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Image for THE PRODUCTION OF KAMLOOPS TROUT [Salmo gairdnerii Kamloops ] IN PAUL LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Victoria B.C.: Univ. of British Columbia & British Columbia Game Dept. 37 p. 1950. Paper Wraps. 4to illus.

THE PRODUCTION OF KAMLOOPS TROUT [Salmo gairdnerii Kamloops ] IN PAUL LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Victoria B.C.: Univ. of British Columbia & British Columbia Game Dept. 37 p. 1950. Paper Wraps. 4to illus.

By: Larkin, P.A., G.C. Anderson, W.A. Clemens and D.C.G. Mackay.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Victoria B.C., Univ. of British Columbia & British Columbia Game Dept.: 1950

Seller ID: 200034

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

200034. Larkin, P.A., G.C. Anderson, W.A. Clemens and D.C.G. Mackay. THE PRODUCTION OF KAMLOOPS TROUT [Salmo gairdnerii Kamloops ] IN PAUL LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Victoria B.C.: Univ. of British Columbia & British Columbia Game Dept. 37 p. 1950. Paper Wraps. 4to illus. [Cat. 2020] 200034z. –Paul Lake and its trout population has been studied since 1931. This report summarizes all the prior studies on this lake, which is typical of many trout lakes in British Columbia. Topics include Location and Morphometry; Physical and Chemical Conditions; Fauna of the Lake; Trout Stomach-Content Analysis;...
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ALASKA JOURNAL 1979.

By: Adams, Patricia. and McIntosh, Winsome.

Price: $63.00

Publisher: West Palm Beach, Privately Printed by Advertisers Press, Inc. 80 p.: No Date. [1979].

Seller ID: 900419

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Adams, Patricia. and McIntosh, Winsome. ALASKA JOURNAL 1979. Large 8vo. Illus. West Palm Beach: Privately Printed by Advertisers Press, Inc. 80 p. No Date. [1979]. 1st. Ed. [Cat. 71.] 90-0419 v --Boat trip through Tongass National Forest from Ketchikan to Sitka to study resources of Alaska. Group of 21, including Larry Rockerfeller & Louis & Adele Auchincloss of NY, fished & hiked with SW Alaska Conservation Council. Photos & narrative from journals. Typeset with color photos; gold embossed spine titles & cover illus.; small unstated limitation. Scarce as such. Fine no DJ. [ $70] $63
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GRANDAD'S POLYTECHNIC SOUVENIR STUNTS. MEMOIRS Pescadero Rivulets FISHING.

By: Addicott, James E.

Price: $157.00

Publisher: [San Fransisco], Prvt. Prnt. by Author. 70 p.: 1949

Seller ID: 981056

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fine

Addicott, James E. GRANDAD'S POLYTECHNIC SOUVENIR STUNTS. MEMOIRS Pescadero Rivulets FISHING. 8vo illus. with photographs and drawings by Norman Nicholson. [San Fransisco]: Prvt. Prnt. by Author. 70 p. 1949 1st Ed. PB. [Cat. 71.] 98-1056 r --Inscribed "To Maude from a half-century teacher. James E. Addicott." Fishing tales by a California octogenarian on the Carmel River, Pescadero, Scott, Gazos, Butano, Waddell, and other creeks on the San Mateo coast for steelhead; the Sierras at Yellow Creek [Plumas Co.] and Mill Creek [Modoc Co.]; Kings River; Firehole River in Yellowstone. He measured...
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THE TROUT AND SALMON HANDBOOK.

By: Ade, Robin

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York and Oxford, Facts On File. 122 p.: 1989

Seller ID: 890881

ISBN: 0-8160-2141-4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

890881. Ade, Robin. THE TROUT AND SALMON HANDBOOK. 8vo. Illus. by the author. New York and Oxford: Facts On File. 122 p. 1989. 1st. Ed. ISBN 0-8160-2141-4. [Cat. 71.] 8-0881 su --Color plates of most species, both Atlantic & Pacific; many exotics- masu salmon, softmouth trout, marbled trout, Apache trout, Caspian salmon [grows to 100 lb.], taimen [to 200 lb.], huchen; names, distribution, life cycle, angling, status. Fine summary. Very Fine in Fine DJ. [$20] $18
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FISHERMEN'S WEATHER. By Upwards of One Hundred Living Anglers.

By: Aflalo, F. G. [Editor.].

Price: $36.00

Publisher: London, Adam and Charles Black. xiii + 256 p.: 1906

Seller ID: 780024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Aflalo, F. G. [Editor.]. FISHERMEN'S WEATHER. By Upwards of One Hundred Living Anglers. 12mo. With Eight Full-Page Illustrations in colour from paintings by Charles Whymper. London: Adam and Charles Black. xiii + 256 p. 1906. 1st. Ed. [Cat. 71.] 78-0024 78-0024 s. ---Aflalo thought that angling writers often wrote about the weather, but devoted very little space to it. Chapters on Sunshine; Of Rain and Sleet; Of Frost and Snow; Of Wind; Of Thunder and Lightning; Of Fog and Mist; Best and Worst Weather for Certain Waters. The discussion is illuminating and fascinating; I don’t know of any co...
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A SKETCH OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. With Some Notes on Sport.

By: Aflalo, Frederick G.

Price: $27.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. Macmillan's Colonial Library. xxix + 307 p.: 1896

Seller ID: 970754

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

970754. Aflalo, Frederick G. A SKETCH OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. With Some Notes on Sport. 16mo illus. by F. Seth. London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd. Macmillan's Colonial Library. xxix + 307 p. 1896 1st Ed. [Cat. 71.] 97-0754 z –With a Gift Inscription in 1919 on front free end paper. Very Good no DJ. [$30] $27
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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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THE HOROKIWI STREAM. A STUDY OF A TROUT POPULATION.

