Books

A volume from Peterson Field Guide written by Boughton Cobb and providing the definitive guide to the ferns of Northeastern and Central American ferns. 281 pages with many illustrations and diagrams.

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.

As the title suggests this is a book that is concerned with the photography of scientific specimens under low power magnification. Without doubt this is the challenging end of magnification and photography. Written by Bracegirdle the content is clear and precise. RMS series number 31. It deals with both transmitted and incident illumination. 105 pages with an index

Probably the most prolific author in the relatively modern microscopy world is Brian Bracegirdle and this is yet another of his publications. One of the most popular areas of microscopy is the collection of antique microscope slides from the Victorian era.and this book seeks to provide what is known about these individual slide mounters who made a good living from providing prepared slides for those with the funds to afford microscopes but who did not want to get their hands 'dirty' preparing the slides!

This is an excellent book compiled by the Nomenclature Committee of the Royal Microscopy Society. The clue is in the name - a wealth of information. RMS series number 15. 138 pages with an index.

This is a book for the serious microscope user. It deals in detail with the process and the theory and practice of microscope lens production. If you have ever wondered how, it was done this is the book for you. Written by Rudolf Kingslake and published by Academic Press it is hard backed with 374 pages and an index

A book for those with a keen interest in microscopy. Written by Robinson and Bradbury - who both know what they are talking about! This is part of the RMS series of publications - number 09. It deals with the somewhat complex area of polarisation microscopy is a very sensible way - including DIC. 120 pages with an index. Condition excellent.

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.

If making microscope slides is your thing, then this is a must have book. The skills and knowledge that makes this possible just isn't in microscopy books today. This volume as you can see has been well used probably in a laboratory situation, but the information between its covers is priceless. All aspects of slide preparation are covered in detail with recipes and practical tips in abundance. Hard backed with 330 pages and an index. Recommended

This is quite simply an excellent book. The content is in the name. This describes the pollen granules found in British pollen and for any Beekeeper that may have struggled with identifying where their bees have been 'gathering' this is the book. Normally sells new for £27.

This is a very good book for the microscopist who needs to know how a microscope works and how to prepare slides for it. The book details not only the many types of microscopes that there are but also explicit step-by-step procedures on how best to use them and prepare specimens. Hard backed with 491 pages and an index. A book that we highly recommend.

There is quite a large number of microscopists who collect the instruments themselves, and this is a book that would be essential reading for all microscope collectors. Written by Gerard L'E Turner it covers the Christies Collectors Series. Hard backed with many superb colour photographs. It was first published in 1981 and has a list of values of microscopes from that date. It is quite straight forward to adjust these values based on the decades. Recommended.

Tardigrades are probably amongst the most ugly - yet interesting creatures that you will see with a microscope. Written by Morgan and King. This book shows in excellent detail the parts of these amazing creatures. 112 pages with many drawings.

John Benjamin Dancer was an optician who lived most of his like in Manchester. He was the inventor of microphotography. The Dancer microscopic photographs averaged 1/8" inch in diameter and were produced as a scientific novelty to be viewed through a microscope. This excellently presented book brings together for the first time a nearly complete representation of the Dancer 1873 collection with biographical information on each microscopic photograph. Written by Brian Bracegirdle and James McCormick. Hard backed with 280 pages and a hard backed sleeve. Condition excellent

This is one of the RMS series of microscopy books. Written by Greaves and Saville, it deals with the identification and measurement of fibres for polarising light microscopy and also scanning and transmitted electron microscopy and also confocal light microscopy. 92 pages with an index. Still available by special printing at £45.

A very specialised RMS microscopy handbook series 19. If the microscopy of crystals is your interest this is the book for you. However, it is not really for those with a passing interest in crystals. This book is where geometry meets microscopy. 122 pages with an index. Condition very good.

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.