Resultados de búsqueda: Libros de Graham Newland (Natural History Books)

Academic Press, 1990. . 2nd edn. 2 vols, 8vo. Vol 1, Diseases of Marine Fish, pp. xiii + 1-521. Vol 2, Diseases of Marine Shellfish, pp. xii + 1-516. Illustrated boards, many b/w photos, text figs, tables. As new set. (Authoritative and indispensable work covering the important diseases of wild, captive and cultivated species, immunology, the effects of disease on populations and the public health aspects of fish and shellfish diseases). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Hong Kong: Urban Council of Hong Kong, 1995. . 1st edn. Landscape format pp. (viii) + 1-211. Illustrated card wrappers, colour frontispiece (the author), 27 colour plates, 237 colour photos, 85 text figs, 1 map, checklist, keys, glossary, bibliography, index of scientific names. New book from archive stock which may have very minor signs of storage. Now out-of-print and difficult to obtain. (Based largely on the authors extensive fieldwork, this book is an attempt to comprehensively catalogue and present the dragonflies that are known to occur in the territory of Hong Kong, providing information, including detailed descriptions, photographs and identification keys to 102 species. Also included are practical hints on finding, observing and photographing dragonflies, together with information on anatomy, life history and habitat). . Catalogs: Invertebrates, new.

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, Inc., 1990. . 2nd edn. 4to pp. 768. Illustrated laminated boards, over 4000 colour photos, num. line drawings & maps. Neat handstamp to ffep, otherwise as new in d/w. (Comprehensive identification guide to both warm and coldwater marine aquarium fishes of the world, with information on maintenance in captivity, reproduction & distribution). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1986. . 1st edn. 4to pp. xvii + 1-670. Illustrated laminated boards, 350 figs (inc. b/w photos, line drawings, charts & maps), 57 tables. Slight fading to green band on the spine, lower corners lightly bumped, small indentation (5mm) to upper edge of front board, overall in near fine condition, tightly bound with no inscriptions. (This is the widely acclaimed, preeminent reference and text on all aspects of amphibian biology, including their life history, ecology, morphology, and evolution. Copiously illustrated throughout with original drawings and photographs, together with an extensive bibliography containing over 2,500 entries. The book remains the standard work on the subject and is an indispensable reference for professional biologists and students alike. Content: Introduction to the Amphibia. Part 1: Life History: Reproductive Strategies; Courtship and Mating; Vocalization; Eggs and Development; Larvae; Metamorphosis. Part 2: Ecology: Relationships with… Leer más

London: Royal Society of London, 1920. . 1st edn. 4to pp. 259-368 (+ pls). Original printed paper wrappers, plates 11-17 (45 figs), 16 text figs, appendices I-II. Covers dust-marked, institutional handstamp to front wrapper, light wear to spine. Overall in VG condition, the text and plates are very clean. Inscribed and signed by the author in upper margin of front cover. (Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B, Vol. 212. Scarce) . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, previously owned.

Bonn: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, 1985. . Roy. 8vo pp. 233-606. Printed card wrappers, num. b/w photos, line drawings, text figs & maps. As new copy. (Compilation of 26 papers (11 are in English and all others have an English summary) presented at the first symposium ,,Herpetologia Canariensis'' held at Bonn, 1-3 November 1984. The proceedings of the symposium include original information on both recent and fossil reptiles and amphibians of the Canary Islands, data on microclimate, vegetation and conservation is also discussed with particular emphasis on the lizards of the genus Gallotia. Bonn. zool. Beitr., Vol. 36, No. 3/4). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, previously owned.

London: The Zoological Society of London, 1879. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. 305-307 (+ plate). Stapled self wrappers, figs 1-2, plate XXIX. Several rust marks from earlier staples to extreme margins, otherwise in good condition. Both text and the beautiful hand-finished chromolithograph by J. G. Keulemans (Helictis subaurantiaca) are clean and bright. (Stapled extract from Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., Part II, March 1879. Scarce). . Catalogs: Mammals.

Poole: Blandford Press, 1983. . 1st English edn. Cr. 4to pp. 607. Cloth, 1183 colour & b/w photos, drawings, charts, graphs & maps. Slight thumbing to fore edges, otherwise a VG copy in fair d/w, which has some loss to top edge & several chips and small closed tears. (Useful contribution to aquarium literature, covering the history of Ichthyology and the aquarium hobby with details on disease, rearing & feeding of fish/invertebrates and the cultivation of aquatic plants). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Essen: Alfred Kernen Verlag, 1984. . 8vo pp. 120. Illustrated card wrappers, num. colour photos. VG. (Well illustrated account of the higher crustacea, including a section on captive care). . Catalogs: Marine & Freshwater Life.

