The Calypso Online Fish Bookshop

"Buy the best books on fish and exclusively fish - Direct"

THE LARGEST SPECIALIST FISH, ICHTHYOLOGY AND AQUARIA BOOK BOOKSHOP

Use our bookshop with confidence and security- no "logging in ", no form filling. We do not collect personal data.

 Calypso Publications  Registered at London 2225933 1978  established in 1978 as the publishing arm of Calypso . 

 

Aquatics Directory - A Complete listing of all the Aquatic Websites in the World

FishLink Central

Reef Aquarium Index

IFOCAS - The International Federation of Online Clubs and Aquatic Societies. Trade Members 2010

Home Up SEARCH Fishbooks by Family Fishkeeping STAR BUYS Antique & Vintage Books Fish Catching Technical/Scientific Childrens Books Divers Books Encylo's/Atlases Foreign Language Seashore / Coastal Younger Reader Coffee Table Downloads & CD's Fish Club & Society Mags amd Journals Send us an Email Series and Multi Equipment FAO  Books News Order Form FAQ's Post Info/FAQ CD's & DVD's E-Mail Us

 

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

Other Areas

[ African Freshwater ] [ Antarctic ] [ Arabia ] [ Asian Fishes ] [ China and Asia ] [ Eastern Pacific Fishes ] [ Pan Arctic Fishes ] [ New Zealand Fishes ] [ New Guinea Fishes ] [ Western Pacific Phillipines ] [ Central Atlantic ] [ Australian Freshwater Fishes ] [ Central Pacific Hawaii ] [ British Sea Fishes ] [ British Freshwater Fishes ] [ Asian Freshwater ] [ Atlantic Fish ] [ Europe-Fresh ] [ All European ] [ North America ] [ Pacific Marine ] [ N. Pacific / Arctic ] [ South America ] [ Central America/Caribbean ] [ Indian Ocean ] [ Southern Africa ] [ Australasian ] [ WORLDWIDE ]

See also European Freshwater Fishes

FIELD LAMPREYS

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

 

FIELD GUIDE TO THE FRESHWATER FISHES AND LAMPREYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES by Alwyne Wheeler

Only one Copy £15 including UK Registered postage

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

 
THE CHATTO NATURE GUIDE TO BRITISH AND EUROPEAN FISHES

Spine has slight damage but easily repairable

Our Price 4.80 including UK postage

FF

ISBN:  

0 330 28690 0

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

Freshwater Fish of Britain Ireland and Europe by Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix Pan Books supersize pages.

pp144 Superbly texted and illustrated for anglers and ichthyologists and just  about everybody interested in fishes.

Publishers Price £9.00

Our Price £6.65 plus £4. postage

HAMLYN FRESHWATER

ISBN:  

0 600 339 866

 Price Group:

B 

Reading Category:

 

THE HAMLYN GUIDE TO THE FRESHWATER FISHES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE  by Peter Maitland .1977 Illustrated by Keith Linsell. First class book but front cover a little stained

pp.256

Our Price £7.20 plus £2.80 postage in the UK

FRESHWATER FISH

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

A 

Reading Category:

**A FIELD GUIDE IN COLOUR TO FRESHWATER FISH

pp 184 Blitz Editions Prague. Jiri Cihar. Virtually new. (Illustration is not of our stock book)

Originally £6.99 and good value at that. 400 Full colour illustrations.

Our Price £4.80 including UK Postage

(The "freshwater" section of "Key...). We also have the saltwater volume) LINK

WHEELERFRESH

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

Cheaper than

 ***** Compact Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Britain and Europe  

by Alwyne Wheeler,

Kingfisher Books HARDBACK COPY Paperback copies are available

Cover varies from the Edition illustrated

 Curator of Fishes at the British Museum (Natural History) - an expertly written guide by a foremost authority. Almost every species colour line illustrated.   PB 124pp 

One Copy only. Our Price £11 plus £1.50 postage

Plain leatherette green hardback cover with gold embossed spine

HODGSON

  FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES  by N.Barrie Hodgson. Crowther 1947  HB 60 pp.  Good condition for its age. (also listed on Antiquities page )