By: Allen, K. Radway

Price: $112.00

Publisher: Wellington, NZ, New Zealand Marine Dept. Fisheries Bull. No. 10. 231 p.: 1951

Seller ID: 770010

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Allen, K. Radway. THE HOROKIWI STREAM. A STUDY OF A TROUT POPULATION. Large 8vo. PB. Illus. Fold-out diagrams and Map. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Marine Dept. Fisheries Bull. No. 10. 231 p. 1951. 1st Ed. Paper Wraps. [Cat. 71. ] 77-0010 x. –Comprehensive study on the fish and insect populations over a three year study on a trout stream near Wellington New Zealand. The age-length, total stock, annual production, and insect population was measured to find where do the trout come from and where do they go to. Fishing regulations were based on these results. This study has often been cited as ...
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JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY. Vol. 15 No. 1.

By: American Society of Mammalogists.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: NY: Amer. Soc. Mammalogists. 97 p.: 1934

Seller ID: ABE-2387488404

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

[Cat. 67-11.] - 8vo illus. "Mammals of the Ruby Mountains Region of North-Eastern Nevada" by Borll & Ellis; others on Mountan Gorilla, South American Canids, et al.
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THE LIVING PLANET. A Portrait of the Earth.

By: Attenborough, David.

Price: $12.60

Publisher: Boston: Little, Brown & Co. 320 p. 1984: 1984

Seller ID: teEo14At34

ISBN: 0316057487

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

8vo illus. 1st Ed. Very Fine in sl dampstained Good DJ.
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NEW ZEALAND IN THE WILD. An Illustrated A-Z of Native and Introduced Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Ampibians.

By: Barnett, Stephen. [Ed.]

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Auckland: Wm. Collins Publ. Ltd. 128 p.: 1985

Seller ID: ABE-1338900083

ISBN: 0002175622

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

4to illus. -Cat. 66-49. Excellent colour photos of wildlife with decriptions, status, & distribution. Very Good-Fine Paperback.
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PHOTOGRAPHING WILDLIFE.

By: Baufle, Jean-Marie and Jean-Philippe Varin.

Price: $16.20

Publisher: NY: Oxford Univ. Press. 157 p. 1972: 1972

Seller ID: ufOTvo1885

ISBN: 0195197143

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

8vo illus. Translated from the French by Carel v. Amerongen. Reprnt [1971,France]. 53-x. Fine in Fine DJ.
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THAT HILARIOUS FIRST YEAR.

By: Boynton, Bea.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printer's Ltd. 114 p. 1971: 1971

Seller ID: ynATvo1533

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo illus. 1st Ed. -Warm inscription on the ffep by the Author. 53-x. Very Good PB.
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THE MAYFLIES, OR EPHEMEROPTERA, OF ILLINOIS.

By: Burks, B.D.

Price: $40.50

Publisher: Urbana: Illinois Nat. Hist. Survey Div. Bull. Vol. 26, Article 1. May 1953. 216 p. 1953: 1953

Seller ID: rkEo45Bu53

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo illus. 1st Ed. [CAT. 55-81 & 65-101.] Very Good in Paper Wraps.
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Seasonal growth in brown trout in two New Zealand Streams.

By: Burnet, A.M. R.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Wellington: NZ Journ. Mar. & FW Res. Vol. 4[1]. pp. 55-62. AMrch 1970: 1970

Seller ID: ABE-1338900261

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

8vo illus. -[Cat. 66-117.] - Reprint from Journal. Streams flowed into Lake Ellsmee, NZ. Fish in one stream grew faster than in other stream. Fine Paperwraps.
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THE SEX LIFE OF WILD ANIMALS. A North American Study.

By: Burns, Eugene.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: NY: Rinehart & Co. Inc. xiii + 290 p. 1953: 1953

Seller ID: rnEo15Bu47

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo. 1st Ed.-Fascinating study of the will to reproduce; pioneering popular work for its time which distills much research on animal reproduction. [Cat. 31-90 & 67-82.] Very Good in VG DJ.
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WRITINGS OF JOHN BURROUGHS. 10 of 15 Volumes.

By: Burroughs, John.

Price: $54.00

Publisher: Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Riverby Editions. Vol.I: WAKE-ROBIN xvi + 251 p. Vol.II: WINTER SUNSHINE vi + 261 p. Vol. III: BIRDS AND POETS vi + 270 p. Vol.V: PEPACTON vi + 264 p. Vol.VI: FRESH FIELDS 310 p. Vol.VII: SIGNS AND SEASONS 289 p. Vol.VIII: I: 1905

Seller ID: rrITvo602

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo illus. Reprints.-Cat. 60-49. Ten volumes. Some uncut pages; All Volumes Good-Very Good.
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CRY CALIFORNIA.

By: California Tomorrow.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: San Fancisco: California Tomorrow. 11 issues. 40 p. each. 1969-1973.: 1969

Seller ID: liYo50Ca18

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

8vo illus. -[CAT. 51-132 & 64-120.] - An innovative non-profit organization dedicated to creating awareness of problems in maintaining a beautiful & productive California. Articles by some of the best minds in conservation- T.H. Watkins, Michael Harris, Samuel Wood, Kenneth E.F. Watt, Harold Berliner, Gerald D. Adams, Alfred Heller, Nathaniel A. Owens, Paolo Solari, Daniel P. Moynihan. 11 issues from Fall 1969 Vol. 4(4) to Spring 1973 Vol 8(2). Fine PB.
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