Ichthyology from Natural History Books

Ithaca, NY: Wilder Quarter-Century Book, 1893. First edition.. Small water stain to outer margin of frontis plate, joints to some folding plate reinforced with archival tape, a very good copy. . Pp. 412-493; 8 plates (5 are black-and-white photos, 3 are large folding line-drawings and stipple drawings). Later brown cloth, lettered in black on the spine, 8vo.… Read more about this item

College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. xii, 428, 118 color photographs, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, green pictorial dustjacket lettered in gold and white, 4to. This volume identifies several hundred freshwater fish from North America that are suitable for aquariums. This volume is from… Read more about this item

Neptune City, NJ: T. F. H. Publications, 1987. First edition.. Bump to back top corner, transfer of ink to inside of wrappers, a very good copy.. Pp. 128, numerous color photographs and illustrations. Publisher’s printed laminated green pictorial wrappers, lettered in black and orange on spine and cover, sm 8vo. This volume is a practical guide for fish… Read more about this item

Neptune City, NJ: T. F. H Publications, 2008. First edition.. A near fine copy.. Pp. 111, numerous color photographs. Publisher’s pictorial stiff wrappers, lettered in green, white, and black on cover and spine, sm 8vo. From the series: Animal Plant Pet Care Library. This book provides information for aquarium hobbies to care for livebearer fish. This volume… Read more about this item

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969. First edition.. Some wear to spine, a very good copy.. Pp. 315, frontispiece, 21 black and white plates, 5 text-figures, 14 maps. Publisher’s printed tan and wine-red wrappers, 8vo. From the series: United States National Museum Bulletin 282. This volume is the result of a small study to examine… Read more about this item

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1993. Reprint.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. (Text): Vol. 1: (24), 258, (8), 192, (6), 234; Vol. 2: (8), 160, x, (4), 146; Vol. 3: x, 128, (8), 152, (6), 126; Vol. 4: x, (2), 144, (8), 174, (6), 192; (Plates): Vol. 1: pp. (1), 216 fine color-printed plates; Vol. 2:… Read more about this item

Hamburg, Germany: Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum, 1929. First edition.. The paper of Part 1 is browned, part 2-3 were printed on a better quality of paper and are clean; overall, a good solid copy of a rare set.. Pp. 1-20, 126-136, 57-84; one foldout plates, numerous text-figures. Extract (no wrappers), with original staples on the spine,… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World, 1951-1964. First edition.. Light wear and a few old mars and chips to the vinyl jacket protectors, some endpaper show mild foxing, the original brown cloth binding and the text, printed on clay-coated white paper, are very bright and clean; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vol.… Read more about this item

Baltimore, MD: Aquatic Life and Aquatic World, 1928-1942. First edition.. Light wear and a few old mars to the vinyl jacket protectors, some endpaper show mild foxing, the original brown cloth binding and the text printed on clay-coated white paper are very bright and clean; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (vol. 12): 1-241,… Read more about this item

Washington: Printed by Davis and Force (Franklin's Head), 1822. First edition.. The top edge of the title page has some professional paper repairs as does the contents page and errata page at the end of the volume, light age-toning to some text pages, a few marginal pencil annotations, a tight and clean copy in very good condition in… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880. First edition.. The edges of the text are a bit uneven due to the way the signatures are bound together, some wear to edges of the pages; a good solid copy.. Pp. 10-208; numerous tables, lg 8vo. Extract with self-wrappers with binder's tan tape on the spine, lg 8vo. This section… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 417-511, 50 text-figures (fine line-drawings of fishes and rays). Extract with self-wrappers, sm 4to. From: Bulletin of United States Fish Commission for 1902. No ownership marks.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1907. First edition.. Wrappers are chipped along the spine and along the top edge of the front wrapper, rear wrapper has a 2.5 x 1.5 inch piece missing from the bottom edge near the spine, the text has a few corrections in the margins; overall a good, solid copy.. Pp. 48, i-v, (index);… Read more about this item

Marseillie: Marius Lebon, 1882. First edition.. The spine is sunned which has caused the leather to turn into golden tan, the title is fully readable on the spine, the text is clean and unused with some pages uncut and unopened; a tight and clean copy in very good condition.. Pp. (7), 8-425 (3, index); 44 text-figures (line-drawings and… Read more about this item

London: John Van Voorst, 1859. Third edition.. A touch of foxing to the blank endpapers at the front and rear of each volume, there is a very small bump affecting the bottom outer corner of the frontis matter of volume 1 only; a very attractively bound set in near fine condition.. Pp. xxxviii, (i); 675; pp. (ii), 670;… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1885. First edition. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 431-499; 2 full page color charts, numerous other tables. Later wine red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1883, no. 15 (document 98). This work is written by a chemist… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. First edition.. A fine (new) copy.. Pp. 329-441; 10 full page plates (fine line-drawings of fish). Later green cloth, spine is lettered in white, sm 4to. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1888, volume 8. This is an important early work by Jordan and Eigenmann on the… Read more about this item

Grahamstown, South Africa: Rhodes University, 1967-1972. First edition.. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (2), 139-141; (2), 143-153; (4), 157-166; (6), 173-184; (4), 217-228; (2), 229-239; 18 full page plates (black-and-white photos, halftones and line-drawings). Later black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, 8vo. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University Occasional… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. First edition.. A fine (as new) copy.. Pp. 69-102; 4 text-figures of fishes (halftones), 1 large folding map of southeastern Oregon at the end. Later orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine, sm 4to. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries for 1907, volume 27 (document no. 636).… Read more about this item

London: John Van Voorst, 1841. Second edition.. Some foxing to the original gray boards, there is an old wrinkle to the top inner corner of front free endpaper in volume 2, light foxing to the endpapers only, the text is very bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xlviii, (i); 464; pp. (iv),… Read more about this item