Natural History Books

The following list shows the titles, conditions of the books and prices. To enter a conversation with the seller, offer €5; when the seller accepts, the buyer can, through a private message, ask about the books they are interested in and finalise a price, payment and P&P if needed. The seller can deliver in Galway City West, and as far west as Spiddal and Oughterard, or the buyer can collect in Moycullen, Co. Galway, or in the area by arrangement.
Most book are inscribed with the previous owner’s name on the inside of the cover.
GENERAL ZOOLOGY
Mammals - Their Latin names explained. A guide to animal classification – A.F. Gotch (Blandford Press, 1979). Good condition hardback with slight weathering on the page edges, dust jacket intact with slight shelf wear, 272pp. €8
Living clocks in the animal world – Miriam F. Bennett PhD (Charles Thomas, 1974). American Lecture Series 902. Good condition hardback, inc. clean dust jacket, 221pp. €10
Sport on fell, beck and tarn - R. Clapham (Heath Cranton, 1924). Aged but clean hardback,164pp.
€10
FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES
British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I, kinetofragminophora - Colin R. Curds (Cambridge University Press, 1982). Synopses of the Britsh fauna (new series) No. 22. Soft cover, very clean, 387pp. €15
British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part II, oligohymenophora and polyhymenophora – Colin R. Curds, Michael A. Gates and David McL.Roberts (Cambridge University Press, 1983). Synopses of the British fauna (new series) No. 23. Very clean hardback with dust jacket, 474pp. €30;
Part I and Part II together: €45
The parasitic copepoda and branchiura of British freshwater fishes, a handbook and key – G Fryer (FBA, 1982). Pristine, card cover, 87pp. €8
Adults, larvae and pupae of British mosquitoes (Culicidae), a key – P.S. Cranston et al. (FBA, 1987). As new (except for the previous owner’s signature), card cover, 152pp. €15
Entoprocts, Keys and notes for the identification of the species – Claus Nielsen (E.J. Brill for the FBA, 1989). As new, card cover, 131pp. €15
ECOLOGY
Advances in microbial ecology Volume 10 - K.C. Marshall (Ed.) (Plenum Press, 1988). Aged hardback, clean text, 447pp. €5
ECONOMY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Into harmony with the planet, the delicate balance between industry and the environment –Michael Allaby (Bloomsbury, 1990). Pristine hardback, 222pp. €10
Man and the natural world, changing attitudes in England 1500-1800 – Keith Thomas (Penguin, 1984). Aged but clean paperback, 426pp. €8
Before nature dies – Jean Dorst (Collins, 1970). Aged, clean hardback, 352pp. €5