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A JOURNEY IN BRAZIL.

By: Agassiz, Prof. & Mrs. Louuis.

Price: $54.00

Publisher: Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Co. 540 p. 1895: 1895

Seller ID: asJOvo6042

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

8vo illus. Reprint. [1868] -Scientific collecting trip for Cambridge University in 1865. Cat. 58-9. Dampwrinkled on bottom margin; Good-VG.
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A HANDY GUIDE TO FISH CULTURE or, Fish Culture Made Easy. Being Specially Designed for the use of amateurs, and for guidance in the improvement of fisheries.

By: Armistead, J.J.

Price: $54.00

Publisher: Scarborough & London: The Angler Lmt. viii + 119 p. 1897: 1897

Seller ID: miHA2m602

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

12mo illus. 1st Ed. -The sub-title says it all by this 30-year practitioner of fish culture, written on the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. [Cat. 55-28 & 65-32.] Very Good in orig. paper wraps.
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FISHES OF WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.

By: Bigelow, H.B. et al.

Price: $126.00

Publisher: New Haven: Sears Foundation for Marine Research. xxi + 630 p.: 1963

Seller ID: geSHto1484

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

4to illus. 1st Ed. -Part Three: salmon, trouts, tarpon etc.[Cat. 48-34 & 63-58.] Very Fine in VG-F DJ.
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THE AGE AND GROWTH OF SALMON AND TROUT IN NORWAY As Shown By Their Scales.

By: Dahl, Knut.

Price: $67.50

Publisher: London: The Salmon and Trout Association. ix + 141 + X pages of Plates. 1911 Reprint.: 1911

Seller ID: hlEo75Da39

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

4to illlus. Translated from the Norwegian by Ian Baille. Edited by J. Arthur Hutton and H. T. Sheringham. 1st English Ed. [CAT 54-180 & 65-218.] - Good-Very Good in tape-repaired Paper Wraps.
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TONY THE TUNA.

By: Farrington, S. Kip

Price: $67.50

Publisher: Southhampton: THe Yankee Peddler Book Co. [unpaged]: 1975

Seller ID: 6760658

ISBN: 0911660259

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

[Cat. 32-75 &67-203.] 8vo illus. 1975 1st Ed. -Juvenile about the life of tuna.
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A COMPLETE TREATISE ON ARTIFICIAL FISH BREEDING.

By: Fry, W. H. [Editor and Translator.].

Price: $85.50

Publisher: New York: D. Appleton and Company. ix + 188 p. + 4 p. Ads. 1854.: 1854

Seller ID: yCOmo95F68

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

12mo. Illus. with engravings. 1st. Ed.- [Cat. 66-307.] -Two French fishermen rediscovered the ancient German techniques for rearing fish in the 1830's; the French made a series of reports in 1849. This is a translation of the entire works of M. Coste, M. Godenier, M. Milne-Edwards, M. Haxo, plus several papers on salmon breeding published in BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. The first book published in the U.S. on fish breeding. In original purple blind-stamped cloth. Small chip [1/4"] at top of spine; cloth cracked & glued at spine edge; binding tight & complete; Very Good internally; Good external...
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A TREATISE ON THE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF FISH, with the Description and Habits of Such Kinds as Are Most Suitable for Pisciculture. also, Directions for the Most Successful Modes of Angling for Such Kinds of Fish as Are Herein Described.

By: Garlick, Theodatus, M.D.

Price: $67.50

Publisher: NY: A.O. Moore, Agricultural Book Publisher. 142 p. + adverts.: 1858

Seller ID: rlTRvo7599

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

8vo illus. 2nd Ed. [1857]-Bruns G-26. "A very scarce work." Wetzel p. 46: ".Garlick can safely be regarded as the father of fish culture in this country." In orig. embossed cloth with black bass blind stamped on front & rear cover. [Cat. 47-81 & 62-116.] Dampstained; Good no DJ.
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ICHTHYOLOGY OF THE BOUNDARY.

By: Girard M.D.,Charles.

