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Anthony Evans, Dr.David Ford, Frank Stone, Jack Stillwell, Les Melling, Gerald Jennings, Terry Hall, John Clark, DR.J.N.Carrington, Jim Forshey, Bruce Watts, T.Glover. G.E.Harwood and J.N.Lythgoe , Karl K. Turekian, A. von Brandt , John Garner , Orr and Marshall , Steve Parker, Tom Ravensdale, A. Fraser-Brunner, Warren Burgess, Herbert Axelrod, Robert Goldstein, Dick Mills. Gilbert Whitley, Joyc

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FISHPLANT	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Collins Guide to Aquarium Fishes and Plants. HB 220pp HB All Collins Guides are excellent and cover their subjects fully, this is no exception. Our Price £5.99 plus £2 postage
HIST 1	ISBN No: 0906301 PRICE GROUP: C READING LEVEL All levels	A History of Tropical Marine Fishkeeping in the United Kingdom 1960-1980. Angle Iron to Silicone rubber. Seven top authorities contributing. (Dr.David Ford, Frank Stone, Jack Stillwell, Les Melling, Gerald Jennings, Terry Hall, DR.J.N.Carrington, and others) Calypso Publications £15.50 Read a Review
THE AUTHORS OF THIS NEW BOOK HAVE BEEN LEADERS IN THE INDIAN AQUATIC INDUSTRY FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE DEVOTED MUCH OF THAT TIME TO CATALOGUING AND PHOTOGRAPHING WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE THE "AQUARIUM WORTHY SPECIES" WHICH ARE FOUND IN THE REGION. THE RESULTS OF THEIR LABOURS ARE SET OUT IN THIS BOOK IN WHICH THEY IDENTIFY AND ILLUSTRATE WITH COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS THESE SPECIES AS WELL AS PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR HABITS, REQUIREMENTS AND SUITABILITY TO THE AQUARIST. THE CLEAR USE OF SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS MAKES THIS A PARTICULARLY USEFUL WORK OF REFERENCE. INDIAFISH	ISBN No: 185279117-9 PRICE GROUP: C READING LEVEL All levels	ORNAMENTAL AQUARIUM FISH OF INDIA BY KISHORI LAL TEKRIWAL AND ANDREW ARUNAVA RAO THE INDIAN AQUATIC INDUSTRY HAS GROWN AND BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT SOURCE OF ORNAMENTAL FISH FOR THE AQUATIC HOBBY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THERE ARE AROUND 1,000 DESCRIBED SPECIES FOUND IN THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT AND OF THESE APPROXIMATELY 250 ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO AQUATIC HOBBYISTS. IN ADDITION TO A STRIKING PHOTO GALLERY AND A DESCRIPTION OF FISHES THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHAPTER DEVOTED TO THE TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTION OF THESE FISHES AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT IF FISHKEEPING IN INDIA IN THE CONTEXT OF INDIA'S GEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION. £14.90 plus £3 POST IN THE UK
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
FISHLOPEDIA	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: B READING LEVEL All ages	Tropical Fishlopaedia - A Complete Guide to Fish Care. By Mary Bailey and Peter Burgess Published 2005. This is a very good book, which has vast amounts of information about tropical fish. The book is slightly damaged - there are a few marks in the bottom right hand corner but this is only on the front cover. £8.20 plus £3.30 postage
Inverts	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Interpet Manual of Marine Invertebrates by Martyn Hayward and Sue Wells pp 208 Specifically written with Marine aquarium keeping in mind Salamander books Our Price £8.99
365FISH	ISBN: 3 8331 2070 3 Price Group: C Reading Category: All ages	365 FISH by Antal Vida and Thomas Kotai Vince Books 2006 400 Pages A superbly illustrated coffee table book from a top Hungarian artist and ichthyologist Our Price £12.99 including postage in the U.K.
