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The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. By A. J. E. S mith .
Atlas of Ferm of the British Isles. Ed. by A. C. J ermy , H. R. A rnold , L ynne F arrell and F. H. P erring .
Barley. By D. E. B riggs .
The Potato Crop: the Scientific Basis for Improvement. Ed. by P. M. H arris .
Plant Anatomy. Part I. Cells and Tissues. 2nd Edition. By E lizabeth G. C utter . Edward Arnold:
Isolation of Plant Growth Substances. Ed. by J. R. H illman .
The Selenastrum capricornutum Printz Algal Assay Bottle Test: Experimental Design, Application, and Data Interpretation Protocol. By W illiam E. M iller , J oseph C G reene and T amotsu S hiroyama .
Algen: Einführung in die Phykologie. By C hristiaan van D en H oek     

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The Endorphins Advances in Biochemical Psychopharmacology, Vol. 18 (Editors E. C osta & M. T rabucchi )
Structure and Function of Cells by C. R. H opkins
Mechanisms, Regulation and Special Functions of Protein Synthesis in the Brain (Editors S. R oberts , A. L ajtha & W. H. G ispen )
Progress in Neurobiology (Editors G. A. K erkut & J. W. P hillis )     

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Histological Technique. H. M. C arleton and R. A. B. D rury
Radioisotopes in Scientific Research. Vol. iv. Research with Isotopes in Plant Biology and Some General Problems. R. C. Extermann.
Chemical Aspects of Ecology in Relation to Agriculture. H ubert M artin .
Methods of Testing Chemicals on Insects. H. H. S hepard .
Beneficial Insects. B. D. M oreton .
The Grafter's Handbook (2nd edition). R. J. G arner .
Common Names of British Insect and other Pests. Compiled by I. T homas and H. W. J anson .     

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Mitosis. Molecules and Mechanisms. Edited by J. S. H yams & B. R. B rinkley .
The Molecular Biology of Fertilization. Edited by H. S chatten & G. S chatten .     

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The Nigerian Field: Index to volumes 1–50 (1931–1985).
Fruits of South-east Asia, by Jacqueline Piper.
Grain Legumes–Evolution and Genetic Resources, by J. Smartt.
Plant Population Genetics, Breeding, and Genetic Resources, edited by A. H. D. Brown, M. T. Clegg, A. L. Kahler and B. S. Weir.
Evolution, Systematics and Fossil History of the Hamamelidae.
The Systematics Association Special Volumes 40 A&B.
Plant pheno-morphological studies in Mediterranean type ecosystems, edited by Gideon Orshan.
Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Nitrate Assimilation, edited by J. L. Wray & J. R. Kinghorn
Species dispersal in agricultural habitats, edited by R. G. H. Bunce & D. C. Howard.
Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Peninsula Iberica e Islas Baleares, Vol. 2: Platanaceae–Plumbaginaceae (partim), edited by S. Castroviejo, M. Lainz, G. Lopez Gonzalez et al.     

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Field Plot Technique. By W arren H. L eonard and A ndrew G. C lark .
The Chemistry and Toxicology of Insecticides. By H arold H. S hepard .
An Outline of Diseases of Cereal and Forage Crop Plants of the Northern Part of the United States. By J ames G. D ickson .
Diseases of Vegetable Crops. By J. C. W alker .
The Nematode Parasites of Plants Catalogued under their Hosts. By T. G oodey .
Vegetable Crops. By H. C. THOMPSON.     

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E rben , H. K.: Die Entwicklung der Lebewesen. Spielregeln der Evolution. R einboth , R. (Ed.): Intersexuality in the Animal Kingdom.
The Sea Urchin Embryo. Biochemistry and Morphogenesis. Hrsg. von G. C zihak unter Mitwirkung von R. P eter . Vorwort von J. B rachet .
The Blood of Sheep. Composition and Function. Ed. by M. H. B lunt . With contributions by M. H. B lunt , R. I. C ox , C. C. C urtain , J. D. D argie , K. A. F erguson , P. H. H olmes , T. H. J. H uisman , W. M. F. L eat , D. B. L indsay , W. V. M acfarlane , E. W. M oodie and E. M. T ucker .
S tephan , H.: Allocortex. Handbuch der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen. Begründet von W. v. M öllendorf , fortgeführt von W. B argmann . Bd. 4, Teil 9.     

