L.Buller, & Cheng, T. Pathology of Invertebrate Vectors of Disease.
Pub. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1975 pp.540 with plates. Pbk. copy with rubbed covers, contents vg.
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Adams, H. & Adams, A. The Genera of Recent Mollusca. Vols. I-III.
1st. Pub. Van Voorst. 1858 3 vols. Scattered foxing to end-papers & half-title in all 3 volumes. Otherwise internally very clean. Some pages uncut. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, sl. sunned. Blue cloth boards are very good with a few light marks from placing on shelf. Ex-lib. Prinknash Abbey. A nice set.
£250.00 [ref: 31987]

Agassiz, Louis. Twelve Lectures on Comparative Embryology, Delivered before The Lowell Institute, in Boston, December and January, 1848-9.
1st. Ed. Pub. Redding & Co. 1849 pp.104, 4 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Softback. Neat stamp of Edwin Kirk ((1884- 1955), American paleontologist and author)) to front cover. Then presented by Mrs Kirk to the US Geological Survey library, Denver, in 1956. Contents nr. fine. Spine of original covers carefully reinforced, covers lightly chipped. Thor. vg. softback.
Along with an accurate transcription of the 12 lectures, including illustrations, given by Professor Agassiz, this work includes a 4-page article entitled ‘The Principles of Zoology’ by Louis Agassiz and Augustus A. Gould.
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Ainsworth G.C. and Austwick, P.K.C. Fungal Diseases of Animals. Review No. 6 of the Commonwealth Bureau of Animal Health.
Pub. Commonwealth Agri. Bur. 1959 pp. 148 with colour and bw. plates. VG. in lightly chipped dw.
£7.50 [ref: 35834]

Albaiges, J. (Ed.). Marine Pollution.
Pub. Hemisphere. 1989 pp.xv, 365 with text figs. throughout. A thor. vg. copy in same dustwrapper.
£9.00 [ref: 44626]

Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (Hopkinson, J. (Ed.)). The British Tunicata. An Unfinished Monograph.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Ray Society. 1905 - 1912 Three volume set with 66 plates, many in colour, and b/w. illus within text. 8vo. TEG. Ex-lib. Contents fine. Original decorated blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines which show a little wear (Vols. I and II), o/w., thor. vg.
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Amirthalingam, C. and El Yasaa Khalifa, M. A Guide to the Common Commercial Freshwater Fishes in the Sudan.
1st. Ed. Pub. Game and Fisheries Dept. Sudan. 1965 c.200. Line drawings. Text in English and Arabic. DW. chipped and lightly browned in places. Front internal hinge a little tender. Otherwise vg. Scarce.
£25.00 [ref: 34254]

Anderson, M. Sexual Selection.
Pub. Princeton. 1994 pp.xx, 599 with many figs. Owners blindstamp to corner of front cover. Card covers lightly faded in places. Overall vg.
£40.00 [ref: 36775]

Andrewartha, H. G. & Birch, L. C. Selections from The Distribution and Abundance of Animals. With a new Preface.
University of Chicago Press. 1982 pp, xi, 275 with tables and graphs throughout. With some plates. Pbk. Previous owners name written on front cover, o/w a vg copy.
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Andrewartha, H.G. and Birch, L.C. The Distribution and Abundance of Animals.
Pub. University of Chicago Press. 1954 pp.xv, 782 with figs. and tables throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
This book asks the fundamental question: How does environment influence the animal’s chance to survive and multiply? The search for an answer leads on the one hand, to an examination of the animal’s physiology and behaviour and, on the other, to the four basic components of environment: weather, food, other animals, and a place to live.
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