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19742090502113714965Not Available 1974. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19552080502106908437Not Available 1955. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
20002081502112500518A4 with cover Shimonoseki City Aquarium 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 A4 with cover Shimonoseki City Aquarium paperback
1999Q-1878244256Monterey Bay Aquarium 1999-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Monterey Bay Aquarium paperback
1996Q-1878244159Roberts Rinehart 1996-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Roberts Rinehart paperback
1990Q-1878244027Monterey Bay Aquarium 1990-12-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Monterey Bay Aquarium paperback
193052955London: Lane Publications ca. 1930. Thick sml. 4to. 95 pp. Colour frntsp. colour-illust. title numerous colour plates 7 colour pop-up illustrations including spectacular fold-out peacock and a wonderful aquarium vignette. Colour-illust. boards rubbing minor darkening to spine creasng a couple of the pop-ups w/ minor damage but still a VG- copy of this volume in the series. First edition of this beautiful installment in the wonderful Daily Express annual series which featured elaborate pop-up illustrations using the term “Self-erecting models†as the term “Pop-Up†had been trademarked by Blue Ribbon in the United States for their very popular series. The most elaborate of the illustrations is a fantastic paper-engineered underwater scene reminiscent of a Victorian Aquarium featuring a glassine similar to glass and depicting saltwater fish seahorses and invertebrates swimming around inside in the three-dimensional model mounted on a seabed illustrations distinctively intended to emulate the bottom of an aquarium. Lane Publications, hardcover
190954757Washington D.C.: W.F. Roberts Co. 1909. Oblong 8vo. 112 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo illustrations 10 colour chromolithograph plates by J. Urata numerous text illustrations. Ribbed-green publisher’s cloth gilt fancy Oranda embossed on front cover gilt lettering minor wear & fraying head & foot of spine corners still VG- copy. First edition of this excellent work detailing the cultivation and aquarium keeping of Japanese goldfish species. At the beginning of the 20th century there was an explosion of interest in Japanese goldfish breeds and the leading goldfish breeding center farms were located in Koriyama next to the ancient Japanese capital city of Nara. Over 350 different goldfish breeding operations were supplying millions of exotic goldfish to international markets and the Nara Trading Co. which also dealt imported and distributed Chinese & Japanese pharmaceuticals were well known for their aquarium supplies and goldfish breeds. This well-illustrated handbook details with wonderfully rendered chromolithographs the Wakin Ryukin Ranchu or Maruko Oranda Shishigashira Demkin Deme-Ranchu Shukin and other goldfish varieities. Smith 1865-1941 was a noted ichthyologist and administrator in the US Bureau of Fisheries who wrote this work while leading the scientific expedition aboard the Albatross on her expeditions to the Philippines and South China Sea. See: Hamera Parlor Ponds: The Cultural Work of the American Home Aquarium 1850-1970; Japanese Goldfish Farms The Summary New York State Reformatory at Elmira Vol. 33 June 17 1905 p. 3; Nippon-Jin Sha New York Japanese Address Book 1921. W.F. Roberts Co., hardcover
