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Descriptions of eight new Species of Shells.
1881 5 p., 1 lithographed plate, disbound (no covers). Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Includes the descriptions of Ovulum vidleri, Cancellaria wilmeri, Conus prevosti, C. thomasi, C. gloynei, C. lombei, C. bocki, Cypraea pyriformis var. smithi.
Descriptions of sixteen new Species of Shells.
1888 7 p., 1 lithographed plate, disbound (no covers). Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Includes the descriptions of 2 species of Lima, 1 species of Cassis, 2 species of Pleurotoma, one species of Cypraea, 2 species of Trochus, one species of Turritella, one species of Coralliophila, etc. etc.
Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or figures and descriptions of recent shells. Monographs of the Genera Petricola, Venerupis, Cyprina, and Astarte.
1854 29 p., 5 beautifully handcoloured pls, loose in original printed wrappers (margins chipped). All plates accompanied by a separate page with the names of each depicted species written in a bold but elegant period handwriting.All parts of the Thesaurus Conchyliorum are quite rare and much sought after.
Thesaurus Conchyliorum or Monographs of Genera of Shells. Monograph of the genus Cancellaria. With an update of G. B. Sowerby's Monograph of the Cancellaria by A. Verhecken.
1849 (reprint 1985) 25, 11 p., 5 full-colour plates loosely inserted in rear pocket, printed wrappers. A very good, clean copy.Reprint of the 1849 edition.
Pathways in malacology.
1979 [3], 295 p., many text figures, brown publisher’s cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Small stamps of Herbert Ant, else a fine copy.The combined lectures on "hot" topics in malacology presented at the sixth Unitas Malacologica Europaea congress in Amsterdam, 1977, and which are still debated today. This book contains the 11 invited lectures of the sixth UME congress: 1) J. Lever: On torsion in gastropods. 2) N. H. Verdonk: Symmetry and asymmetry in the embryonic development of molluscs. 3) A. S. M. Saleuddin: Shell formation in molluscs with special reference to periostracum formation and shell regeneration. 4) C. M. Yonge: Cementation in the bivalvia. 5) J. Joosse: Hormones in molluscs. 6) M. J. Wells: The world of a mollusc; brain and behaviour in Octopus vulgaris. 7) A. de Zwaan: Energy metabolism in molluscs. 8) Marie-Louise Furnestin: Planktonic molluscs as hydrological and ecological indicators. 9) J. Knudsen: Deep-sea bivalves. 10) Alan Solem: A theory of land snail biogeographic patterns through time. 11) Emile A. Malek: Control of snail hosts of schistosomiasis.
The sea shells of Dar es Salaam. Part I Gastropods (revised and enlarged edition, 1968) - Part II Pelecypoda (bivalves) 1964.
Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Society, 1964 - 1968 2 volumes in-8, 40 pages, 8 planches, 1 carte & 41 pages, 8 planches, 1 carte. Broché. ** 2 volumes 8vo. 40 pp., 8 plates, 1 map & 41 pp., 8 plates. Wpps.
The sea shells of Dar es Salaam. Part I Gastropods (revised and enlarged edition, 1968) - Part II Pelecypoda (bivalves) 1964. (Dar es Salaam: Tanzania Society, 1964 - 1968). [M.C.: Afrique noire, Afrique orientale, malacologie, coquillages]
Pflanzen und Schnecken. Eine biologische Studie über die Schutzmittel der Pflanzen gegen Schneckenfrass.
1888 vii, 126 p., hcloth. Separately reprinted from: Jenaischen Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft und Medizin. Scarce.
Pflanzen und Schnecken. Eine biologische Studie über die Schutzmittel der Pflanzen gegen Schneckenfrass.
1888 vii, 126 p., paperbound (spine taped). Ex library Karl Regius & Herbert Ant (with their stamp or signature). Separately reprinted from: Jenaischen Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft und Medizin. Scarce.
New Data on the Taxonomy and Ecology of Molluscs.
1985 119 p., numerous figures, paperbound. With ex libris Cor Karnekamp. In Russian with short English abstracts. A very good, clean copy.Includes eleven papers by various malacologists on various groups of continental and marine molluscs, e.g., Pisidiidae, Planorbidae, Viviparidae, Trochidae, etc.
Collection of 8 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1955-1963 Includes: Notes on the Opisthobranchs of the West Coast of North America I-IV. Most with author's dedication.
Die lebenden Schnecken und Muscheln der Umgegend Berlins.
1850 viii, 120 p., 3 lithographed plates with 73 figures, contemporary boards, red morocco label with gilt title on spine.A rare publication listing some 400 species. Dedicated to J. C. Albers, who wrote on helicides. The stamps and written names of former owners is a who's who of German malacology. On the title page are the small stamps of Ferdinand Roemer, Breslau, and Herbert Ant, on the front fly leaf those of Ehrmann (1917), Schmierer (1938), and Lutz (1964). Joints rubbed, otherwise a good clean copy.
Terrestrial Neogene Molluscs of Ciscaucasia and their Stratigraphic Importance.
1966 261 p., 91 text illustrations, 14 plates, quarter cloth over pictorial boards. Printed title on the spine. In Russian. Plastified and with the Ex libris (bookplate) of Cor Karnekamp in the top margin of the front pastedown. A good, clean copy.An very important work, with many new, well-illustrated species.
