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The cyclophorid operculate land mollusks of America.
1942 iv, 305 p., 42 plates, paperbound. Uncut. Very good copy.Although not apparent from the title, this book deals with the Cyclophoridae of Cuba (by De La Torre and Bartsch), the other West Indian islands (by Paul Bartsch alone), and the American mainland (by Bartsch and Morrison). It deals with the higher systematics within the group (e.g. introducing a new subfamily) and the species, of which many are new, or little known and illustrated for the first time. This is the United States National Museum Bulletin 181. This well-illustrated monograph has never been replaced by a more modern one. This is United States National Museum Bulletin 181.
Die Acanthicus-Schichten im Randgebirge der Wiener Bucht bei Geisshübl (Mödling WNW) / Untersuchungen über die Gattung Oxynoticeras und einige damit zusammenhängende allgemeine Fragen.
1907 / 1914 120, 179 p., 5 figs, 19, 13 plates, red cloth. Gilt title on spine. Published in the Anstalt's Abhandlungen. Title page fore edge with a small, repaired tear; small piece of the top corner of the front board missing, upper end spine with some wear, and a repaired tear in the spine cover. Otherwise a very good, internally clean, copy.
A monograph of British Carboniferous non-marine Lamellibranchia. Parts I-XI.
1946-1966 11 parts in 11. xxxxiv, 372 p., 38 text figures, 41 plates, 4to, paperbound (original blue covers with printed paper label pasted on front. The Palaeontographical Society.With numerous new taxa. From part X (1960) onwards written by Weir alone. A total of 13 parts were published so we lack only the last two. All copies present are in original wrappers and in a very good, clean condition.
Structural and systematic Conchology: an introduction to the study of the Mollusca. Vol. I (of 3).
1882 viii, 312 p., 22 pls, new blue cloth. The map is missing.First volume of this famous introduction to molluscs and malacology by Tryon. This volume includes the following chapters: Primary Divisions of the Animal Kingdom / Classes of the Malacozoa / Anatomy of the Mollusca / Habits and Economy of the Mollusca / Geographical Distributuion of the Mollusca / Distribution of the Mollusca in Time / Nomenclature / Classification / On Collecting Shells.
A survey and illustrated catalogue of the Teredinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia).
1966 265 p., 65 plates, publisher's red cloth with gilt title on spine and front board.Basic monography on shipworms, excellent for identifying the different species of the world. No dustwrappers issued. Printed errata-sheet pasted in on front flyleaf. A good clean copy.
A manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands with figures of each of the kinds. A new edition, thoroughly revised and much enlarged, by John Edward Gray.
1840 (2nd ed.) ix, 324, 32 p., 12 hand-coloured plates, original embossed pictorial cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt vignette on front board (some slight wear on extremities).Deals with land, fresh water and brackish water molluscs. With the appendix. Several owner's inscriptions on front endpapers, otherwise a good copy in the original binding. The second edition has twice as much pages and two coloured plates more than the first edition.
Anatomisch-Physiologische Untersuchung über die Teichmuschel.
1827 42 p., One folded lithographed plate. Contemporary marbled boards.Rare early paper by Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger (1800-1870), here named "F.F. Unger", on the anatomy of the European fresh water mussel Anadonta cygnea. The folded plate shows the shell, the gross anatomy and several anatomical and histiological details. Some slight foxing. Library stamps on verso title page, last page, and plate verso, and with the autograph and compliments of the author inside the front board. Rare
Anatomie und Histologie von Trichotoxon thikensis, Verdcourt 1951 (Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Urocyclinae) (Mollusca: Ariophantidae).
1961 114 p., 36 plates. Original printed wrappers, 4to. An excellent, richly illustrated study. Inscribed by the author. We added: a typed card addressed to the German malacologist and environmentalist Herbert Ant. A very good clean association copy.
Collection of 10 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1966-1981 Mostly on the biology of Aplysia and other opisthobranchs.
Caribbean Sea Slugs. A field guide to the opisthobranch mollusks from the tropical northwestern Atlantic.
2006 vii, 289 p., hundreds of col. photographs, paperbound. A very good, clean copy, as new.
Catalogue of the non-marine Mollusca of Sumatra and of its satellite islands.
