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Authors on this page include: Antal Vida and Thomas
Kotai, Peter Miller, Kishori Lal Tekriwal and Andrew Arunava Rao, Mark
Samuel, I.E. Batjakas & A.E. Economakis, Ian S Munro ,David S. Lee ,J.R.Hartley,
Jim Kelly, Lothar Wischnath, Chris Andrews, Adrian Excell and Dr. Neville
Carrington, Ramshorst and A. Van Den Niewenhuisen, Alwyne Wheeler, Franco
de Carli, Farid S. Atiya, M L J Stiassny, L.R.Parentl and G. David
Johnson, John Dawes, Rev. Houghton ,Sally Morgan and Pauline Lalor, John T
Nichols, Peter Moyle and Joseph Cech Jr., Heather Angel, Muus and
Dahlstrom
BIG
ATLAS
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**** THE BIG ATLAS OF AQUARIUM FISH
Claus Schaefer
pp.98 HB. Vemag, Cologne.
A superbly colour photographed large
format introduction to Aquarium fishes
Our Price £7.20. plus £3.10 UK postage
NEW. One only
GALAPAGOS
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878348-06-X
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***** REEF FISH
IDENTIFICATION - GALAPAGOS
Paul
Humann. pp 204 New World Publications Inc., Florida USA
Hundreds of species all illustrated in
full colour. A "must have" book for anyone diving or visiting the Galapagos
One copy only. Our price £9.50 plus £3 UK
postage
500 Full Colour
Photographs
COMPLETE AQUARIUM
ISBN No:
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ISBN: 1856480135
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**** Complete Aquarium - Encyclopedia
of Tropical Freshwater Fish by Van Berkom, Bootsma, Van Bruggen,
Geerts.et al
pp 391.
Comprehensive handbook for the beginner and experienced hobbyist. Complete
guide to the design, construction, lay-out and furnishing of the aquarium.
Large, heavy hardback. 391 pages.
£8.20 plus £3.30 postage
HELENA
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Fish and Fisheries of Saint Helena Island. by Alasdair Edwards, .
Govt. of St. Helena /University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1990.
. Pp.vi, 152 with col. photos, line drawings, map & 38; figs. A4 paperback.
£15.00 plus £3.90 U.K.Postage
SURVIVAL
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** THE
AQUARIUM FISH SURVIVAL MANUAL by Brian Ward. The QUILL Edition
Large format (11" x 8" )HB. pp 175.
1990 .300 full
colour illustrations. All you wuill ever need to know about keeping all
types of fishes happy and healthy. Dust Jacket slightly torn.
Our Price £4.99 plus £4.50 postage
CEYLON
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The Marine and Fresh Water Fishes
of Ceylon
Munro, I. S. R.
Dept. of External
Affairs, Canberra, 1955. No dust jacket. Cover worn. Title page is torn.
Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round
condition suitable as a reading copy.
£17.50 plus £3.50 UK Postage
365FISH
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3 8331 2070 3
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***** 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.
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BOULENGER
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***** QUEER
FISH
by F.G.Boulenger
Decorative Cloth. . First. Octavo. 1931 Edition An interesting
treatise on unusual fish and their natural history. Illustrated with
sketches, many from nature, by L.R.Brightwell
contents: 1) Introduction. 2) Walking and Climbing Fish. 3) Electric Fish.
4) Blind Fish. 5) Armoured Fish. 6) Flying-Fish. 7) Lung-Fish. 8) Flat-Fish.
9) Goldfish. 10) Giant Fish. 11) Nursing Fish. 12) Nest-Building Fish. 13)
Fish and Their Travels. 14) Luminous Fish. 15) Baby Fish. 16) Fighting-Fish.
17) Other Queer Fish. 18) Food Fish. 19) Fossil Fish. 20) Shell Fish. 21)
Aquatic Mammals
£21.00 plus £3.60
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NEWPET
ISBN:
086622 532 3
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***** TROPICAL FISH AS A NEW PET by
Axelrod
1995 as new
Our price £2.70 plus
£1.00 postage
SALVADOR
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*****Marine Fishes of El Salvador (Los
Cabanos)
in English
pp14x11 126 pages Embossed cover. Cloth bound HB. A superb range
of full page lithograph plates by Juan Amador, (Division of National Parks
of El Salvador) Published by the Sigma Foundation. New York.1985.
