Books

If you keep Koi Carp or indeed aquarium fish, disease is always a threat. This excellent book that is no longer published is the ‘Bible’ as far as keeping healthy fish is concerned. Written by Untergasser, it is hard backed with many excellent photographs and an excellent scheme system helping identifying problems in the pond or tank. 160 pages with index. Recommended.

This is Series 4, volume 2, no's 1-3 of the Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club edited by H. Dennis. Published just after the end of the Second World War as life was struggling to come back to normal, volume 2 had only three numbers dated April 1945, February 1946 and April 1947. Obviously, these show signs of their age but are all complete and intact. A collector's item.

The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) published a series of handbooks. Some are still in print but many are no longer available.

This is an excellent example of Series number 30. Card backed with 125 pages and an index. Written by Olga Flint, it contains the full practical details of how microscopes are used in food examination.

This is an absolutely excellent book. It is a guide for identifying plant sources that have been the bases of honey. Written by Margaret Anne Adams, it covers the whole concept including how to make slides from honey to identify the pollen grains. Many, many pictures of pollen grains and the actual plant that produced them. Soft backed with 348 pages. Highly recommended for the beekeeper

For beekeepers H. A. Dade has to be the classic book that many others have followed when it comes to honeybee structure and how to dissect. This a revised edition in 2009 and has to be expected is full of drawings showing the ‘how to’. It is hard backed and in very good condition with an index

We are delighted to see this fine publication back in print. Written by J B Sanderson, it is an easy to read practical guide providing readers with all the knowledge they require to prepare better and more informative slides. Many pictures and diagrams. Part of the Microscopy Handbook Series, it has been out of print for some time but is now available again @ £45 which is expensive but in our view the information it contains is well worth it. However this used copy in good condition is now a bargain.

The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) published a series of handbooks. Some are still in print but many are no longer available.

This is an up-to-date practical guide to the properties and characteristics of textile fibres, with clear advice on sampling, specimen preparation and examination procedures, and is Number 32 in the RMS series. Written by Greaves and Saville it is card backed with 92 pages with index, and covers light microscopy, polarisation and electron microscopy. Condition excellent

An in depth account of all aspects of microscopy to a very high level. Certainly not suited to the relative beginner to microscopy. However if the physics of light formation and its relevancy to microscope images could add to your existing knowledge then this would be a very valuable book.
Hard backed with 288 pages and an index.

Produced by Kodak who obviously had an interest in this subject and written by John Delly. As would be expected the images are excellent. Although this book covers the subject from the perspective of traditional film the information and practical advice is just as relevant in today's digital world. A very practical book covering what is seen by many as one of the problem areas in microscopy. Paper backed with 96 pages and an index. Good condition

This is a book for the serious microscopist who needs to know where microscopy is heading. Compiled by Meek and Elder it is a collection of papers from the Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series 3.

Microscopy has moved on from simply observation to now gather mathematical data. Advanced reading. Hard backed with 276 pages and index.

I am not really sure when a book makes the bridge to being a tome, but without doubt this must have made the transition. For a beekeeper this is really ‘Goggle’ in a book. It is written by Ken Stevens and only he will know just how long it took to compile. It is a soft backed book with 764 pages! Anything and everything to do with beekeeping is listed here in alphabetical order. An amazing publication

This book deals with how to make three dimensional measurements in microscopy. Written by C V Howard and M G Reed and is part of the RMS series. What is impressive is that the authors deal with this in a practical way that is easy to understand and they avoid complex mathematical formulae. They cover number estimates, length and particle sizes etc. 246 pages with an index. Condition very good.

This is an excellent book written by Roger Blackman. It contains everything you need to know about aphids including how to identify them and culture them. There are over 500 different species of aphids in the British Isles (most are on my broad beans!). Hard backed with 168 pages and in very good condition

This is a complete Series 4, volume V, no's 1-16 of the Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club edited by H. A. Dade. Published during the period after the Second World War when life had returned to some sort of normality. The numbers date from 1958 through to 1961. Obviously, these show signs of their age at the edges but are all complete and intact.