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EMERGERS
Written by Doug Swisher; Carl Richards. Illustrated by Mike Gouse.
Stock no. 1329538
Published by Lyons & Burford. Circa 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A pathbreaking exploraton of the Emergence of mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, and other trout-stream insects... with exciting new fly patterns and techniques for fishing them effectively. Large format. Black cloth spine with gilt title, black boards. 120 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1558210954. 3rd printing. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased/rubbed.

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THE WILD TROUT
Written by Malcolm Greenhalgh. Illustrated by Rod Sutterby; Simon Farrell.
Stock no. 1329531
Published by George Philip. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Artist Sutterby and biologist Greenhalgh combine forces to celebrate the beauty of the wild trout and make an urgent call for conservation measures. With more than 40 colour paintings, drawings and sketches of individual fish, together with colour photos. Large oblong format. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0540011991. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and date in ink to front pastedown (covered by dustwrapper flap). Dustwrapper is slightly marked and edge worn, large tear to rear panel.

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EMERGERS
Written by Doug Swisher; Carl Richards. Illustrated by Mike Gouse.
Stock no. 1329527
Published by Lyons & Burford. Circa 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A pathbreaking exploraton of the Emergence of mayflies, caddisflies, stoneflies, and other trout-stream insects... with exciting new fly patterns and techniques for fishing them effectively. Large format. Black cloth spine with gilt title, black boards. 120 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1558210954. 3rd printing. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly scuffed.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POND LIFE
Written by John Clegg. Illustrated by Ernest C. Mansell.
Stock no. 1329462
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Observers book No. 24. With 32 plates in full colour and 16 plates in monochrome and 16 photographs. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. Foxing to textblock, pale page browning. Grubby dustwrapper is worn and torn, lower half of spine is detached (but still present), a few small ink marks to rear panel and some surface paper damage to same.

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THE COMPLETE FLY-FISHER'S HANDBOOK
Written by Malcolm Greenhalgh. Illustrated by Denys Ovenden.
Stock no. 1329356
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Natural food of Trout and Grayling and their artificial imitations. A pratical guide to Essential Techniques. Glazed pictorial boards. 288 Pages (including index). Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0751304999. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly creased.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FRESHWATER FISHES
Written by A. Laurence Wells.
Stock no. 1829275
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 6. Describing 82 Species with 70 illustrations 66 of which are in full colour. Reprint. Text block lightly browned. A few grubby marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with a few small tears, lightly faded, grubby to rear panel with small patch of surface paper loss.

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A GUIDE TO FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS
Written by T.T. Macan.
Stock no. 1829262
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine, blind title to front. B/w illustrations. x and 118 pages including index. Spine browned. Edges of boards lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper 'presented to the Conservation Corps by the Publishers Oct '60'. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE PAISLEY NATURALISTS' SOCIETY VOL. II
Written by Charles A. Hall.
Stock no. 1828952
Published by Alexander Gardner. 1st 1915. Good condition.

Lists of Renfrewshire Plants, Macro-Lepidoptera, Fresh-water Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Other Papers. Introductory notes by the editor Rev. Charles A. Hall. Blue cloth boards, title label to spine. Map of Renfrew to front endpapers. xvi and 120 pages. Title label to spine is rubbed with loss. Boards are marked and grubby, browned to spine. Board corners bumped. Text block browned. Name & date in ink to fly-leaf. Endpapers a little grubby. A few grubby marks to cotents. A good working copy.

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KEEPING AND BREEDING FRESHWATER TURTLES
Written by Russ Gurley.
Stock no. 1826676
Published by Living Art Publishing. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Information and ideas that can help keepers enhance their work and help them provide more interesting and appropriate environments for their turtles. Large format. Black pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 096381303X. Covers a little grubby and scuffed. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Text block slightly grubby. Foxing to title page else 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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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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KEEPING TROUT IN LAKES AND PONDS
Written by Peter Jarrams.
Stock no. 1824770
Published by Upso Ltd. Circa 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

How to set about designing, building and subsequently managing a trout lake for either enjoying feeding hte fish and watching them grow to running a lake as a trout fishery. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1843751488. A few minor marks to covers. Previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear cover. A print on demand copy.

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