Our Price £8 plus £2.50 recorded postage in the UK

WHEELERKEY   

 

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

G 

Reading Category:

 

Lower price than:

KEY TO THE FISHES OF NORTHERN EUROPE 

 by Alwyne Wheeler. This must be the most popular and hardest to obtain book on fishes in the United Kingdom. We have TWO copIES in stock

£49.50 post paid

Very rare  document - The BOUND HARDBACK PREDECESSOR to Alwyne Wheeler's "Key" in Paperback

Our second copy is an ex-library and well-worn copy with some spinal damage

  ALWYNE BRIT 

ISBN:  

9786000048136
 

 Price Group:

 H

Reading Category:

Over 15 years

WE HAVE TWO COPIES OF THIS VERY RARE TITLE

The Fishes of the British Isles and North West Europe by Alwyne Wheeler.

 HARDBACK . 1969 Octavo 614 pages. Fully Illustrated. with area maps on each species

By the foremost Curator of Fishes at the British Museum (Natural History) - an expertly written guide by a foremost authority. 

(1)  Good Condition   Our Price £190.00 plus £7.50 insured registered delivery. Dust Jacket is not an original

 

(2) Rather Poorer condition  Our Price £120 including insured Registered Delivery. Dust Jacket is not an original

 

Front Cover Illustration is of the 1946 Edition

Travis Jenkins

Price Group

D

Minimum Reading Age

15

 

 

THE FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES BOTH FRESHWATER AND SALT

by J. Travis Jenkins

1925 EDITION

TALL 8vo.( 9 x 6 INCHES ) Published in 1925 and in  good condition considering its age. Leatherette card gold embossed cover with rounded corner pages. Truly a one-off for our bookshop. Loads of hand coloured plates.

Our Price £37.50 plus £3.55 UK Postage

London: F. Warne & Co, 1925, London, 1925. Green Decorated Cloth. Book Condition: Excellent. First Edition. 16mo. Green Decorated Cloth. First Edition. 16mo. Apart from a very slight tear to top of spine-1/4" an excellent example.

:LAMINFRESH

ISBN:  

Price Group:

 

Reading Category:

All ages

 

British Freshwater Fishes

An 8 Page laminated fold-out guide and key to British Freshwater Fishes in full colour.

£5.50 plus £1 UK postage

HOUGHTON

ISBN:  

0 906671 06 X

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

 
British Freshwater Fishes  

by Rev. Houghton. HB An authentic reproduction of the two-volume 1879 text in one modern volume. Superb engravings. Peerage Books 1981. 260 4to pages

Published at £20.00

Our Price £17.50 plus £5.50 Postage

BritFresh

ISBN:  

0 85664 320 3

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages

BRITISH FRESHWATER FISHES
THE STORY OF THEIR EVOLUTION


BY
LEN CACUTT

HB.FIRST EDITION 
UNCLIPPED DUSTJACKET
PUBLISHED IN 1979 BY CROOM HELM
BOOK AND DUSTJACKET ARE IN GOOD CONDITION

Price £7.05 plus £1.50 postage in the UK

RIVERSANGEL

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages

LIFE IN OUR RIVERS By Heather Angel in the Jarrold Nature Series. Beautifully illustrated booklet with stunning quality photography

Our Price £1.90 including UK postage

 

BRITISH FRESHWATER FISHES

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages

The Fisherman's Library BRITISH FRESHWATER FISHES by M.E.Varley. Buckland Foundation/Fishing News Book 1967. HB.DJ 148pp. Ex Library copy with some stamped pages

£3.00 plus £2 part UK postage

Provides key information regarding distribution,habitat and feeding behaviour of every fish.Superbly illustrated for immediate and easy identification of species.
An indispensable riverbank guide that no angler or water naturalist can be without

  GREENHALGH FISHES

ISBN:  

1 84000 392 8

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages

THE POCKET GUIDE TO FRESHWATER FISH OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE

Mitchell Beasley Series

Malcolm Greenhalgh.pp192. 2001 Octopus Publishing

This is a convenient and portable guide to over 160 fish species that occur in British and European rivers, lakes, reservoirs and canals
Malcom Greenhalgh has studied fish and fishing throughout Europe,North America and the West Indies.RRP £7.99

Our price for one page creased copy £3.99 plus £1.50 UK postage

SUN BOOK

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

All ages

THE SUN BOOK OF FISHES AND ANGLING ENCYCLOPAEDIA

A ridiculously optimistic title for such a small book but despite its size it's great value for money when seeking information on mainly British fishes.

