Frost W E and M E Brown (14 results)

Collins, London, 1970, reprint edition. Illustrated with b&w photographs and text figures. 4.25" x 7". Paperbound. 316 pp. The anatomy, physiology, distribution, food, growth, weight, predators, etc. of the brown trout, written for the biologist and fisherman. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 205mm. Pp.286. New Naturalist Special Volume. First reprint in a price-cut jacket protected by a clear plastic sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, 286 pp, 17 plates, 25 figures in the text. Original cloth lightly faded along the top edge but otherwise a near fine copy in a non - price clipped protected dust wrapper. Neat signature of freshwater biologist and later a natural history bookseller! Harry Egglishaw on the front free end paper dated 1967.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Single tea stain to dust wrapper and front cover (20cm sq stain); spine slightly cocked; internally unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Reprint. This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The publisher price clipped dust wrapper is in as new condition, it has been covered in clear, removable, mylar, protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Originally published in 1967, this reprint is in first edition state. This is, and is likely to remain for some time to come the definitive work on the brown trout. The trout's anatomy, physiology, distribution, food, water chemistry, enemies, all one could possibly wish to know. A book not only for anglers but for all students of wild life. Ref A5 6.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st. First edition hardback in the New Naturalist series , 1967, with unclipped jacket. In overall good-to-very good used condition with some minor signs of age, handling and storage - the front cover of the dust jacket has been trimmed and laminated to boards. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no inscriptions but some handwritten notes to rear endpaper and underlining here and there in the text with a quantity of clippings and notes loose inserted; toning to page-ends but text and plates, and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Photos, Figures, Maps (illustrator). 1st. This comprehensive study of the brown trout in the UK by two distinguished women biologists was published as a special volume in the New Naturalist series on wild life in Britain. As well as being academics, the co-authors also carried out extensive field work for the book, which includes the "anatomy, physiology, taxonomy, geography, life history, ontogeny, heredity and ecology" plus a general history of the trout and its inter-action with man. While basically a scientific examination of the subject, the book contains much of interest to the fisher as well as to those with a more specialised interest in the fish, its habitat and habits. First edition of 1967 in Collins' New Naturalist series, 286 pages including eight appendices, references and index, illustrated throughout ---- the first plate shows colour images of variable colouration of four brown trout, 17 other plates carry b/w photos most with multiple images, 26 figures (sketches and diagrams) and seven maps. Green hard covers are VG with few unobtrusive spots both boards, gilt titles on a lightly sunned spine, small ink obliteration of former owner name top FFEP, text block otherwise excellent.

8vo. Fine hardback in vg. plus dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.

REPRINT, NEW NATURALIST MONOGRAPH. FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP, NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. 4 PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOUR AND 42 IN BLACK AND WHITE AND 26 TEXT FIGURES.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. In a very good dustwrapper which has a very small closed tear at the foot of the spine. A clean copy without ownership inscription, foxing or other internal marking. 286 pages. 17 pages of plates. 7 maps. 26 figures. A volume in the New Naturalist series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Collins, London, 1967, first printing. #21 in the New Naturalist series. Illustrated with color and b&w photographs and text figures. 5.5" x 8". Green cloth, spine moderately faded, endpapers darkened. 286 pp. This is the first comprehensive treatise on the brown trout, written for the biologist and fisherman. Very good in very good wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Dust Wrapper protected by a removeable plastic cover.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. Light spotting to top-edge of text block and prelims., o/w. a fine hardback in bright vg. plus dw. No inscriptions. Not price clipped.

FIRST EDITION, NEW NATURALIST MONOGRAPH. FINE COPY IN FINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP, NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. 4 PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOUR AND 42 IN BLACK AND WHITE AND 26 TEXT FIGURES.