Fowler, Henry W.

A Synopsis of the Fishes of China, Part VII: The Perch-like Fishes (continued) + The Perch like Fishes (completed).

Taipei: Taiwan Museum, 1954-1956. First edition. Pp. 304; 142 text-figures. Self-wrappers, lg 8vo. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum, volume 9, no. 1-4: (1-) 110 + (161-) 354. Name stamp of marine biologist David K. Caldwell on the front wrapper of each part. A tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4906

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Keywords: Ichthyology fish perch like fish Perciformes Percomorphi Acanthopteri cichlids sunfish bluegill damselfish bass perch China Asia Fowler

Gilbert, Charles, Jordan, David Starr et al.

The Lantern-Fishes of Japan + Record of Fishes obtained on Japan in 1911 + Record of Fishes obtained by David Starr Jordan in Japan, 1922

Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Institute, 1913-1925. First edition. Pp. 67-107, 4 full page plates (line-drawings) + pp. 205-313, 19 full page plates (line-drawings), 87 text-figures + pp. 93-332, 8 full page plates (line-drawings and halftones). Early brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, (original printed pale green wrappers bound in place), folio (13 x 10 inches). Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, volume 6, no. 2 + volume 6, no. 4 + volume 10, no. 2. These three monographs on the fishes of Japan are bound together here in one large volume. From the library of ichthyologist James E. Bohlke with his signature on the front endpaper. There is some browning to the endpapers and light edge wear to the cloth; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7399

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Jayaram, K. C.

The Freshwater Fishes of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka: A Handbook.

Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 1981. First edition. Pp. xxii, 475, (1); 13 full page black-and-white plates (line-drawings), 208 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original marron-red cloth, lettered in yellow on the spine and front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This volume is a comprehensive handbook to the 742 species of freshwater fishes of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (as new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7656

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Jordan, David Starr and Evermann, Barton W.

Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904. First edition. Pp. 161-208. Extract without wrappers, lg 8vo. Report of the United States Fisheries Commission for 1902. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A tight copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7797

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Jordan, David Starr

Japanese Fishes (65 + papers from Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum) bound in 2 thick volumes

Washington, DC: United States National Museum, 1891-1914. First edition. Pp. 2800; numerous black-and-white photo-plates, halftones and text-figures (line-drawings). Early tan cloth, lettered in black on the spine, thick lg 8vo. This work contains some 65 papers on Japanese fishes by David Starr Jordan all from the Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum beginning with volume 14 (1891) and ending with volume 46 (1914). This is a unique set of Japanese fish papers by David Starr Jordan that have been assembled and custom-bound in two thick volumes. At the beginning of each volume is a bound-in handwritten list in pencil of the papers in each volume. There is a white call number on the spine but no other library or ownership marks internally or externally. A bright and clean set in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7713

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Jordan, David Starr

A List of the Fishes of Hawaii with notes and descriptions of new species

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum, 1922. First edition. Pp. 1-92; 4 full page halftone plates of fishes, 7 text-figures (halftone illustrations of fishes). Publisher's original blue wrappers, lettered in black on the front cover, folio (13.25 x 10.25 inches). Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, volume 10, no. 1. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Light edge-wear to wrappers, small tear on front wrapper repaired; a tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7796

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Jordan, David Starr and Evermann, Barton W. + Cobb, John N.

Preliminary Report on an investigation of the Fishes and Fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands + Commercial Fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1902. First edition. Pp. 353-499; 7 full page plates (6 black-and-white photo-plates and 1 folding map). Later tan cloth, lettered in black on the front cover, 8vo. From the series: Report of Commissioner for Fish and Fisheries for 1901. This work contains two early papers on the fish and fisheries of the Hawaiian Islands. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 7698

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Richardson, John.

Report on the Ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan -- with a new index to names in Richardson's Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan by Peter Whitehead.