EYEWITNESS	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Eyewitness Books. FISH by Steve Parker. HB pp84 14" x 10" pages beautifully artworked in Italy for Knopf of New York. ISBN 0679 80439 0 "Like a mini-museum between the covers of a book" L.A.Times Our price £9 plus £5 post and packing
Cover stained but pages intact with a little browning at the edges. This was for many years "The Aquarists Bible" and is still hard to beat for pure information INNES 1	ISBN: Price Group: B Reading Category: All ages	Exotic Aquarium Fishes Dr. W. Innes 1966 19th Revised and updated Edition £7.00 plus £3.00 shipping/postage
256 pages. EXCELLENT condition! Large Page Paperback edition ULTAQUA	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Ultimate Aquarium: A Definitive Guide to Identifying and Keeping Freshwater and Marine Fishes With over 700 full-color photographs, and divided into two sections, the first section explains in very practical terms the fundamentals of setting up the aquarium, including equipment, food and feeding, water chemistry and quality, maintaining a healthy tank environment, decor, how to select the types of fish, and how to breed them. The second section examines the variety of fish and fish groups, discussing the general advantages, disadvantages, habitats, feeding and breeding requirements of many hundreds of fish in each group. For every lover of marine life, this book offers an in-depth study of the major fish groups, plus all the practical fundamentals of setting up and keeping a healthy tank environment. £13.50 plus £5 postage
JINKINGS	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Aquarium Fish by Kathy Jinkings. A Family Pet Guide. Our Price £2.00 plus £1.25 postage
CHEM 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: A READING LEVEL	AQUARIUM WATER Chemistry TFH Publications £1.99 including postage
CHEM 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	A Basic Guide to the Chemistry of Marine Aquariums. The Cyclic Chemistry of Marine Aquaria Calypso Publications £5.99 including postage ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD DOWNLOADABLE
Published in the US by The Aquatic Bookshop and supplied in the UK by Calypso Publications HORSE 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Seahorses, Seadragons and Pipefishes of the Family Syngnathidae. A Bibliography Authors: Jim Forshey and Bruce Watts . California October 2006 pp variable c.90 Price (UK) £10 ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD DOWNLOADABLE
Over 200 pages of excellent data. Our Price £7.55 plus £4.20 postage COMHOMAQUA	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Complete Home Aquarium by Hans J Mayland - translated and adapted by Gwynne Vevers Topics Include: Aquarium tanks and equipment - (various detailed topics on this) .Setting up the aquarium .Living communities in the aquarium .Care of the fish. Fish families and species - (again detailed long list of different species) .Marine and freshwater aquariums Invertebrates for the marine aquarium Marine fishes .Diseases of coralfishes .
HB . Practical Fishkeeping. 84pp DFFEED	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Feeding Aquarium Fishes by Dr.David Ford. David is Europe's foremost expert on fish nutrition. This is a superbly informative and well-written guide to the subject PUBLISHERS RRP WITHOUT POSTAGE £6.49 NEW Our Price £3.70 plus £1.20 postage
FF269	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	A Colour Guide to Common Freshwater Fishes by Dr. Jiri Cihar. Octopus Books PB. pp.183 250 illustrations. Prague 1978 Our Price £4.99 plus £2 postage
AQUAFISH	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	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 £1.50 postage
KELLY	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Aquaria by Jim Kelly. An ideal learners book by the president of the Fancy Guppy Association and founder of King British 100 pages. HB. Ex-library book. Childrens reading. 1972 Our price £3.70 plus £1.20 postage
TLFISH	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Time Life Fishes of Lakes, Rivers and Oceans Oversized beautifully presented HB book covering all aspects of fish life Our Price £5.99 plus £4.50 postage
AXELVORD TFH	ISBN: Price Group: A Reading Category: All ages	TROPICAL FISH IN YOUR HOME by Axelrod and Vorderwinkler A nice little hardback pocketbook from 1970 Our Price £3.55 plus £1.90 Recorded UK postage
	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau More details to follow
STRAUGHAN	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Salt Water Aquarium in the Home by Robert P.L. (Bob) Straughan "One of the best Marine Fishkeeping books ever written". This is the better 2nd. Revised edition. Our price £9.90 plus £4.90 postage
CORALREEFS	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Coral Reefs of the Caribbean and Florida Keys A superb guide to all species. Peterson Field Guide Our Price £11.90 plus £6.10 postage
CARSON	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson 238 pages. 1952. Staples Press London. Good for age but dust cover a little worse for wear A Classic. Our price £7.20 plus postage £4.30
BurgSALT	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Dr Burgess's Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes. A HUGE thick book with hundreds of colour plates - Virtually New. TFH pp1,024 and 1.990 photos Our Price £ 21 plus £8 postage and packing in the UK (Freshwater Version also available)
CaribCoralOrd CaribWaterproof	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Guide to Corals and Fishes of Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean - By Idaz Greenberg. Softcover, staple-bound, measuring 6" x 9" with 64 pages. Seahawk Press, Miami, Florida, c. 1977. The book is in very good condition with very light wear and no aging. Hand illustrated PAPERBACK VERSION Price £6.50 plus postage WATERPROOF VERSION Price £7.50 plus postage (Expect 3-4 week delivery delay)
DISEASES2	ISBN No: 0 87666 524 5 PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Fish Diseases by Dr. Mark Dulin. Hardback.1979 New 96 well-illustrated pages. TFH. £3.99 including postage
ALWYNE2	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	*** 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 £34.00 plus postage £5.80
AFINC	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Aquarium Fishes in Colour by Jens M.Madsen. HB. 246 pp. Blandford. 1974 Superbly illustrated with hand colour plates of very high quality. Includes Marine species Our price including postage £5.20
