Alder, J. A Catalogue of the Zoophytes of Northumberland and Durham.
1st. Ed. thus Pub. F. & W. Dodsworth. 1857 pp.72 with 8 b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Ex. academic lib. Neat note (dated 1972) about the publication to ffep. Minor spotting to some plates, o/w. contents fine. Original quarter leather binding in vg. condition. Scarce.
With three additional papers, by the Rev. Alfred Merle Norman, bound at rear, viz ‘On Merona, an undescribed Genus of British Hydrozoa’ (1865) pp.1; ‘On undescribed British Hydrozoa, Actinozoa, and Polyzoa’ (1864) pp.9 with 3 b/w. plates; and ‘Notes on some Rare British Polyzoa, with Descriptions of New Species’ (c.1867) pp.11 with 3 b/w. plates.
£90.00 [ref: 62039]

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Burggren, W.W. & McMahon, B.R. (Eds.). Biology of the Land Crabs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1988 pp.xii, 479 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Signature. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
£40.00 [ref: 59481]

Friese, U.E. Marine Invertebrates. In the home aquarium.
1st. Ed. Pub. T.F.H. 1973 pp.240 with many colour photographs. 8vo. Very feint, scattered foxing to front endpapers o/w. a thor. vg. hdbk. in illus. boards.
£5.00 [ref: 49100]

Gerard, B.M. A Synopsis of the British Lumbricidae (Annelida). with Keys and Descriptions.
2nd. Ed. Pub. Linnean Society. 1964 pp.58 with b/w. text figs. 8vo. A thor. vg. softback.
£15.00 [ref: 50710]

Ingle, R.W. British Crabs.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 1980 pp.222 with 34 b/w. photographic plates plus illus. 8vo. Bookplate. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. with a little loss at top of spine.
£35.00 [ref: 59478]

Preston-Mafham, R. & K. Spiders of the World.
1st. Pub. Blandford. 1984 pp. 191 with colour & b/w. photography throughout. VG. in dw.
£6.00 [ref: 29611]

Scott, T. & Scott, A. The British Parasitic Copepoda. Volumes I and II.
Facs. Rep. Pub. The Ray Society. 1968 Two volumes bound as one. 8vo. Near fine hardback.
A facsimile of the first edition, published in 1913. Volume I is entitled ‘Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes - Text’ with Volume II - ‘Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes - Plates’.
£25.00 [ref: 27887]

Taylor, P.D. & Lewis, D.N. Fossil Invertebrates.
Pub. British Natural History Museum. 2005 pp.208 with colour and b/w. photographs. A fine hdbk. in fine dw., with two very small snags on rear.
‘During the early explosion of life on earth this group came to inhabit land, sea and air, giving rise to an incredibly rich and diverse fossil record - explored here in detail with lavish illustrations.’
£8.00 [ref: 48701]

Thorson, G. Reproduction and Larval development of Danish Marine Bottom Invertebrates, With Special Reference to the Planktonic Larvae in the Sound (Oresund).
1st. Ed. Pub. C.A. Reitzels. 1946 pp.523 with b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Softback. Dedication to front cover. Contents nr. fine. Covers show some wear and repair.
£35.00 [ref: 59512]