Allen, E.J. (Ed). Plymouth Marine Fauna. Being Notes of the Local Distribution of Species occurring in the Neighbourhood.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Marine Biological Assoc. 1931 pp.371 with fold out-map. Large 8vo. Hardback. Contemporary signature of J.E. Forrest Ph.D., F.Z.R., Dept. of Zoology, Queen Mary College, London to title page and his neat, informed notes, often indicating dates and locations where species seen, to margins and rfep. Contents nr. fine. More recently bound in green cloth, all in fine condition.
£40.00 [ref: 59467]
Allen, H.E. et al. (Eds.). Metals in Surface Waters.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ann Arbor Press. 1998 pp.xvi, 262 with figs. and tables. 8vo. Name to top of text block and ink underlining within contents pages, o/w. a fine hardback. RRP £110.00.
Presents research and applications on a range of subjects, including toxicity to aquatic organisms as well as humans, with an emphasis on metals speciation. Explores metal contamination of surface waters from several different disciplines, such as analytical chemistry, aquatic chemistry and toxicology.
£20.00 [ref: 59544]
Allman, G.J. A Monograph of The Fresh-Water Polyzoa, Including All The Known Species, Both British and Foreign.
Pub. Ray Society 1856 pp.viii, 119 with 11 colour and b/w. plates. Folio. Scattered foxing to end-papers and plates (largely confined to margins). Neat repair to verso of half-title and fore-edge of 1 plate. Green cloth boards in nr. fine condition.
£85.00 [ref: 49196]
Amiard-Triquet, C. et al. (Eds.). Aquatic Ecotoxicology. Advancing Tools for Dealing with Emerging Risks.
1st. Ed. Pub. Academic Press. 2015 pp.xiv, 504 with b/w. text figs. Small 4to. Dedication to title page. Fine hardback. RRP £86.99.
An essential reference which guides users through existing and novel approaches to environmental risk assessment, before presenting recent advances in the field of ecotoxicology, including omics-based technologies, biomarkers, and reference species.
£40.00 [ref: 59424]
Andrewes, C. H. Viruses. The Natural History of Viruses. The World Naturalist.
Pub. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1976 pp, viii, 237 with 22 line drawings and 24 pages of photographs. From the library of Angus McCrae with a few notes added to text in ink. In dw, rubbed at extrems, o/w a good copy.
£10.00 [ref: 28683]
Andrews, J.R.H. The Southern Ark. Zoological Discovery in New Zealand. 1769-1900.
Pub. Hawaii Press. 1987 pp.xii, 237 with colour plates throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
This book surveys 130 years of discovery, description and illustration of New Zealand’s unique fauna. It begins with the voyages of Captain Cook and concludes at the end of the Victorian era.
£20.00 [ref: 42071]
Andrews, Michael Alford. The Flight of the Condor: A Wildlife Exploration of the Andes.
Pub. BBC / Collins. 1982. pp.158 with full-page plates, mostly in colour. vg in dw.
£3.00 [ref: 22489]
April, K. and Shockley, M. (Ed). Diversity. New Realities in a Changing World.
Pub. Palgrave Macmillan. 2007 pp.xxiii, 380 with some figs. A fine copy in same dw.
This collection of essays and papers from authors, who themselves are diverse, offer unique perspectives into diversity beyond the compliance parameters of gender, ethnicity and physical ability.
£40.00 [ref: 37993]
Atha, A. (Ed.). A Scottish Naturalist. The Sketches and Notes of Charles St John 1809-1856.
Pub. Andre Deutsch. 1982 pp. 192 with colour and bw. illus. VG. hardback in vg. dw.
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Atha, A. (Ed.). A Scottish Naturalist. The sketches and notes of Charles St John 1809-1856.
1st. Ed. Pub. Andre Deutsch. 1982 pp.192 with colour plates and b/w. illus., throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
Compiled from the three published books of Charles St. John and illustrated with paintings from his unpublished sketchbooks. Chapters on each month of the year are interspersed with sections on the main species of bird and animal he studied and described.
£5.00 [ref: 62230]