Item 1
Title: Posonous and Venomous Marine Animals VOL I & II
Author: Bruce W. Halstead, M.D.
Publisher: United States Printing Office, Wash. DC
Publ Date: 1965
Format: Hardcover book
Lengh: Vol I - 994 pages, Vol II - 1070
ISBN#:
Source (if known): Father (CAPT, MD, US Navy Ret.)
Price (if known): Unknown
Number "Stars" (1-5): 
Loan? (Yes/No): NO
Exceptional series, *Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World by Dr. Bruce W. Halstead; printed by U.S. GPO, Washington D.C. Vol. 1- 1965 edition on Invertebrates- 994 pages; includes history of marine toxicology, and toxicology of protozoa, jellyfish, anemones, corals, mollusks, snails, bivalve, octopus; over 50 full page color and black and white plates plus numerous illustrations; scratch on cover, mild soil on end papers. Volume 2- 1967 edition 1070 pages on Vertebrates; includes sharks, rays, cigua toxic fish, tetrodotoxic fish, fugu, and other toxic fish; over 150 plates;
I "inherited" this set from my father (a retired Navy MD, who took them along when he left active duty) - (actually "borrowed" on "permanent loan" from his extensive medical reference library) *
They really are beautiful, and known to be very "rare" and quite "pricey" when seen at rare book dealers. -
Known to periodically show up on Ebay