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Alwyne Wheeler (1929–2005)

Author of The Usborne Complete First Book of Nature

29+ Works 1,584 Members 6 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Wheeler Alwyne, Alwyne C Wheeler, Illustrated Alwyne Wheeler

Works by Alwyne Wheeler

The Usborne Complete First Book of Nature (1990) 752 copies, 2 reviews

Creepy Crawlies (1982) 506 copies

Fishes (1982) 189 copies, 3 reviews

Sharks (First sight) (1987) 20 copies

Fishes of the world: An illustrated dictionary (1975) 19 copies

Fishes (Usborne Spotter's Guides) (1978) 15 copies

Fishes (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology) (2009) 10 copies

Tidal Thames: History of a River and Its Fishes (1979) 7 copies

The Pocket Guide to Saltwater Fish of Britain and Europe (1992) 7 copies

Fish (Usborne Pocket Nature with Internet Links) (2003) 7 copies

Freshwater Fishes of Britain and Europe (1983) 6 copies

Discovering Saltwater Fish (Discovering Nature) (1988) 6 copies

Key to the Fishes of Northern Europe (1978) 5 copies

Fishes of the British Isles and North-west Europe (1969) 4 copies

Catalogue of the natural history drawings commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 held in the British Museum (Natural History). Pt.3, Zoology (1986) 3 copies

Animals of the world, Europe (1970) 3 copies

Sea and Freshwater Fish (Usborne Spotter's Guide) (2010) 3 copies

Contributions to the history of North American natural history : papers from the First North American Conference of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History held at the… (1983) 3 copies

Peces (1987) 2 copies, 1 review

Biblioteca de la fauna asombrosa,Gorilas y Chimpancés - Lagartos y Dragones (1994) 2 copies

The World Encyclopaedia of Fishes (1977) 2 copies

Field Key to the Freshwater Fishes and Lampreys of the British Isles (1998) 2 copies

Contributions to the history of North American natural history papers from the First North American Conference of the So 2 copies

From Linnaeus to Darwin : commentaries on the history of biology and geology : papers from the fifth Easter Meeting (1985) 2 copies

Field Key to the Shore Fishes of the British Isles (2011) 2 copies

The Pocket Guide to Freshwater Fish of Britain and Europe (1992) 2 copies

Ryby 1 copy

Pocket Guide to Freshwater Fishes of Britain (1999) 1 copy

Sea Hunters (First Sight) (1993) 1 copy

Associated Works

Nicholson / Ordnance Survey guide to the River Thames — some editions — 1 copy

Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, New Series, Vol IX, Part 2 (1983) — Contributor — 1 copy

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animals (55) biology (25) birds (31) bugs (31) butterflies (25) children (22) children's (16) creepy crawlies (8) fish (55) fishes (16) flowers (29) homeschool (12) insects (89) invertebrates (8) moths (16) nature (93) nature study (16) non-fiction (57) ocean (19) picture book (8) plants (14) reference (15) science (193) Sonlight (13) Sonlight K (10) spiders (8) trees (24) Usborne (38) wild animals (12) zoology (15)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Wheeler, Alwyne Cooper
Birthdate: 1929-10-05
Date of death: 2005-06-19
Gender: male
Organizations: Natural History Museum, London

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The Usborne Complete First Book of Nature (Usborne First Nature) by Rosamund Kidman Cox

A very good reference guide for the majority of easily identifiable British species - designed for children - includes a few puzzles.

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Fishes: Usborne First Nature Books by Alwyne Wheeler

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Fishes (Usborne First Nature Books) by Alwyne Wheeler

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Usborne First Nature: Fishes by Alwyne Wheeler

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Works: 29
Also by: 2
Members: 1,584
Popularity: #16,285
Rating: ½ 4.3

Reviews: 6
ISBNs: 54
Languages: 4

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