Our Price  £3.90 post paid in the UK

WheelGER

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

Lower price than:

BRITISH and European Freshwater Fishes IN GERMAN

( also available in French)  

by Alwyne Wheeler

Superb condition hardcover by the top author in the field

Our Price £12.99

WHEELERTHAMES

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

The Tidal Thames  

by Alwyne Wheeler. A history of the river and its fishes by an expert. HB Virtually new. pp. 288 Superb read.Now out of print.

Our Price £12.99 plus £3 UK postage

FreshFish

ISBN:  

0 7064 1971 5

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

 
A Colour Guide to Freshwater Fishes by Dr. Jiri Cihar.

HB. Octopus book. pp.185 Well and fully illustrated.

 

£4.99 plus £1 part postage in UK

A5WALLCHART

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

British Freshwater Fishes - An A5 Identification WALL Chart

 

Great and inexpensive little Guide

Our Price £2.20 plus £1.20 postage

This is a very rare document out of print for many years

MULTILING FAO

 

ISBN:  

No ISBN No.

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

Lower price than:

European Inland Water Fish in English , Spanish , French and German .   

1st Edition. by Arrangement with the FAO  Illustrated with engravings , color plates and maps. 393 illustrations and maps following , followed by an index. The binding is a blue cloth , silver lettering on the spine. In very good  condition. The dust jacket is price clipped. Book measures 11.25 x 8.75 inches

Our Price £21.90 plus £4 UK postage

EUROFRESH2

 

ISBN:  

1 85051 493 3

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

The Illustrated Guide to Fishes of Lakes and Rivers 

 by Karel Pecl. Illustrated by J. Maly and K. Hisek. Treasure Press London 1990. pp223. HB. ISBN 1 85051 493 3

Jiri Maly was the Czech fish illustrations superstar.

Detailed illustrated descriptions of all European Species

Our Price £5.75 plus £2.25 UK postage

  HOLCIK

ISBN:  

No ISBN No.

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

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

OBSFRESH

ISBN:  

No ISBN No.

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

The Observer's Book of - FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES . Compiled by A Lawrence Wells 152pp. Condition Old, Jacket as pictured. Not too bad overall. Some age fading to cover. 

OUR PRICE £0.75p  plus £1.20 postage

NEWDICK

  The Complete Freshwater Fishes of the British Isles by Jonathan Newdick 1983. pp 130 Hardback. Fairly good but dust cover a little scrappy.A & C. Black Pubs  50 superb full page plates plus excellent page of data and location map for each species.

Our Price £4.90 plus £3.10 postage

CIHAR

ISBN:  

1 85051 625 1

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

A Guide to Freshwater Fish (worldwide)

HB. pp185 by Jiri Cihar . Packed with information by a top Czech ichthyologist and fish enthusiast.

Our price £5.90 plus £1.50 part postage

Illustration is of the cheaper board version

COLLFRESH

 

BoardCover Version £11.50 + post £3.50    

ISBN:  

0 00 212056 9

0 00 219270 5

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

Lower price than:

**** Collins Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Britain and Europe  

by Muus and Dahlstrom HB. Superbly collated information. A scarce title Superbly collated information.  Hundreds of sketches, maps and full colour illustrations  Condition clean inside - little wear, Hard cover   . Full sized hardback version with dustcover Our Price £15.50 plus £3.90 postage

Board version as illustration also available £11.50 plus postage

 

  EURO 2

ISBN:  

1 85051 114 4

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

A Handguide to the Fishes of Britain and Europe   

James Nichols and Peter Miller  

Treasure Press HB Edition 1988 EURO 2 Our Price £3.90 plus £1.40 postage 

  RARE 2

ISBN:  

No ISBN No.