Lochem, Netherlands: Antiquariaat Junk, 1972. Reprint. Pp. (4), 187-320, (14, new index). Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. From the: 'Report for the Association for the Advancement of Science for 1846.' This work is a facsimile reprint of a rare work first published in London in 1846 by Richard and John E. Taylor. It is accompanied by a new index to the 1846 work first published in 1970 by Peter Whitehead. Together this reprint provides a fundamental source on East Asiatic fishes. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7653

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Roxas, Hilario

A Review of Philippine Mugilidae

Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1934. First edition. Pp. 393-423; 2 full page plates (line-drawings). Publisher's original pale green printed wrappers, sm 4to. Philippine Journal of Science, volume 54, no 3. The Mugilidae are a family of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters; their common name is mullets or grey mullets (from Wiki). No ownership marks. Some chipping to the wrappers at the base of the spine, bump to top outer corner, light sunning to outer edges of wrappers; a tight and clean copy in good condition..

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Book number: 7513

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Snyder, John O.

Japanese and Riu Kiu Fishes (three separate papers by John Snyder)

Washington, DC: United States National Museum, 1906-1913. First edition. Pp. 525-549; pp. 399-450, 11 full page plates of fishes; pp.487-519, 9 full page plates of fishes. Later tan cloth, lettered in black on the spine, 8vo. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, volume 40 (no. 1836) + volume 42 (no. 1909) + volume 42 (no. 1913). The three articles in this work are entitled: Descriptions of New Genera and Species from Japan and the Riu Kiu Islands + Japanese Shore Fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer ""Albatross"" expedition of 1908 + The Fishes of Okinawa, one of the Riu Kiu Islands. Small white call number on the spine, no other library marks or any other ownership marks. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 7701

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Stead, David G.

General Report upon the Fisheries of British Malaya with recommendations for future development.

Federated Malay States: Issued by Authority of the Colonial Secretary, 1923. First edition. Pp. 371; 19 full page photo-plates, 1 large folding map. Publisher's original tan printed wrappers, lg 8vo. A detailed early review of the fisheries of colony of British Malaya. Inscribed by the author on the front wrapper. From the research library of ichthyologist James E. Bohlke with his small ink signature on the top other corner of the front wrapper. No other ownership marks. Very scarce work. Strong bumps to the top of the spine and to the top outer corner - the bending force from these bumps have extended into the text-block, neat repair made to the spine wrapper near the top of the spine; aside from the obvious bumps, this is a very good copy of a rare monograph..

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Book number: 7650

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Taylor, W.R.

Fishes of Arnhem Land

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1964. First edition. Pp. 45-307; 68 full page plates (halftones) depicting fishes, 1 map, some text-figures. Publisher's plain cream-color wrappers with no lettering, sm 4to. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, volume 4 (edited by R. L. Specht). Arnhem Land is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia. Errata sheet laid in at front. Name of previous owner are blacked out on the front wrapper, no ownership marks are present. Light rubbing to the wrappers on the spine; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 7715

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

The Philippine Journal of Science

The Philippine Journal of Science: Ichthyological Papers from Volume 3, 1908 through Volume 87, No. 1, 1958, in 3 volumes, complete

Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications and Smithsonian Press, 1969. Reprint. Pp. 1600+; numerous black-and-white halftones and line-drawings, 54 full page color plates from paintings at end of volume 3. This work reprints 94 articles on fishes from the Philippine Journal of Science published between 1908 to 1958. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Light marginal wrinkling to the first 12 pages of volume 2; otherwise a bright and clean copy in fine (new) condition..

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Book number: 7819

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Torell, Magnus

Fisheries in Thailand: Geographical Studies about the Utilization of Resources in Semi-Enclosed Seas

Gothenburg, Sweden: University of Gothenburg, 1984. First edition. Pp. xi, 306; some maps and diagrams. Original yellow and blue stiff printed wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. From the series: Meddelanden Fran Goteborgs Universitets Geografiska Institutioner, series B, no. 75. This work is Magnus Torell's Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Gothenburg. The text is entirely in English and there is a summary at the end in Swedish. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7694

Catalogue: Asian Fishes

Torell, Magnus

Fisheries in Thailand: Geographical Studies about the Utilization of Resources in Semi-Enclosed Seas

Gothenburg, Sweden: University of Gothenburg, 1984. First edition. Pp. xi, 306; some maps and diagrams. Original yellow and blue stiff printed wrappers, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. From the series: Meddelanden Fran Goteborgs Universitets Geografiska Institutioner, series B, no. 75. This work is Magnus Torell's Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Gothenburg. The text is entirely in English and there is a summary at the end in Swedish. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7695

Catalogue: Asian Fishes