1959 191 p., some text figures, two plates, one folded map. No wrappers issued.A very good monograph, listing for each species all literature records, and localities. Several species are here described as new. The work includes brackish water species (e.g. Cerithididae, Ellobiidae, Neritidae). Uncut. Small stamp in title page lower margin, otherwise a very good copy. Scarce.
The Malayan Streptaxidae, genera Huttonella and Sinoennea / Additional new species and new localities of the family Vertiginidae and the genera Oophana and Opisthostoma from Malaya.
1961 28, 14 p., 14 plates. Original printed wrappers.Contained in the Raffles Museum Bulletin no. 26. Also included: M. W. F. Tweedie: On certain Mollusca of the Malayan limestone hills (15 pp., 2 plates) and a paper on the geology of these species-rich hills.
Une visite à la station zoologique et à l'aquarium de Naples
Bruxelles, Weissenbruch 1882 16pp., signé avec dédicace par l'auteur au baron Van Ertborn, 25cm., extrait des Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique (t.XVII), brochure originale (dos renforcé), bon état, W120923
Miozäne Gastropoden aus dem Peelgebiet (Niederlande) (Rissoidae-Muricidae, nach Zittel's Einteilung 1924).
1944 116 p., 13 plates with photos, large 4to, papwerbound (upper end spine worn). The title is a bit misleading as Pyramidellidae are included too. With new taxa. Fine illustrations. Published in Mededelingen van de Geologische Stichting.
Mollusques de la France et des Régions voisines. Tome Premier. Amphineures. Gasteropodes Opisthobranches, Heteropodes. Marseniades et Oncidiides.
1913 418, [2], xii p., 42 pls, publisher's cloth. Library stamps. Ex library H. Engel.
Mollusques de la France et des Régions voisines. Tome Premier. Amphineures. Gasteropodes Opisthobranches, Heteropodes. Marseniades et Oncidiides.
1913 418, [2], xii p., 42 pls, publisher's cloth. Library stamps. Previous owner's name on title-page.
MOLLUSQUES DE LA FRANCE ET DES REGIONS VOISINES. Tomes 1-2. Tome 1:Amphineures. Gasteropodes Opisthobranches, Heteropodes. Marseniades et Oncidiides. Tome 2: Gastéropodes pulmonés et prosobranches terrestres et fluviatiles
Paris Octave Doin et Fils, Editeurs 1913 in 12 (18x12,5) 2 volumes reliures pleine percaline ocre de l'éditeur, dos et plats supérieurs titrés. Tome 1: Amphineures. Gastéropodes Opisthobranches, Hétéropodes. Marséniades et Oncidiidés. XI et 418 pages [1] XII, avec 42 planches en noir et blanc dans le texte. Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière. Tome 2: Gastéropodes pulmonés et prosobranches terrestres et fluviatiles. III et 374 pages XII, avec 25 planches en noir et blanc dans le texte. Louis Germain, 1878-1942. Encyclopédie scientifique. Ensemble en bél état ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
Très bon Couverture rigide
Shell collector's handbook.
1950 228 p., 16 plates, text figures. Publisher's buckram. A used copy, once owned by Jane Casey, Fernando Dayrit, and Guido Poppe. Remnants of dust jacket loosely inserted.
Vingt ans de malacologie.
1995 108 p., num. figs, 4to, paperbound. Conference held in the Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard, Ile des Embiez (16-20 octobre 1989), with contributions by: Bouchet, Babin, Vovelle, Lubet et al., Tardy, Moreteau, Lucas, Poizat & Vicente.
Description de trois cardiums & de deux peignes nouveaux
Bruxelles, Weissenbruch 1882 10 + [1] pp. + 2 planches hors-texte, signé avec dédicace par l'auteur au baron Van Ertborn, 25cm., extrait des Mémoires de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique (1881), brochure originale (dos renforcé), bon état, B120948
The Conus cedonulli complex: Historical review, taxonomy and biological observations.
1985 79 p., 10 figs, 12 pls, paperbound. Published in: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. Very good copy.
Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Holländischen Kreide. I. Lamellibranchiaten aus der Oberen Mucronatenkreide von holländisch Limburg. II. Die Fossilien des Neocomsandsteins von Losser und Gildehaus.
1895 64 p., 3 pls, folio, paperbound (covers loose).
