.95. 

By Eleanor Lawrence and Sue Harniess. Covers freshwater and some marine species.

Our Price £ 4.99 plus £1.90 postage

Corycats

ISBN: 

0 9511 959 0 5 

Price Group:

Reading Category:

 All ages 

 

Corydoras Catfishes  

by David Sands.

Copiously illustrated hardback. pp100

D.B.Book of Preston

 

Our Price £5.99 plus £2 postage

TYAquaria

ISBN: 

 

Price Group:

 A

Reading Category:

 All ages 

 

Teach Yourself Indoor Aquaria

 A much used copy of an excellent little paperback

 

Our Price £1 plus £1 postage in the UK

The dust cover has been covered by a plastic wrap and therefore it has been protected from the first day it was bought.

KATTERNS

Our Price £7.99 including UK Postage

ISBN: 

0 09 056041 

Price Group:

 B

Reading Category:

All ages  

 

 

Keeping Tropical Fish 

 by Leslie Katterns Published by Stanley Paul

Leslie B. Katterns - A former president of the National Aquarists Society. Keeping Tropical Fish can be one of the most rewarding hobbies.In clear, understanding language, the author covers every aspect of keeping a tropical aquarium. Scientific names, phrases and technicalities have been reduced to an absolute minimum.The basic simplicity of keeping tropical fish is emphasised right from the start.
Book size : 19cm high x 13 cm wide (approx)
Condition: "Very Good" A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are in tact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

 Other titles by the same author can be found in many categories

(Dust Cover illustrations vary)

ISBN: 

 

Price Group:

B 

Reading Category:

All ages 

 

The Practical Encyclopaedia of Tropical Aquarium Fishes   

Dick Mills and Gwynne Vevers Salamander Books        Pages: 208    Year:-   1992 (This is the later edition, not the cover  illustrated) 

Plastic custom dust cover protector .(Two slightly scratched and library labelled pages do not interfere with any text)

OUR PRICE £8.35 plus £5.55 recorded UK postage. Total Price £13.90

SPANISH EDITION This book is also available in Spanish below. ( In our "Foreign Language " pages)

TROP 1

ISBN: 

 

Price Group:

D 

Reading Category:

 All ages

 

Dr. Axelrod's Mini-Atlas of Freshwater Aquarium Fishes.

 Min-Edition with more than 1800 photos in full colour. 992 Pages in Good Condition. TFH Publications. Our Price  £18.50 plus £7.00 UK recorded postage. Total price £25.50

Aquariumfish

ISBN: 

0760708533 

Price Group:

B 

Reading Category:

 All ages

 

Aquarium Fish

  A beautifully texted and illustrated Hardback  book whose pages were too large for our scanner. pp.146

Pub Barnes and Noble./ All fish types are covered but no author is listed?

Originally listed at over £20.

Our Price £ 8.50 plus £4.90 postage

RAINBOW

ISBN: 

0 7938 0376 4 

Price Group:

B 

Reading Category:

 All ages

 

Rainbow Fishes of Australia and New Guinea.

by Derek Lambert   Condition: NEW  An Aquarium guide to maintenance and breeding.64 Glossy pages packed with excellent data and pictures.  TFH.1998  

Our Price £5.50 plus £2 postage

 All aspects of keeping aquarium fish are covered, with practical advice on how to set up & maintain a marine or freshwater tank, types of heating & filtration systems, lighting, food, temperatures, & suitable plants, while topics of general interest such as anatomy, genetics, evolution, diseases & their prevention are discussed in full.

COFFEY

ISBN: 

0 907407 38 2  

Price Group:

 C

Reading Category:

 All ages

 

 

The Encyclopedia of Aquarium Fish
David J. Coffey

First Edition 
This encyclopedia is designed to reveal the wide range of beautiful & fascinating marine & freshwater fish now available. 
224 Pages, 25 X 22 cms Approx.

£10.55 plus £4.90 postage
Over 200 species are illustrated, with 160 in colour & 70 in black-and-white; over 1200 are described, including their size, place of origin, coloration, their breeding habits, and, perhaps most important, their ability to co-exist peacefully in the aquarium with fish of their own & other species.

OBSTF

ISBN: 

 1 8547 1078 8

Price Group:

 A

Reading Category:

All ages

 

The Observers Book of Tropical Fishes 

1996 Virtually New. pp188. Claremont Books

Our Price £2.50 plus £1.49 post 

 

ETFLoose

ISBN: 

 

Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages 

 

Exotic Tropical Fishes

The looseleaf file bound edition. 2 Volumes TFH Publication dates vary with inserts. A voluminous production.

 

Our Price  £ 15 plus £9.50 postage

Other titles by the same author can be found in many categories

   TROP 2

ISBN: 

0 86101 387 5 

Price Group:

A

Reading Category:

All ages 

 

The Interpet Bumper Guide to Tropical Aquarium Fishes  

by Dick Mills. Full Colour Hardback 318 pages VGC.. Our Price £3.00  plus £3.50 postage. Total Price £ 6.50 

RRP WITHOUT POSTAGE £6.49

Other titles by the same authors can be found in many categories

AXELVORDENCYC

ISBN: 

 

Price Group:

Reading Category:

 All ages

 

Encyclopaedia of Tropical Fishes

 by Axelrod and Vorderwinkler 800 pages.

New Revised Edition

TFH Publications . Book better condition than illustrated

Our Price £12.50 plus £6 postage

Other titles by the same author can be found in many categories

BEASLEY

ISBN: 

0 85533 209 3  

Price Group:

A

Reading Category:

 All ages

 

The Mitchell Beasley Pocket Guide to Aquarium Fishes  

by Dr. Gwynne Vevers

Our Price £2.80 (RRP £4.95) plus £1.85 postage

Pocket format is extremely useful. Gwynne Vevers is a foremost authority and author and an ex-curator of the Aquarium at the London Zoo.

HnH

ISBN: 

0 600 35683 3  

Price Group:

 

Reading Category:

All ages 

Freshwater Aquarium Fishes  

by George Hervey and Jack Hems. 1984 Reprint. 178 pages. Hamlyn.PB. Excellent text and good pictures from two experts.

Our Price  £5.95 plus postage

Other titles by the same author can be found in many categories

ALWYNE2

ISBN: 

 

Price Group:

 D

Reading Category:

10 plus 

 

*****  

A Dictionary of the Fishes of the World 

by Alwyne Wheeler of the BMNH One of the best books from a foremost authority on fishes. A STAR BUY. HB  Huge and comprehensive.

Very hard to obtain book. Our price £24.00 plus postage £5.80

KELLY

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