Absolutely beautiful Rare Book with 50 amazing full page full plate
illustrations. Our scanner does not do
justice to this superb publication
£56 including postage to UK
PMFISH
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00 219945 9
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FISH
by Peter Miller
Harper Collins 288 pp
A comprehensive treatise on fishes fully
illustrated by a world-renown author. Paperback. Original price £16.99
VGC
£10.50 plus £1.70 postage in
UK
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
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185279117-9
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** 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
AMATEUR AQUARIST 1894
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THE
AMATEUR AQUARIST
by
Mark Samuel, Aquarist to Columbia College, New York . 1894
116
pages. Bound. In reasonable condition and very well illustrated. How
to maintain and Equip a self-sustaining aquarium
£13.90
post paid in UK
GREECE
ISBN:
10: 9602265345
13: 978-9602265345
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COASTAL FISHES OF GREECE
by I.E. Batjakas & A.E. Economakis
Paperback: 130 pages
Publisher: Efstathiadis Group
Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 12.4 x 1 cm .
£11.99 Plus £2 postage
NEW GUINEA
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**** THE
FISHES OF NEW GUINEA
by Ian S Munro
A VERY RARE TITLE
Dept Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries Port Moresby New Guinea 1967.
First edition. Illustrated boards, colour & b & w plates, line
illustrations, 650pp + plates. F/o inscription o/w very good. Jacket -
edgeworn, lightly stained spine inside.
Our price £99.50 including UK postage
ATLAS
This book is in good condition with a slight amount of wear to the
binding. It measures 8.5 x 11 inches, has 854 pages with glossary. It is
profusely illustrated with range maps and line drawings or black &
white photographs
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***ATLAS OF NORTH AMERICAN
FRESHWATER FISHES
Edited by David S. Lee et al.
This atlas attempts to summarize available distributional information on
all the freshwater fishes of the United States and Canada, and to provide
some information on their biology. Although the many needs for such a
volume have long been obvious, only in the last few years has a work of
this nature been feasible.
The desirability of this compilation is perhaps best attested to by the
large number of individuals from many agencies and institutions in both
countries who volunteered their services to make it a reality. Probably no
other single zoological work has been so willingly supported by such a
wide spectrum of enthusiastic contributors. We anticipate that the atlas
will be useful in studies of biogeography, systematics, and ecology, and
to persons involved in fisheries management and environmental assessment.
It should also be quite important to educators, and to fishermen and
general outdoorsmen in the United States and Canada.
Our Price £48.00 plus £8.50 part postage
Cover Picture varies on the US edition. Either edition may
be supplied
Hartley
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Fly
Fishing
by J.R.Hartley. HB.
Stanley Paul Limited Editions. London.
Illustrated by Patrick
Benson. 128pp. Block/Woodcut ? illustrated
Our Price £15.99 plus £4.90
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BLUEPLANET
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BLUE PLANET
A book created to accompany the
extraordinary BBC television series Blue Planet. It is the first complete
and comprehensive portrait of the whole ocean system. This book takes you
on a voyage of exploration from the coasts to the deep where weird and
monstrous fish lurk in a world of darkness. Foreward by Sir David
Attenborough. 400 full colour photographs. Hardback book . Dimensions 25.5
cm by 29cm. Original retail price £35
Our Price £14.50 plus £8.50 postage
Very
rare document
WHEELERKEY
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TO THE FISHES OF NORTHERN EUROPE
paperback
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
£55.50 post paid
ATLASLIVE
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****Atlas
of Livebearers of the World
by Lothar Wischnath published by TFH. HB.
HUGE BOOK
Very Good Condition Second reader.
336 A3! Pages (or nearly A3) 980 Full colour photos and EVERYTHING you
ever needed to know on these fishes
Our Price £23 (Half recommended price) plus £9.40 postage in UK
FishHealth
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***The Manual of
Fish Health
by Chris Andrews, Adrian Excell and Dr. Neville Carrington
A fully illustrated comprehensive hardback by Salamander Books
originally £12.95
Our Price £4 plus £3.75 UK post and packing
VANDEN
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****The
Complete Aquarium Encyclopedia of Tropical Freshwater Fish
by
Ramshorst and A. Van Den Niewenhuisen
Octavo HB Original Price £30
Omega Books England
386 page large format Hardback book fully colour
illustrated
Our Price £12 plus £6 UK postage
ALWYNE2
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*****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
WorldFishes
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The World
of Fishes.