Price: $270.00

Publisher: Wash. DC: US & Mexican Boundary Survey. Part 2. Zoology of the Boundary. pp. 1-85 + I-II with 41 plates.: 1859

Seller ID: ABE-1338900717

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

4to illus. -[Cat. 66-340.] - Section taken in entirety from the Survey. Sheets secured by strings & glue removed from bound volume. Can be made into HB book. Foxing on a number of plates, but all plates & pages are present. Good-Very Good in sheets.
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FISHES:

By: Girard MD, Charles

Price: $540.00

Publisher: Wash. DC: Reports of Explorations and Surveys. Railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean. Made in 1853-54. Vol. X. Part IV of Zoology Report. xiv + 400 p. + 21 lithographic plates of fishes.: 1859

Seller ID: ABE-1338900740

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

4to illus. -[Cat.66-342.] - Section taken in entirety from the Survey. Sheets secured by strings & glue removed from bound volume. Can be made into a HB book. Foxing on a number of plates, but all pages and plates are present. Good-Very Good in sheets.
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A RIVER NEVER SLEEPS. 8vo Illus. by Louis Darling. NY: William Morrow & Co. vii + 352 p. 1946 1st Ed.

By: Haig-Brown, Roderick L.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York:, William Morrow & Co: 1946

Seller ID: 190223

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

190223. Haig-Brown, R. A RIVER NEVER SLEEPS. 8vo Illus. by Louis Darling. NY: William Morrow & Co. vii + 352 p. 1946 1st Ed. [Cat. 2020] 190223 ox -Most lyrical of H-B's works; fine introduction to the man and his writing. Traces 12 months of the year with short chapters; contains two of his most famous pieces: "To Know a River" and "Why Fish?" plus one of my favorites: "Before I Die." Also contains a chapter on "Fishing Books" which started me on my obsession with angling literature. Mylar cover on DJ. Fine in Very Good DJ with minor edge chipping . $125
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FISHERMAN'S FALL. 8vo. NY: William Morrow & Co. viii + 279 p. 1964 1st Ed.

By: Haig-Brown, Rodrick L.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York:, William Morrow & Co. : 1964

Seller ID: 190226.

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

190226. Haig-Brown, R. FISHERMAN'S FALL. 8vo. NY: William Morrow & Co. viii + 279 p. 1964 1st Ed. [Cat. 2020] 190226z - Final book in the 4-season series; divided into salmon origins, life & death; estuary fishing; steelhead in low water; aquarium notes, & conclusions. He took up snorkeling for fish to learn more about them. I had the pleasure of snorkeling with Rod Haig-Brown in a Northern California spring creek when he came down to California for a fund raiser for the Hat Creek Restoration. Immensely satisfying book; continued growth & observations by this remarkable man. Fine in pri...
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SKEENA STEELHEAD. Unknown Past, Uncertain Future. 4to illus. Portland: Ecotrust & Frank Amato Publications, Inc. 157 p. 2011 1st Ed.

By: Hooton, Robert S.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Portland:, Ecotrust & Frank Amato Publications, Inc.: 2011

Seller ID: 190221

ISBN: 13: 978-1-57188-475-

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Fine

190221. Hooton, R.S. SKEENA STEELHEAD. Unknown Past, Uncertain Future. 4to illus. ISBN-13: 978-1-57188-475-6. Portland: Ecotrust & Frank Amato Publications, Inc. 157 p. 2011 1st Ed. [Cat. 2020] 190221x. –Robert Hooton is a retired Senior Fisheries Biologist from the Skeena region of British Columbia. He has been battling on behalf of steelhead for most of his life. His account of what has happened to the steelhead of the Skeena makes you want to weep. I have been fishing for steelhead on the Skeena since 1960, and have witnessed the inexorable decline in the populations from mismanagement by...
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The NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. ICHTHYOLOGY Vol. II. Treating of the Nature, Structure, and Economical Uses of Fishes. by J.S. Bushnan, M.D.

By: Jardine, William [Ed.]