London: Vista Books, (1962) 1963. . Reprint. Roy. 8vo pp. 878. Cloth, 525 photos (inc 102 colour), 668 line drawings. VG copy in similar (price clipped) d/w. (Remains an authoritative work, deals with the identification, biology, distribution & captive care of 1300 species of aquarium fishes - becoming difficult to find in nice condition). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Neptune City: T.F.H., 1975. . 4to pp. 240. Illustrated boards, num. colour & b/w photos, illustrations, line drawings, figs, maps & tables. Fine copy. (The result of nearly four years of research, includes notes on the ecology, distribution & classification of species inhabiting Oceania, Melanesia & the Great Barrier Reef). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

Nairobi: The East Africa Natural History Society, 1950. . Roy. 8vo pp. 274-392. Printed paper wrappers. Title written in red ink to upper margin of front cover, slight spotting to closed edges, otherwise in VG clean condition. (Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society, Vol. XX, Nos 6 & 7 (90). Complete issue of this journal, also includes the following two papers: A collection of aquatic Hemiptera from Kenya, by E. S. Brown, pp. 393-397, fig 1; New species of African Staphylinidae part II, by M. Cameron, pp. 398-407. Scarce). . Catalogs: Mammals.

London: George G Harrap & Co., 1979. . 1st edn. 4to pp. 288. Cloth, 128 plates (1300 colour photos), 49 text figs. Slight lower edge wear near tail of spine, some thumbing to fore edges, otherwise near VG in similar (price clipped) d/w, which has a few minor scuffs & slight edge wear. (A marine biological encyclopedia that provides a worldwide comprehensive survey of the invertebrate animals that inhabit the oceans). . Catalogs: Marine & Freshwater Life.

Tervuren: Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, 1966. . Cr. 4to pp. viii + 1-98 (+ pls). Printed card wrappers, plates I-XII, figs 1-7 (maps). Fine. (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent., Sci. Zool., No. 153). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1973. . 1st edn. Cr. 4to pp. 1-148. Printed paper wrappers, 105 text figs, num. tables, appendices, key. Fine condition. (All the previously described species and subspecies of the large Barbus (the species usually described as possessing parallel striae on their scales) from east and central Africa are examined. The area covered is bounded in the north by the mouth of the Nile and in the south by the Zambezi system. The western boundary is the upper reaches of the Congo system adjacent to the rift valley and the eastern boundary is the coast. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool), Vol. 26, No. 1). . Catalogs: Fishes, previously owned.

London: Collins, 1947. . 1st edn. 8vo pp. xv + 1-303. Cloth, 46 colour photos & 55 in b/w, 24 maps and diagrams. Cloth slightly faded with a small bubble to rear cover otherwise a VG copy in similar d/w which is browned on spine & along top edges. The text and illustrations are unmarked. (Collins New Naturalist series, No. 6). . Catalogs: Collins New Naturalist Series.

London: Collins, (1966) 1967. . 2nd edn. 8vo pp. xvii + 1-238. Cloth, 63 plates (11 colour), 9 maps & diagrams. Very good copy in similar d/w which has small tape mark to head of spine. (Collins New Naturalist series, No. 47). . Catalogs: Collins New Naturalist Series.

London: Macmillan and Co., (1873) 1895. . Reprint. Cr. 8vo pp. xvi + 1-108. Original cloth, frontispiece, 6 plates, 60 text figs. Very slight wear to head/tail of spine and tips, small crease to f.e.p. and title page, otherwise a VG+ clean, tightly bound copy, the text and illustrations are virtually as new. (Macmillan Nature Series). . Catalogs: Invertebrates, previously owned.

. Roy. 8vo pp. 112. Illustrated laminated card wrappers, 140 colour photos, num. line drawings and end-paper advertisements (for Japanese reptile & amphibian dealers). Near fine. (Japanese text with Latin nomenclature). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, previously owned.

Paris: Librarie Gallimard, 1943. . 1st edn. Cr. 8vo pp. 220. Original printed paper wrappers, 40 line illustrations. Some wrinkling to spine and age toning to the text, otherwise a VG partially unopened copy. (Informative general account of the family Chamaeleonidae with additional chapters on the other main lizard families. French text with Latin nomenclature). . Catalogs: Reptiles & Amphibians, previously owned.