Marine Conchylien aus dem Mainzer Becken I.
1912 68 p., 8 plates with explanatory text leaves, paperbound (original printed covers).With several new species from the German Miocene, especially Muricidae. Uncut. An excellent copy.
Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs.
1930 314 p., 17 pls, paperbound.Although William Gabb introduced many new taxa, few were originally figured. This work fills the void for the bivalves. Some new taxa (species, and a genus) are introduced by Stewart. There is also some additional information to Gabb's fossil gastropods, and interesting notes on early type-designations for well-known (Recent) genera. Ex-library copy with stamp on front cover.
Les Coquillages. Les chefs-d'oeuvre de la vie sous-marine.
1969 [40], 188, [8] p., num. dfigs, num. full page pls (some col., some folded), large oblong, cloth (dust jacket). Good copy.
Über schalentragende Landmollusken aus Albanien und Nachbargebieten / Beiträge zur Anatomie und Systematik der Stylomatophoren aus dem Gebiete der Monarchie und der angrenzenden Balkanländer.
1914 / 1915 120 p., 18 plates, 1 map / 70 p., 24 plates, 4to. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Faint library stamp of Dr. Otto Guglia (Wien).Two beautifully produced monographs on malacology of the Balkans published in the Denkschriften of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, and nicely bound together. Contains the descriptions and excellent figures of many new and little-known species. The first monograph is written by Sturany and Wagner, the second by Wagner alone.
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes traduite du Biblia Naturae de Jean Swammerdam.
1758 xl, 673 p., 1 vignette, 35 (of 36) folded engraved pls, 1 folded table, small 4to, contemporary full marbled calf, spine gilt. Extremities somewhat worn, joint weak. Waterstain in the upper margin of the first few pages (not affecting the text). Plate 22 (depicting caterpillar anatomy) is missing.Published as volume V in the series: Collection Académique, composée des mémoires, actes ou journaux des plus célèbres Académies & Sociétés Littéraires Étrangères.... The present volume contains the first French translation of Swammerdam's famous ''Biblia Naturae''. The Biblia Naturae is one of the finest collections of microscopical observations ever produced by one worker. The book is consulted by naturalists to this day, and some of the figures have never been excelled. Although most of the objects studied were insects (depicted on 25 plates), Molluscs were also well represented (depicted on 8 plates), and especially the anatomical research of Helix pomatia and Sepia officinalis are remarkable. A further 3 plates depict the anatomy and stages of the frog.
Recherches géologiques et hydrogéologiques dans le bassin lacustre de Fès-Meknès.
1950 300 p., 40 plates, several folded maps. Printed wrappers. Thesis.On the geology and fresh water management in Morocco. Six plates show Quaternary fossil land and freshwater shells. A very good, clean copy.
Collection of 24 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1962-1980 Mostly on French opisthobranchs and opisthobranch biology. Most papers with author's dedication to Dr. Malcolm Edmunds.
A Plain and Easy Account of the Land and Fresh-Water Mollusks of Great Britain.
1866 viii, 244, [36] p., 28 figs, 11 col. pls, green publisher’s decorated cloth (with gilt snail on front cover). Upper end spine worn/damaged.
Index and bibliography Late Cenozoic freshwater Mollusca of western North America.
1975 384 p., brown buckram with gilt title on the spine, small 4to. Stiff pictorial covers bound in.This paper occupies about half of the Claude W. Hibbard Memorial Volume. 1-5, being the complete Volume one. A second work of malacological interest in vol. 3 is B. B. Miller's "A sequence of radiocarbon-dated Wisconsinan nonmarine molluscan faunas from southwestern Kansas-northwestern Oklahoma" (20 p.). Another paper included has some continental molluscan content as well. A good firmly bound copy.
Mia silloghi conchyliòn apò tis Ellinikès Thalasses.
1989 187, [1] p., numerous coloured photographs, 1 map, cloth (dust jacket). In Greek, but introduction also in English and Italian. Eight pages (of the species list) are badly printed but with some effort can still be read. Includes notes made by J.J. van Aartsen, and a very useful 4-page errata taking out the many mistakes in identification etc. It also includes a copy of a handwritten letter by Van Aartsen to Tenekidis. A scarce book on Greek molluscs.
The Connoisseur of Seashells. Per lo specialista in conchiglie. Pour le connaisseur de coquillages.
1985-1988 Nos 1-12 + 14. In all 11 issues (some are double issues) + index. A peculiar journal published by Luigi Raybaudi Massilia, and contains a strange mixture of papers and price-lists on/of the most collectable seashells (Cypraea, Conus, Voluta). Many full colour photographs.
Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde.
1931-1935 Two volumes (complete). vi, 1165 p., 897 text figures, publisher's cloth.Important and influentual handbook on shells (not long ago an English translation was published), in the original edition. Inner joints of part I a bit weak, internally clean.
Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde.
1931-1935 Two volumes (complete). vi, 1165 p., 897 text figures, publisher's cloth. Some wear on upper end spine of volume one, else a good set.Important and influentual handbook on shells, in its original edition.
