Runham Hunter (15 results)

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,350grams, ISBN:0091056713.

Soft cover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Illustrations and a few B&W photographs, sl rubbing to left-hand side of tail of spine, dw has small chip to one corner, sl rub to spine ends and some corners, with small tear to one corner, sl surface discolouring to parts of cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184 pages.

Condition: Used - Good. Good paperback. Foxing on page edges and first/last few pages. Crease in spine. Covers a bit yellowed with laminate peeling at edges.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. 184 pages, index, references, illustrated with b/w photos, diagrams, charts, bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, covered in plastic protection. Covers many topics - classification of slugs, food, feeding & digestion, metabolism, reproduction, locomotion, ecology. The final chapter is on slugs as pests, though I did think initially it was slugs as pets! Ownership signature on first free endpaper o/w very good.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Minor cover creases and shelf wear, lightly sunned spine light foxing to edges of reading block. ; First paperback edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Illustrations and Photographs; 184 pages; The definitive guide to slugs, their biology, physiology and ecology in relation to their statius as horticultural and agricutural pests.

Condition: Good. Tanning/scratches to cover, scuffs/laminate lifting to edges & some creases to corners. Foxing/marks to textblock edges. Some foxing to first/last page. Some marks to pages. Text very good.

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Condition: Good. 184, 57 text figs. . HB. Cloth. Vg ex-lib copy with usual labels and ink marks. In protective plastic cover. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0091056705. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book with brown spotting to top and bottom edges, light water spotting to covers, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with rubs and creases around its edges. No Signature.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN 0091056713. Trade Paperback. First printing. Good condition. Some brown soiling on back cover and last three pages in margins. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. No Signature.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 57 figs., pp.184. Size: 8vo.

Publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. ISBN 0091056713. Contains 184 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs and illustrations throughout. Shallow rubs along the edges, light foxing to the upper closed page edges. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIOLOGY.

At first sight slugs appear to be improbable land animals, as they have a high water content but no impermeable cuticle; yet they are extremely successful. Their success is due to their considerable adaptability. In this book the authors have attempted to survey the physiology, behaviour, ecology and economic importance of slugs. It was written firstly to provide information for those people seeking to control these important agricultural and horticultural pests. Current trends in agriculture seem likely to make them even more serious pests in the future. It is therefore essential to discover better methods of control. The mode of action of the current molluscidides is largely unknown and therefore their further development is a matter of chance. Perhaps a better understanding of slug physiology, behaviour and ecology will lead to the design of more effective chemical or biological control methods. Secondly, it was hoped that the book would promote the use of slugs in schools and universities as material for research and teaching, where the demand is for animals easily collected in large numbers. Apart from their pest status slugs have an intrinsic biological interest. It is now possible to obtain suitable keys to identify the local species in many parts of the world but it is difficult to find information on their general biology. Most of the work on land molluscs has concentrated on species of the snail Helix and slugs get little mention in general reviews. It therefore seemed that it would be of value to present as full a picture as possible of the life of slugs. In some fields of study where little work has been carried out with slugs, information has had to be included from studies on related molluscs. It is regrettable that little work has been carried out on tropical slugs, so that most of the information utilised here had to be taken from studies on North European species. There is a need for further information at all levels from the simplest natural history to the most sophisticated physiology and ecology, and in all countries. Perhaps it is in the field of taxonomy that work is most urgently required, as this information is the basic for all further work. London, Hutchinson University Library. 184 pp., 57 figs, br. 8 [13.5 x 21.5 cm].