PLANTS	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL All levels	Handbook of Aquarium Plants. Blandford Colour Guide as is the title above. A great reference book to all species. Ex-library stock £3.99 plus £1 postage
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MILLMAR	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	A Fishkeepers Guide to Marine Fishes by Dick Mills.116 pages. lavishly illustrated. Interpet / Salamander revised edition 1990. (Basic edition is illustrated) PUBLISHERS RRP WITHOUT POSTAGE £6.49 £4.20 including postage Awaiting Further Details
DMILLS5	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Interpet Guide to Marine Fishes by Dick Mills. HB. 2004. NEW. 220 pages of expert literature and photographs Interpet Publishing PUBLISHERS RRP WITHOUT POSTAGE £6.49 Our Price £4.40 plus £2.00 postage
DMILLS6	ISBN No: 0 861013 06 9 PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Pictorial Encyclopaedia of the Marine Aquarium by Dick Mills. 208pp. HB. 320 Colour photographs Over 200 line drawings and 30 colour artworks
IDENT	ISBN No: 0 86020 116 3 PRICE GROUP: A READING LEVEL	Fishes, by Alwyne Wheeler in the Usborne Spotters Guide Series. " One of the best little books on fishes I have ever read," Gerald Jennings Really good novices guide to all types of European fresh and saltwater fishes. £6.95 including postage
HOLCIK	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Freshwater Fishes Original 1968-1970 Edition by Spring Books. Each species beautifully illustrated with a hand painted plate(56 in total). Text by Juraj Holcik and Josef Mihalik and original illustrations by Jiri Maly. Printed in English in Czechoslovalia. A very rare 1st Edition. 126 pages. Artwork by Artek for Spring Books Our Price £16 plus £4.80 postage
RARITY1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	VERY RARE OLD BOOK A Home Aquarium on a Small Income by A. Fraser-Brunner (Curator: London Zoo Aquarium). Early 1950's (Undated) by Hutchinson's of London. Early Paperback. Orig. Priced 2/6d! Reasonable condition for age but a little fragile. £4.90 post paid
MAGER	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	TROPICAL FISH by S.K.Mager 1966 A dilapidated paperback BUT crammed full of great stuff and always very well used. Our Price £2 post paid in UK
MILLS6	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	AQUARIUM FISHES by Dick Mills Dick's books are always a superior read. Our Price £3.20 plus £1.20 postage PUBLISHERS RRP WITHOUT POSTAGE £6.49
BREEDING	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	A Fishkeepers Guide to FISH BREEDING by Dr. Chris Andrews in the Tetra Press series of Hardback Pocketbooks. 116 pages. Fully colour illustrated and almost new. PUBLISHERS RRP WITHOUT POSTAGE £6.49 Our Price including Postage £3.99
EVANS 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Aquariums, by Anthony Evans M Sc. A Foyles handbook which is still one of the most valid fishkeeping texts around. Old but very good £1.50 plus 0.50p postage EVANS 1
RESASIA	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Reservoir Fishes of Asia Proceedings of the 2nd Asia fisheries workshop. Peoples Republic of China. IDRC Ontario 1990. In English . 275 pages. Paperback Our price £7.00 plus £2.20 postage
OLDFISH1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Fish We Catch by W.E.Davies.A very rare old paperback. Pages browning but a collector's item £1.99 plus 0.80p postage
Slight despatch delays as this title will be shipped from California direct to you Read a Review	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	N-958 Sharks of the World by Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando, and Sarah Fowler paperback, 2005, 480 pages, 5 x 7, 128 color plates, 500 line illus., 500 maps £27.99 plus £4.50 postage .Everyone ' s heard of the Great Whites. But most people know little of the hundreds of other types of sharks that inhabit the world ' s oceans. Written by two of the world ' s leading authorities and superbly illustrated by wildlife artist Marc Dando, this is the first comprehensive field guide to all 440-plus shark species. Color plates illustrate all species, and detailed accounts include diagnostic line drawings and a distribution map for each species. Introductory chapters treat physiology, behavior, reproduction, ecology, diet, and sharks ' interrelationships with humans. More than 125 original full-color illustrations for fast and accurate identification of each shark family Over 500 additional drawings illustrating physical features from different angles Clear identification information for each species with details of size, habitat, behavior, and biology Quick ID guide helpful for differentiating similar species.Geographic distribution maps for each species
WICKLER	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Marine Aquarium by Wolfgang Wickler. Paperback. Studio Vista. 1967 113 pages. Our Price £ 3.00 plus £1.50 postage
IFOC 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	The Yearbook of the International Federation of Online Clubs and Aquatic Societies. 2009 Calypso Publications £2.99 plus 0.50p postage IFOC 1 ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD
OCE 11	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Ocean Life One of the best illustrated books we have seen. Superb photographs. Steve Parker, Paragon Books. ISBN 1 85813851 5. 1994 NEWLY ARRIVED £8 plus £3 postage
Oceanlife is a journey into the seas, beautifully illustrated with a wealth of superb colour photography from around the world. Starting from the shore, where the oceans meet the land, and diving ever further down to the depths where darkness and enormous water pressure makes exploration almost impossible, it considers the very different life-forms that are found in the various habitats. OCEANS5	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	OCEANLIFE. By Sally Morgan and Pauline Lalor. This lavishly illustrated Hardback book in colour, with Dust cover. 512 A4 pages is in mint condition with only very light wear to the dust cover RRP £29.95. Our Price £15 plus £7 postage With a number of special feature sections that look at subjects such as dolphins, hammerheads, coral photography and camouflage in detail, it includes chapters on Coral Reefs, The open Ocean and The Sea Beds.
