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PRINCESS FINNY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1328827
Circa 1945. Very good condition.

A "Spikey" Book. Small oblong format. Orange cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Corners slightly worn. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Neat inscription ink to front pastedown. A couple of light grubby marks to one of the last pages, light crease to one page corner tip and some light foxing to textblock.

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THE FAUNA OF SHROPSHIRE
Written by H. Edward Forrest.
Stock no. 1828991
Published by L. Wilding. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Being an account of all the mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes found in the county of Salop. Photographic plates and portraits. Green cloth, gilt titles. 248 and vi pages. Spine lightly browned, boards have a few minor marks, corners are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. Name & address in ink to front pastedown. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE NATURE OF BARBEL
Written by Nick Giles; Chris Yates.
Stock no. 1827820
Published by Perca Press. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cardwraps. Foreword by Chris Yates. Colour photos and some b/w illustrations. 176 pages. Helping us to more clearly appreciate and understand the fish. ISBN: 0954323904. Minor creasing to top front corner. Text block slightly grubby. Name in ink to verso of front cover. Else contents clean.

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FANTASTIC FISHES: A FEAST OF FISHY FACTS AND FABLES
Written by Mark Everard.
Stock no. 1327394
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 2012. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Exploring the diverse and often strange world of fishes. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 304 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9781907110351. Spine bumped. Mark to inner margin of front pastedown which appears to be glue from the binding process showing through. Very pale page edge browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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WATERY WHIRLIGIG OR MOXI IN A MIX UP
Written by Joan Cooper. Illustrated by Elizabeth Campbell.
Stock no. 1326275
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Moxi Mackerel is a fish of imagination and courage... Pale blue boards, dark blue tittles and vignettes. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some fading and some browning to cover edges. Endpapers are partly browned. Slight tobacco smell to contents which are otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby with slight loss.

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QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGY AND THE BROWN TROUT
Written by J.M. Elliott.
Stock no. 1826715
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution. A synthesis of quantitative information on the ecology of the brown trout, including sea-trout, and comparisons with closely related species such as Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon, and rainbow trout. Cardwraps. ISBN: 0198540906. Light browning to covers. Light rubbing to corners. Contents clean.

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BACTERIAL FISH PATHOGENS: DISEASE OF FARMED AND WILD FISH
Written by Brian Austin; Dawn A. Austin.
Stock no. 1825190
Published by Springer. 6th 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

Sixth Edition. This book puts emphasis on the isolation, taxonomy, diagnosis (phenotypic, serology and molecular biology), epizootiology, pathogenicity mechanisms, and methods of disease control (by vaccination, immunostimulation, probiotics, prebiotics, plant products, and antimicrobial compounds). Primarily targeted at research workers, including postgraduate students, and diagnosticians, as well as veterinary microbiologists, publich health scientists and microbialecologists. Green glazed boards. A few colour photos. Printed by Printforce, Netherlands, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9783319326733. Spine & corners lightly rubbed, minor knocks to lower edges of boards. Some very slight page crinkling. Contents clean.

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TILAPIA BIOLOGY, CULTURE, AND NUTRITION
Written by Chhorn E. Lim; Carl D. Webster.
Stock no. 1324743
Published by Food Products Press. 1st 2006. Very good condition.

A one-stop reference source for comprehensive, up-to-date information on tilapia culture. Cardwraps. 678 pages. Some b/w photos and diagrams. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 9781560223184. Corners of covers slightly worn. Some light wear/marks to textblock.

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MEDAKA: BIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, AND EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS VOLUME 2
Written by Kenji Murata; Masato Kinoshite; Kiyoshi Naruse; et al.
Stock no. 1824797
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition.

Explains the advantages of using medaka in experimental designs, to facilitate research, and to stimulate progress by adopting medaka as a model animal. This volume explores new technologies developed after 2009, using the fish as a molecular tool in the fields of life science, evolution, ecology and toxicology. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781119575290. Boards lightly scuffed, corners lightly rubbed, previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear board. Contents fine.

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FISH DIVERSITY OF JAPAN: EVOLUTION, ZOOGEOGRAPHY, AND CONSERVATION
Written by Yoshiaki Kai; Hiroyuki Motomura; Keiichi Matsuura.
Stock no. 2140432
Published by Springer. Circa 2022. Fine condition.

This book reviews and summarizes the studies on the fish diversity of Japan. ISBN: 9789811674266. Still in original shrink wrap - UNREAD.

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THE KOI DOCTOR
Written by Maarten Lammens.
Stock no. 1323112
Published by A Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

Your guide to keeping healthy Koi. A guide intended for hobbyists who care deeply about their ornamental fish. Large format. White glazed pictorial boards. 175 pages. Colour photographs throughout. Translated from the German by Emmanuel Lammens. ISBN: 9080856630. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine.

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THE NATURE OF BARBEL
Written by Nick Giles; Chris Yates.
Stock no. 1323001
Published by Perca Press. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cardwraps. Foreword by Chris Yates. Colour photos and some b/w illustrations. 176 pages. Helping us to more clearly appreciate and understand the fish. ISBN: 0954323904. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Some slight rubbing to cover edges. A few slightly sticky marks to rear cover.

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