Price: $247.50

Publisher: Edinburgh: W.H Lizars. xi + 219 p. + 31 plates + 4 p. Adverts. 1840: 1840

Seller ID: rdemo27583

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

12mo illus. 1st Ed.-60-205. Has engraved portrait & engraved title page plus 31 hand-colored engraved plates of fish; In orig. cloth. All plates bright & free of foxing. Cloth has tears near top of spine; Inked signature on plain title page; Good-Very Good.
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NEW ZEALAND LAKES.

By: Jolly, V. H. and Brown, J. M. A. [Editors].

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Auckland: Auckland Universty Press / Oxford University Press. 387 p. 1975.: 1975

Seller ID: llWo40Jo64

ISBN: 0196479363

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

4to. Illus. 1st Ed.-[CAT. 66-489.] - Scientific studies of physical, chemical, & biological properties of lakes in North and South Island, New Zealand. Fine no DJ as issued.
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THE GENERA OF FISHES AND A CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES.

By: Jordan, D.S.

Price: $67.50

Publisher: Stanford: Stanford University Press. xvi + 800 p. 1968: 1968

Seller ID: rdEo75Jo35

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

4to Reprinted and with a new Foreword by George S. Meyers, Stanford University, and a Comprehensive Index by Hugh M. Smith and Leonard P. Schultz, U.S. National Museum. Reprnt. [1963 Ed].- [CAT. 66-492A.] This combines Jordan's GENERA OF FISHES [4 parts, 1917-1920] and his taxonomic index, A CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES [1923] for the first time, with a new Foreword and a Comprehensive Index. Fine-VF in Fine DJ.
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THE FISHES OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA: Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Fish-Like Vertebrates Found in the Waters of North America North of the Isthmus of Canada. PART II. Text.

By: Jordan, David Starr & B.W. Evermann.

Price: $40.50

Publisher: Wash. D.C.: Bulletin No. 47 of the U.S. Nat'l. Museum. Smithsonian Institution. xxx + pp. 1241-2183. 1898: 1898

Seller ID: rdEo45Jo75

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

8vo 1st Ed. [CAT 54-364 & 65-481.] -Part II of the Text of Jordan & Evermann's monumental work. In orig. soft wraps; many pages uncut; paper wraps of spine & covers chipped; missing back cover; Good; intern. fine & unopened in Soft Cover.
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A REVIEW OF THE SALMONOID FISHES OF THE GREAT LAKES WITH NOTES ON THE WHITEFISHES OF OTHER REGIONS. From Bureau of Fisheries Volume XXIX, 1909.

By: Jordan, David Starr & Barton Warren Evermann.

Price: $36.00

Publisher: Wash., D.C.: Bureau of Fisheries. 41 p. + vii p. Full-Color Plates.: 1911

Seller ID: rdREto4070

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

4to illus. -[CAT. 62-189.] Fine in Paper Wraps.
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RIVER NOTES. The Dance of Herons.

By: Lopez, Barry Holstun.

Price: $63.00

Publisher: Kansas City: Anderson & McMeel, Inc. 100 p.: 1979

Seller ID: peVEvo7088

ISBN: 0836261062

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

8vo. 1st Ed. Cat. 58-190. Very Fine in Fine-Very Fine unclipped DJ.
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LUCAS ON BASS FISHING.

By: Lucas, J.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: NY: Dodd, Mead. xx + 381 p. 1949 2nd Revised Ed. [1947]: 1949

Seller ID: ABE-216375239

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

[Cat. 44-293 & 61-358.] 8vo illus. 1949 2nd Ed. Revised [1947]. -With added chapters on muskie & pike. Lucas was an exceptional bass fisherman. Very Good no DJ.
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LUCAS ON BASS FISHING.

By: Lucas, Jason.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: NY: Dodd, Mead & Co. 381 p.: 1962

Seller ID: caCAvo2527

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

[Cat.56-55.] 8vo illus. Revised Ed. [1949, 1947]. Very Fine in Fine DJ.
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