UCF 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Understanding Coarse Fishes by T. Ravensdale. £4.50 plus £3.50 postage Designed for fishlovers of all types HB 1968.250pp
PEF 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Fishes. Damaged Cover but otherwise a superb book £6.55 plus £4.55 postage NEWLY ARRIVED
INDI 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Records of the Zoological Society of India. Scientific, common and Vernacular names of fishes of India by T. Venkateswarlu. ZSI Calcutta £3.00 plus £ 1 postage
AMFISH	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Common and Scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada American Fisheries Society. 5th Edition £3.00 plus £ 1 postage
COR 11	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Coral Fishes, Their Care and Maintenance T.Ravensdale Pet Library Pages: 258 Year:- 1968 Type of Illustration:- C Originally:- £3.95
AQUA 12	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Aquariums for your new Pet by Mary Ellen Sweeney 65 pages. Well illustrated in colour. Paperback. TFH A good booklet for beginners £1.80 including postage
SS2	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Keeping Marines. Paperback compilation 1970 Price 0.99p plus 0.75p postage
DISE 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Diseases of Aquarium Fishes by Robert Goldstein Ph.D 126pp. Hardcover. TFH Price £3.00 plus £1.74 postage
JLBSea	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Smith's Sea Fishes by Professor J.L.B.Smith of Coelacanth fame. VALIAN PUBLISHERS 1977 PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS THE SEA FISHES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA . 580 PAGES NUMEROUS COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. VERY CLEAN INTERNALLY THE DUSTWRAPPER HAS SOME CHIPPINGS AND SOME TEARS TO EDGES. Our Price £6.95 plus £5.90 postage
SEACROFT	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Life in the Sea by John Croft £3.20 plus postage £1.05
HAMFISH	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Hamlyn All-Colour Paperback Fishes of the World by Allan Cooper 1974. 160pp. Hamlyn PB in reasonable condition. Our Price £2.99 including Postage
CONC 1	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Freshwater Fishes A Concise Guide in Colour J.Vostradovsky Hamlyn Pages: 252 Year:- 1978 OUR PRICE :-£4.95 plus £2.00 postage
."--Xavier Gros, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, The Netherlands, Electronic Green Journal, Issue 14, Spring 2001.This comprehensive volume includes chapters on sharks, rock lobsters, abalone and fishes, as well as many of the less familiar inhabitants of rocky reefs. It is suitable for marine biologists, oceanographers, underwater photographers, or anyone willing to discover Australia's underwater world. SOUTHERNSEAS Would US customers please order this book from The Aquatic Bookshop in CA where you will receive a much faster service	ISBN No: PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Under Southern Seas The ecology of Australia’s rocky reefs Edited by Neil Andrew 2000, hardback, 256 pages $49.95 A colourful and refreshing publication about marine life of the Australian rocky reefs, this hardcover, oversize volume provides readers with comprehensive materials on the ecology of Australia's rocky reefs and their fisheries. Divided into three parts and containing 26 chapters, UNDER SOUTHERN Seas is a pleasure to the eye. Richly illustrated with around 200 colour photographs, and contributions of 32 marine biologists, Neil Andrew's work maintains a good balance between text and photos UK £29.90 plus £6.90 post and packing. NEW
	ISBN No: 1 57524 103 X PRICE GROUP: READING LEVEL	Dual Language. English-Chinese UK £49.90 plus £8.70 postage. NEW CHINAFISH