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Desertification: Exploding the Myth by D. S. G. Thomas and N. J. Middleton, John Wiley & Sons.
An African Savanna: Synthesis of the Nylsvley study by R. J. Scholes and B. H. Walker.
The Ecology of fishes on Coral Reefs Ed. by Peter F. Sale.     

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Materials and Methods in Fermentation. G. L. Solomons
British Medical Bulletin.
Diagnostic Procedures for Viral and Rickettsial Infections. Edited by E. H. Lennette and N. J. Schmidt.
The Yeasts. Volume I. Biology of Yeasts. Edited by A. H. Rose and J. S. Harrison.
Methods in Microbiology. Edited by J. R. Norris and D. W. Ribbons.     

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The Way Ahead in Plant Breeding. Proceedings of the Sixth Congress of Eucarpia. Edited by F. G. H. L upton , G. J enkins and R. J ohnson .
Basic Electron Microscope Techniques. By M. A. H ayat .
The Logit Transformation (with special reference to its uses in bioassay). By W. D. A shton .
Families of Frequency Distributions. By J. K. O rd .     

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Microbial And Plant Protoplasts (1976). Edited by J. F. Peberdy, A. H. Rose, H. J. Rogers and E. C. Cocking, xii + 370 pp.
Bacteriology Illustrated (1976). R. R. Gillies & T. C. Dodds. xii + 247 pp.
Atlas of Ultra Structure Of Streptomyces In The Course Of Biosynthesis or Antibiotics (1975). W. Kurylowicz, W. Kurzatkowski, S. T. Williams, W. Woznicka & A. Paszkiewicz. 110 pp.
Numerical Taxonomy Of Streptomycetes (1975). W. Kurylowicz, A. Paszkiewicz. W. Woznicka, W. Kurzatkowski, T. Szulga, H. G. Gyllenberg, T. K. Niemela & J. S. Niemi. 109 pp.
The Role Of Immunological Factors In Infectious, Allergic And Autoimmune Processes (1976). Edited by Roland F. Beers, Jr. and Edward G. Bassett. Eighth Miles International Symposium. xv + 540 pp.     

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The Biological Productivity of Britain (Symposium of the Institute of Biology, no. 7). Edited by W. B. Y app and D. J. W atson .
The Insect Pests of Cotton in Tropical Africa. By E. O. P earson .
The Principles of Biological Control. By H arvey L. S weetman .
Methods of Analytical Histology andHisto-Chemistry. By E dward G urr .
Electronic Apparatus for Biological Research. By P. E. K. D onaldson .
An Introduction to the Behaviour of Invertebrates. By J. D. C arthy .
Reproductive Physiology. By A. V. N albandov .
The Control of Pests and Diseases in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops. By G. L. H ey and K. M arshall .     

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The Plant Quarantine Problem. By W. A. M c C ubbin .
The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers. By D avid Lack
Animal Cytology and Evolution. By M. J. D. W hite
The Physiology of Insect Metamorphosis (Cambridge Monographs on Experimental Biology, no. 1). By V. B. W igglesworth .
The Genetics of Paramecium aurelia (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology, no. 2). By G. H. B eale .
Microbes and Us. By H ugh N icol .
Weed Control in Farm and Garden. By S. J. W illis .     

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The Biology of the Tardigrades, by Ian M. Kinchin
Oecophorine Genera of Australia, Vol 1 The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Monographs on Australia Lepidoptera 3, by Ian F. B. Common
Parasitoids. Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, by H. C. J. Godfray
Predation and Defence amongst Reptiles, by J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson
The Hawkmoths of the Western Palaearctic, by A. R. Pittaway
The Brackish Water Fauna of Northwestern Europe, by R. S. K. Barnes
Fishes of the World, by Joseph S. Nelson     