Franco de Carli. HB. 256 pp.
A superbly knowledgeable small hardback suitable for all
ages as an excellent introduction into the lives of fishes
One Only. Our Price £6.99 plus £2 part UK
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The
Red Sea in Egypt-Part 1:FISHES
Written by: Farid S. Atiya
Published by the author
Year: 1991
Format: First Edition Hardback book, with dustwrapper.
Description: 232 pages fully illustrated throughout with 339 colour
photographs and drawings. Condition:
Book is in Very Good condition. Dustwrapper has a small amount of wear -
Very Good+ Arabic names given where known
"Excellent both technically and
photographically"
Our price £16.99 plus £3 postage
Code:EGYPT
WHEELERTHAMES
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The Tidal Thames
by
Alwyne Wheeler. A history of the river and its fishes by an expert. HB
Virtually new. pp 228 Now out of print.
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INTERFISH
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Interrelationships of Fishes.
Hardback. New Stock just arrived. .8vo
pp.500 Edited by M L J Stiassny, L.R.Parentl and G. David
Johnson. Academic Press.
Original Price £68.00
Our Price £21.00 plus £5 postage
Aquariumfish
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0760708533
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Aquarium Fish
A
beautifully texted and illustrated Hardback book whose pages were
too large for our scanner. pp.146
Published by 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
FAFDawes
ISBN No:
067109309 6
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A Practical Guide to
Keeping Freshwater Aquarium Fishes
Supersized page Hardback
book. pp 158
John Dawes is a superb writer and expert fishkeeper. Hamlyn / Exeter
Books
Originally listed at over £20. Our Price £ 8.50 plus £4.90 postage
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.
ULTAQUA
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**** 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.
256 pages. EXCELLENT condition! Large Page Paperback editions
£13.50 plus £5 postage
HOUGHTON
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0 906671 06 X
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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
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FRESHFISH
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**A Guide to
Freshwater Fish
by Treasure Press HB pp 184 NEW
A superb general guide to the freshwater fishes of the world, their
biology. requirements and distribution. High quality data in a
very readable format
Our Price £5.75 plus £2 postage
OCEANS5
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***** OCEANLIFE.
By Sally Morgan and
Pauline Lalor.
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. 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.
This lavishly illustrated Hardback book in colour, with Dust cover. 512
pages is in mint condition
with only very light wear to the dust cover
RRP £29.95. Our Price £15 plus £7 postage
JTN1
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Representative
North American Freshwater Fishes
by John T Nichols, American Museum of
Natural History. An unusual pocket-sized and superbly illustrated cloth
cover book . A paperback in its own cardboard custom
sleeve. Extremely rare title. McMillan 1943.
Our
Price £12.50 plus £2.30 UK postage
MOYLE
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Fishes, An introduction to Ichthyology
by Peter Moyle and
Joseph Cech Jr. A Classic textbook. 2nd. Edn. Hardback. Prentice-Hall 1988.pp559
Our Price £20.00 plus £3.60 Postage
HAOCEANS
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Life in the Oceans
by
Heather Angel. A superbly illustrated and well written text by a very well-respected
natural history author, HB Large Format
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COLLFRESH
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Collins Guide to the
Freshwater Fishes of Britain and Europe
by Muus and Dahlstrom HB.
Superbly collated information. A scarce titleSuperbly
collated information. Published 1981 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 £9.50 plus £3.90 postage
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**A Mint Stamp Collection of
Fishes from Ciskei
(Four other stamps depicting invertebrates are not shown)
Our Price £7.50 including postage in the UK
DAWES
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0-7137-2593-3
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Livebearing Fishes
by
John Dawes
Our Price £10 plus £3 postage
228 pages full of information and everything you need to know about
livebearing fish. Aquarium care, breeding, biology and classification.
This book is brand new . 240 excellent pages.
SETUPKELLY
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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
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