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An Annotated Price Catalogue of Marine Shells.
1994 311 p., several figs, 4to, paperbound. Very good, as new.
PHILIPPINE MARINE MOLLUSKS.
Poppe - ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 2008-2017. In-4 p., 5 voll., cartonato editoriale figurato a colori, pp. 758; 848; 665; 676; 628; con complessive 1600 tavv. a colori. Uno degli studi più completi ed esaustivi sui molluschi marini indo-pacifici. Complessivamente la fauna filippina conta, ad oggi, 5835 specie identificate e documentate, appartenenti a 297 famiglie diverse.L'opera, così suddivisa: Gastropoda. Part 1 - Gastropoda. Part 2 - Gastropoda. Part 3 & Bivalvia, Part 1 - Bivalvia. Part 2 / Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Cephalopoda & Addenda - New records, completing the volumes I to IV. Allo stato di nuovo.
The Molluscan Families Speightiidae and Turridae. An evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species.
1966 184 p., 23 plates, 4to, paperbound. A very good copy.The solid foundation of turrid (s.l.) taxonomy, because it comprehensively includes a vast number of taxa and their types, with references to original descriptions and other facts. Published as the Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. No. 5. Printed errata leaf pasted on inside of rear wrapper.
The Recent and Tertiary species of the genus Buccinulum in New Zealand, with a review of related genera and families.
1929 46 p., 132 numbered figures on 7 plates, paperbound (original printed covers), with printed title mounted. A very good copy. Scarce.Profusely illustrated and with many new species. Published in: Trans. Proc. New Zealand Institute 60 (1).
Some aspects of the morphology of Lymnaea natalensis Kraus (Basommatophora) / Varswatermolluke in die Olifantriviebekken. 1. Die bekken stroomopwaarts vanaf die Marble Hall-omgewing.
1969 / 1980 111, 50 p., 92 figs, 24 maps, paperbound/printed wrappers. Ex library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his stamp).We added one smaller paper by S.J. Pretorius
Publicaçoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia,
Reference : MJ11770
(1982)
Publicaçoes Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia.
1982-1989 Nos 1, 3-10 & 14. In total 209 p. & 53 pls (many col.). Numerous papers on Conidae, but also on marine micromolluscs and a variety of other groups.
The Biology of Mollusca.
1968 (1st ed.) xxv, 560 p., 184 figs, cloth (dust jacket). Library stamps.
The Biology of Mollusca.
1968 (1st ed.) xxv, 560 p., 184 figs, cloth. Ex library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his signature), else very good copy.
Essai sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des Vosges.
1847 [4],104 p., 8vo (23.7 x 15.0 cm), contemporary quarter pebbled cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt author/title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. With a hand-written, signed dedication by the author to the great French malacologist Gérard Paul Deshayes (1796-1875). From the library of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020), with his stamp. Boards worn at edges, otherwise a very good copy. A seldom-seen work by the French malacologist Ernest Puton (1806-1856), dealing with the recent, and fossil (Pleistocene and Tertiary) molluscs of the département Vosges in northeastern France.
Les prodissoconques (coquilles larvaires) des Ostréides vivants.
1960 41 p., 136 figs, printed wrappers. Published in: Bulletin de l’Institut Océanographique. With author’s dedication. Ex library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his stamp).
Molluskfaunaen i Jyllands Tertiaeraflejringer en Palaeontologisk-Stratigrafisk Undersogelse.
1907 181 p., 8 plates with explanatory text leaves, 1 map, small 4to, modern hardbound (blind spine). A very good, clean copy.Describing well-preserved tertiary faunas. Several species are new. With a six-page French summary.
Elektronenmicroscopisch onderzoek naar de oogenese by Limnaea stagnalis L..
1961 65 p., 7 figs, 43 plates (+ captions to the plates), paperbound. Thesis. Small stamp of Herbert Ant on front cover and title, otherwise very good.
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Anastoma.
1863 title-page, 1 hand-coloured plate with explanatory text leaf (2 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, well-coloured copy.The genus name Anastoma should in fact be Anostoma. This is one of the most peculiar genera of land snails. The prominent feature of an upturned aperture (causing the adult snail to carry the shell spire down).The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Anculotus.
1860-1861 title-page, 6 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (13 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Anculotus is an incorrect spelling of Anculosa Say, 1821, now known as Leptoxis Rafinesque, 1819, a very variable and colourful genus in the freshwater family Pleuroceridae.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Cypricardia.
1843 title-page, 2 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves (4 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.This bivalve genus name is a synonym of Trapezium Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Io.
1860-1861 title-page, 3 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves (6 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.On North American freshwater snails.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Lampania.
1866 title-page, 2 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (5 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Lampania is a junior synonym of Batillaria W. H. Benson, 1842.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Leptopoma.
1862 title-page, 8 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (17 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Showing diversity in a tropical Asian land shell genus belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Myadora.
1844 Title page and one beautifully hand-coloured plate, 2 explanatory text leaves, contemporary marbled wrappers, with printed label mounted on front wrapper. With an old library stamp on the lower margin of the last text page, otherwise good clean copy with the plate well-coloured.Rare copy of the marine bivalve genus Myadora (Myochamidae) being a part of the "Conchologia Iconica", started by Lovell Reeve in 1843 and finished (rather than completed) long after Reeve's death in 1865 by G. B. Sowerby, comprising 20 volumes in all. This monograph includes the description and illustration of several species described by Reeve and not illustrated before. Most of the descriptions in the Conchologia iconica (of species and specimens) are based on material collected by the most famous shell collector of the 19th century, Hugh Cuming (1791-1865).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Myadora.
1844 title-page, 1 hand-coloured plate with explanatory text leaves (2 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Myodora is a genus within the bivalve family Myochamidae.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Pedum.
1858 title-page, 1 hand-coloured plate with explanatory text leaves (1 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Pedum is a bivalve genus within the family Pectinidae, and mainly lives within corals.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Pirena.
1859 title-page, 2 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves (4 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.The genus Pirena belongs to the Cerithioidea, freshwater family Pachychilidae.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Placunanomia.
1843 title-page, 3 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (5 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Placunonomia is a genus within the bivalve family Anomiidae.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Pterocyclos.
1863 title-page, 5 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (11 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy.Showing diversity in a tropical Asian land shell genus belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. Lovell August Reeve (1814-1865) started this series, and G.B. Sowerby II (1812-1884) took over when Reeve died (volume 15 onwards). The plates were drawn and lithographed by Sowerby. Each volume consist of a collection of Monographs (each treating a separate genus).