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Mycoplasma Diseases of Trees and Shrubs. Ed. by K. M aramorosch and S. P. R aychaudhuhi .
Alpine Rasengesellschaften auf Silikatgestein bei Davos. By L uca V etterli .
The Rust Fungi. Ed. by K. J. S cott and A. K. C hakravorty .
Environment and Plant Ecology. By J. R. E thehington .
Cryptogams. By K. E sser
Nitrogen fixation. Volume 1: Ecology. Ed. by W. J. B roughton .
Agricultural Plants. By R. H. M. L anger and G. D. H ill
Decomposer Basidiomycetes: their Biology and Ecology. Ed. by J. C. F rankland , J. N. H edger and M. J. S wift .
Cell Walls'81: Proceeding of the Second Cell Wall Meeting held in Gottingen, April 8–11, 1981. Ed. by D. G. R obinson and H. Q uader .     

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Comparative physiology of the nervous control of muscular contraction. By G raham H oyle , D.S c
Parthenogenesis and Polyploidy in Mammalian Development. By R. A. B eatty (Cambridge Monographs in Experimental Biology)
Introduction to Bacterial Physiology. By C. E. C lifton.
The Origin of Life on the Earth. By A. I. O parin. Third revised and enlarged edition. Translated from the Russian by A nn S ynge.
Principles of Immunology. By J ohn E. C ushing and D an H. C ampbell. >
Common Diseases of Vegetables in South Africa. By V incent A. W ager.
Proceedings of the Third British Weed Control Conference , 1956
The Biological Action of Growth Substances. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology
The U.C. System for Producing Healthy Container-Grown Plants. Edited by K. F. B aker.
Control of the Plant Environment. Proceedings of the University of Nottingham Fourth Easter School in Agricultural Science. 1957. Ed. J. P. H udson.
Magnesium, the Fifth Major Plant Nutrient. By A. J acob. Translated by Dr Norman Walker     

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The Mature and Origin of the Biological World, by E. J. Ambrose
An unusual newly discovered Archosauer from the Upper Triassic of Virginia USA, by R.E. Weems
The Biology of Nectaries, edited by B. Bentley and T. Elias
Animal Taxonomy, by H. E. Goto
Diets for Birds in Captivity by K. C. Lint & A. M. Lint
Lizards of Western Australia I. Skinks, by G. M. Storr, L. A. Smith & R. E. Johnstone
Advances in Legume Systematics, edited by R. M. Polhill & P. H. Raven
Tuberous, Cormous and Bulbous Plants, by J. S. Pate and K. W. Dixon
Evolution and the Theory of Games, by John Maynard Smith
Sound and Hearing, by Martin E. Rosenberg
Differential Equations and Applications in Ecology, Epidemics and Population Problems, edited by S. N. Busenberg & K. L. Cooke
Plant Pathology and Plant Pathogens, (2nd Edition), by Colin Dickinson & John Lucas
A Complete Guide to British Butterflies, by Margaret Brooks & Charles Knight     

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P ractical D iagnosis of V iral I nfections (1992). Edited by G.J. Galasso, R.J. Whitley and T.C. Merigan.
M anual of C linical V irology (1992). By D.L. Wiedbrauk and S.L.G. Johnston.
C andidiasis : P athogenesis , D iagnosis and T reatment (2nd E dition ) (1993). Edited by G.P. Bodey.
F ungal D iseases of the L ung (2nd E dition ) (1993). Edited by G.A. Sarosi and S.F. Davies.
P robiotics : T he S cientific B asis (1992). Edited by R. Fuller.
T he S ulfate -R educing B acteria : C ontemporary P erspectives (1993). Edited by J.M. Odom and R. Singleton Jr.
D iagnosis of H uman V iruses by P olymerase C hain R eaction T echnology (1992). Edited by Y. Becker and G. Durai.
T he E cology of A quatic H yphomycetes (1992). Edited by F. Barlocher.     

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Plant Growth: Interaction with Nutrition and Environment. Ed. by J. R. P orter and D. W. L awlor
Molecular Strategies of Pathogens and Host Plants. Edited by S. S. P atil , S. O uchi , D. M ills and C. V ance
Phytophthora. Ed. by J. A. L ucas , R. C. S hattock , D. S. S haw and L ouise R. C ooke
Forestry Practice. Ed. by B. G. H ibberd
Reproductive Versatility in the Grasses. Ed. by G. P. C hapman