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Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Erster Teil.
1929 [2], 376 p., 470 figs, paperbound (back broken). Original copy of the first part of the first volume of this classic work, covering the Loricata (= Polyplacophora) and a large part of the Gastropoda, Prosobranchia. It ends with Turridae, Conidae, Terebridae, thus containing the "traditional" Archeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda and Neogastropoda.
Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Erster Band. Loricata. Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Gastropoda Opisthobranchia.
1931 778 p., 783 text figures, publisher's cloth.Important and influentual handbook on shells (not long ago an English translation was published). With the Amphineura (Polyplacophora) and Gastropoda. The second volume, not included, deals with bivalves and other classes. A very good copy of the first edition.
Collection of 58 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1958-1990 Rare collection of papers, mostly reprints (some taken out of journals). Many papers with author's dedication to Dr. Malcolm Edmunds. Includes: Jamaican Opisthobranch Molluscs I-II (64 p., 46 figs) / Dorid nudibranchs from easternAustralia (41 p., 6 figs) / Note sur les Opisthobranches du Bassin d'Arcachon (35 p., 19 figs) etc. etc.
Experience of biometric study of the Pliocene Viviparus of the South of the USSR.
1964 88 p., 40 figures, 9 plates, paperbound. In Russian. Faint marginal damp stain (mainly on right margin front cover).Scarce work showing the amazing variety in fossil Viviparidae from the southern parts of the former USSR. Includes new taxa.
Mollusks of the Alai and Turkestan Layers of Badkhyz.
1964 123 p., 45 plates, paperbound. Bookplate of Cor Karnekamp on the front wrapper verso. Small water-stains in the plate (blank) margins, otherwise a good copy.A seldom-seen work on Eocene (and, perhaps, late Cretaceous) shells with the description of several new species. The fauna, described by the Russian palaeontologist Nadezhda Vassilievna Tolstikova (b. 1932), includes several new species.
Mediterranean Sea Shells, Cyprus.
1987 190 p., 272 figures (mostly coloured photographs), 4to, hardbound (dust jacket). Very good copy, as new.
The cyclophorid operculate land mollusks of America.
1942 310 p., 42 plates. Original printed wrappers.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 institute's Bulletin 181. Small stamp of the malacologist Herbert Ant on the title page and contents page margin, otherwise a good clean copy.
The cyclophorid operculate land mollusks of America.
1942 310 p., 42 plates. Original printed wrappers.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. Title a bit discoloured. A good copy, without markings.
The cyclophorid operculate land mollusks of America.
1942 310 p., 42 plates. Later blind red half cloth over marbled boards.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. A very good copy, without markings. A common work, but bound copies, such as this one, are scarce.
The Cuban operculate land mollusks of the family Annulariidae, exclusive of the subfamily Chondropominae [AND] The Cuban operculate land shells of the subfamily Chondropominae.
1938 / 1941 Two volumes. pp. 193-403, 131-385, i-x, Plates 7-39, 9-57, paperbound (original printed covers). Uncut. Very good, clean, and definitely uncommon in this state.Combined, these two volumes comprise the complete Annulariidae, a family nowhere as diverse as in Cuba. The leading author, Carlos de la Torre (1858-1950) was the leading Cuban malacologist during the first half of the 20th century. These are the Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3039 and 3096.
The Cuban operculate land shells of the subfamily Chondropominae.
1938 210 p., 33 pls, paperbound (original printed covers). Guido Poppe's copy with his autograph on 1st page. Small inscription on front wrapper. A good copy.
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.