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

Fishes of Britains Rivers and Lakes. 

A Classic original publication by J.R.Norman of the BMNH. 1943

VERY RARE and fair condition for its age and the poor paper quality

RARE 2  £7.00 plus £1. postage

THIS INFORMATION IS BROUGHT TO LIFE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS TO GIVE COLOUR AND SEX VARIATIONS, CHRIS TURNBULL'S STUNNING COLOUR ARTWORKS ILLUSTRATING THE FISH IN ACTION, AND BLACK OUTLINES OF EACH FISH FOR QUICK IDENTIFICATION. COMBINING THE TALENTS OF BRITAINS TOP ANGLING WRITER AND ARTIST

ANGFRESH

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

THE ANGLER'S GUIDE TO FRESHWATER FISH, HABITS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF OVER 50 BRITISH FISH. BY JOHN WILSON AND CHRIS TURNBULL, PUBLISHED BY BOXTREE. IT IS A HARDBACK AND IN AS NEW CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT.

THIS OUTSTANDING NEW GUIDE TO FRESHWATER SPECIES OF FISH IS REMARKABLE FOR BOTH DESCRIBING AND SHOWING THE FEATURES AND PARTICULAR TRAITES OF EACH FISH. JOHN WILSON'S SUCCINCT TEXT DETAILS PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, DISTRIBUTION, REPRODUCTION AND FEEDING HABITS, AVERAGE AND RECORDED WEIGHTS, NICKNAMES AND FOREIGN NAMES, AND THE BEST FISHING TACTICS.
RRP (New) £14.99

£8.99 plus £2.50 postage

FISHES3

ISBN:  

3 625 10354 0

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

 
Fishes. A Handbook for Anglers.

A misnomer. This is a handbook for all fish enthusiasts. Lavishly illustrated large format pages with excellent data. Specialises in European Fishes. HB. NEW pp.130

One Copy only. Our Price £7.00 plus £3.80 postage

  COLD 4

ISBN:  

0 600 33476 7

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

Freshwater Fishes (of Europe). A Concise Guide in Colour.  

240pp by Vostradovsky and Maly 40 pp. Hamlyn .HB. by Vostradovsky and Maly. ISBN 0 80033476 7

£3.50 plus £1.50 postage

COLD 4

  TROUTGRAYLING

ISBN:  

0 7136 2044 7

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

Lower price than:

Trout and Grayling.

 by Norman Maclean. HB. pp 180  Condition: NEW

A complete fishermans anglers and biologists compendium of these two fishes

Everything you need to know and geographical distribution too..

Our Price £12.90 plus £2.90 UK postage

WHEELERLOOSE

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

Reading Category:

***** Pocket Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Britain and Europe  

by Alwyne Wheeler, Curator of Fishes at the British Museum (Natural History) - an expertly written guide by a foremost authority. Almost every species colour line illustrated. 

One Copy only. Our Price £11 plus £1.50 postage

Covers vary

Nichols/Miller 

ISBN:  

0 26166 372 0

 Price Group:

A 

Reading Category:

All ages

FISHES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE

 A Diamond Handguide

Almost 100 pages of accurate colour illustrated information and detail

Our Price £3.49 plus £1 part UK Recorded Postage

Keith Linsell's 250 beautiful, full-colour species artworks are so detailed that in most cases identification can also be achieved by matching the specimen directly to the species illustration

PHILLIPS FRESHWATER

ISBN:  

 Price Group:

B

Reading Category:

PhilLip's Guide to Freshwater Fish of Britain and Europe"

 is an easy-to-use rapid identification guide to every fish species in Europe. The fresh waters of Britain and Europe support more than 300 species 

£7.50 including UK Postage

British fish book, freshwater fishes of europe, Alwyne Wheeler, Books, British Freshwater Fish, Fishes, Books on British Freshwater Fish and Fishes, British fish book, freshwater fishes of Europe.

Website design and production by Gerald Jennings Copyright The Calypso Organization 2010

 Calypso Publications  Registered at London 2225933 1978  established in 1978 as the publishing arm of Calypso .