Adamson, W.A. Lake and Loch Fishing. For Salmon & Sea Trout.
1st. Ed. Pub. A & C Black. 1961 pp. 174 with several illus. VG. in same dw.
£25.00 [ref: 38871]

Andrews, Patrick. Fishing Records. The Piscatorial Society Waters. August 1985 - October 2012.
Handwritten records. 1985-2012 Five A4 notepads (the last part-filled). Detailed handwritten notes recording times spent fishing for trout and grayling in the waters of the Piscatorial Society from his first visit as a member in August 1985 until October 2012. Dr. Andrews was a keen and committed fisherman who regularly fished up to 10 times a month during the trout season, and continued to fish for grayling after the end of the trout season. He was meticulous in writing up notes after each visit and his accounts make fascinating reading. Besides recording details of his catch he also recorded weather and water conditions, flies used, whether fish were rising, if other members were present (and what success they were having) etc. A unique record of 27 years fishing the same waters.
The Piscatorial Society is one of the oldest angling societies in England. It leases fly fishing on a number of chalk streams in Hampshire and Wiltshire, including the Wylye, the Test, the Ichen and the Hampshire Avon. The society concentrates on fishing for brown trout and grayling with upstream dry fly or unweighted nymph imitations.
£200.00 [ref: 61441]

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Axelrod, Dr. H. African Cichlids of Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika.
3rd. Ed. T.F.H. 1975 pp.288 with colour photographs throughout. A vg. copy in spine-faded illus. boards.
£10.00 [ref: 41500]

Bianchini, F. et al. Acquario. Piante, pesci marini e d’acqua dolce, rettili e anfibi, invertibrati.
Pub. Arnoldo Mondadori. 1980 pp. 295 plus glossario and indice. VG. in vg. dw.
£10.00 [ref: 34255]

Davies, C. et al. Freshwater Fishes in Britain. the species and their distribution.
1st. Pub. Harley Books. 2004 pp.176 with 16 coloured plates and numerous distribution maps. Fine copy in illustrated boards.
This book has been written by a team of authors from various government agencies. The book is aimed at the general informed naturalist as well as anglers, research scientists, and those concerned with managing rivers and other water bodies.
£20.00 [ref: 40181]

Davis, H.S. Culture and Diseases of Game Fishes.
Pub. California. 1970 pp.x, 332 with figs. Tape marks to f.e.p. o/w. a vg. copy in same dw.
£10.00 [ref: 41510]

Dawes, J. Livebearing Fishes. A Guide to their Aquarium Care, Biology and Classification.
1st. Ed. Pub. Blandford. 1991 pp. 240 with illus. A vg. copy in dw.
£2.00 [ref: 21791]

Dawes, J. Livebearing Fishes. A Guide to their Aquarium Care, Biology and Classification.
Pub. Blandford. 1991 pp.240 with colour photographs and other figs. A vg. copy in same dw.
£10.50 [ref: 41504]

Day, F. British and Irish Salmonidae.
1st. Ed. Pub. Williams and Norgate. 1887 pp.viii, 298 plus 12 plates, nine of which are colour chromolithographs. Large 8vo. Hardback. Ex. academic lib. Very occasional mark in margin. Contents clean and nr. fine, with neat stamp to verso of plates. Original green cloth in vg. condition showing some wear at extremities.
Francis Day (1829-1889) was an army surgeon and naturalist who became the Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma. After he retired in 1877, he became president of the Cheltenham Natural Sciences Society and also an active member of the Cotteswold Naturalists Field Club. He provided the illustrations for this work, the colouring of which was done by Miss Florence Woolward.
£50.00 [ref: 62042]

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Gosse, P.H. The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea.
2nd. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. John van Voorst. 1856 pp.xv, 304 with 6 b/w. linigraph plates, colour plates removed. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-lib. Occasional old stain to top margin of several leaves. Some professional repairs to margins of a few leaves, o/w., contents fine. Library brown cloth boards in thor. vg. condition.
Preferred second edition. Philip Henry Gosse, the English naturalist and pioneer in the study of marine biology, coined the word “aquarium”, installed the first public aquarium at the London Zoo in 1853, and was largely responsible for the Victorian craze for aquariums.
£50.00 [ref: 62032]

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