On the Hydroida of South-Eastern Australia by W M Bale

US$24.85

Softcover. Binding copy. 1881. Stillwell and Co. Illustrated. 1st Edition.

The work focuses on the taxonomy, classification, and detailed anatomical descriptions of marine hydroids (small, colonial stinging-cell animals related to jellyfish and corals) found off the coasts of southeastern Australia.

Bound together with later 1886 publication also by Bale on similar subject. Pages are loose including title and first few numbered pages. Interior else clean and in good shape, but book would benefit from rebinding.