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Nichols/Miller 

 

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0 26166 372 0

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FISHES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE . A Diamond handguide

Almost 100 pages of accurate colour illustrated information and detail. COVERS VARY

Our Price £3.99 plus £1.50 part UK Recorded Postage

http://www.ios-wildlifetrust.org.uk/livingseas/Fish_and_fishing_study Free Download ISLES OF SCILLY DOWNLOADABLE ONLINE FISH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
  EURO 2

  

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1 85051 114 4

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A Handguide to the Fishes of Britain and Europe   

James Nichols and Peter Miller  

Treasure Press HB Edition. COVERS VARY 1988 EURO 2 Our Price £3.90 plus £1.50 UK postage 

 

ALWYNESEA

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*** The Sea Fishes of Britain and Europe 

by Alwyne Wheeler

(The "saltwater" section of "key" in a different form)

SPECIAL LIMITED OFFER

£16.50 per copy post paid in UK while stocks last

We also have the freshwater version. LINK

  DIPPER  

  

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British Sea Fishes 

by Dr. F. Dipper

If you are a diver, snorkeller, sports fisherman, sea shore enthusiast, interested in sea fishes or are in any way interested in the natural history of Britain’s marine wildlife then this is the book for you! Unusually it is devoted entirely to the fish around the coasts of Great Britain, and most of the 103 species described are illustrated with colour photographs of the fishes in their natural habitat.

Our Price £16.00 plus  £2.50 part UK postage

Lythgoe Fishes

 

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0 7137 0539 6 

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FISHES OF THE SEA

by John Lithgoe. Published by Blandford Press

Identification guide to All the fishes in European Seas. HB.pp 320

Our Price £7.35 plus £2 part UK postage

 

SEA ANGLING

 

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SEA ANGLING FISH IDENTIFICATION

32 page colour illustrated pocket-sized guide to all commonly caught U.K. fishes

Our Price £3.49 plus 0.70p postage in the UK

Front Cover Illustration is of the 1946 Edition

Travis Jenkins

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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.

Travis Jenkins

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D

Minimum Reading Age

15

 

 

THE FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES BOTH FRESHWATER AND SALT

by J. Travis Jenkins

TALL 8vo.( 9 x 6 INCHES ) Published in 1946 and in remarkably good condition considering its age. Leatherette gold embossed cover with rounded corner pages. Truly a one-off for our bookshop. Loads of hand coloured plates.

Our Price £17.50 plus £3.55 UK Postage

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COLLSEA

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0 00219258 6

0 00 212058 5

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Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of Britain and North-Western Europe  

by Muus and Dahlstrom HB. Superbly collated information.  Hundreds of sketches, maps and full colour illustrations  Condition clean inside - little wear, Hard cover  slightly worn 244 pages size 4.5 x 8 inches approx

Our Price £8.50 plus £3.90 postage

THE OBSERVERS BOOK OF SEA FISHES. 1962

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THE OBSERVERS BOOK OF SEA FISHES. 1962 Edition. HB pp160.Some Damage and page notes but spine, binding and cover are intact

 

Our Price £1 plus £1.50 postage in UK

WHEELERKEY   

 

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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

 

SHOREFISH

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FIELD KEY TO THE SHORE FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES 

by Alwyne Wheeler

pp.40. A Very rare publication.

Book £10 plus £1.55 UK postage

Photocopy £5

This is an excellent source not only for fisheries scientists, but also for marine biologists, environmentalists and students. All text is hyperlinked: an illustrated glossary defines more than 500 scientific terms. All principle literature references (more than 5000!) are included in this program. Windows CD. 

CD ONLY - Not available in printed format

ATMED1 

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Fishes of the North-Eastern Atlantic & Mediterranean 

Biodiversity CD-ROM. 

J.-C. Hureau (editor)

This standard reference work was made in cooperation with the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and more than 60 ichthyologists. It contains updated information on 1287 fish species along with a fully illustrated interactive identification key, drawings, color illustrations, photographs and distribution maps. 
Price: £89.95 plus 1.55p postage 

FIRST EDITION 1904.

We have two copies. One has a much darker green leatherette/cloth cover and both are gold embossed.

BSWF 

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British Salt Water Fish. 

By F.G. Aflalo with a chapter on the artificial culture of sea fish by R.B. Marston, Editor “The Fishing Gazette”. Published by The Woburn Library of Natural History. Edited by His Grace The Duke of Bedford, K G. 
Chapters include: The Sharks & Rays, The Bass, Bream & Red Mullet, The Mackerels, The Gurnards, The Gobies, The Conger Eel, The Grey Mullets, The Wrasses, The Herring Family, The Flatfish, The Cod Family & Sand-Eels, Some Rare & Unknown Fish. 
Damage to top & bottom of spine board, foxing to first few pages & index, otherwise plates clean with blank verso, all pages intact & book looks unread 
No tears, faded name on inside front cover. Internally very good~ 17 beautifully illustrated fish prints on 12 coloured plates with minor handling marks, otherwise in Fine condition. ~
£20 inc postage

GUIDE

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British Inshore Fish Guide.

  Pocketable. Laminated. An Illustrated Guide to the Coastal Fishes of Britain

£4.99 plus £1 postage

 

 

 

   EURO 22Moller

 

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0 014063 001 5

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Fishes of the British and Northern European Seas  

  J. Moller Christensen

Penguin Nature Guide        Pages: 128    Year:-   1978

OUR PRICE £4.99   plus £1.60 U K postage

 

SEA WATER AQUARIA

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SEA WATER AQUARIA by L.A.J.Jackman. The classic book of its genre. A must for all interested in maintaining a coldwater marine aquarium.

£12.00 plus £2.20 postage in UK

 

 

 

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