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The Living Volutes. A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae.
1970 xv, 375 p., 45 figs, 79 col. pls, roy. 4to, cloth.
Foreign Land and Fresh Water Shells. From All Parts of the World Except the United States and Canada.
1948 183 p., 73 plates (depicting 1400 species), publisher’s cloth. On the first paste-down is information taped on another book by Webb ‘’Handbook for Shell Collectors’’ (can be removed if wanted).
Handbook for shell collectors. Revised edition.
1960 264 pp., 112 plates, cloth (plastified dustjacket).Inscribed by Guide Poppe. A few annotations, otherwise very good.
Late cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela.
1962 672 p., 48 plates with explanatory text leaves. paperbound.This extensive work does include new and poorly known Pliocene, Pleistocene and recent gastropods (the latter inclusion being a little known fact) including many not usually treated in other works. The work has an unusual extensive detailed list of references. Very useful. Old owner's signature on front wrapper, otherwise a good copy.
Distribution and variation of Achatinella mustelina Mighels in the Waianae Mountains, Oahu. Honolulu.
1938 164 p., 13 plates, several text figures including maps, blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. Stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the title page. A very good copy.A seldom-seen bound copy of very detailed study on an amazingly diverse group of landsnails showing micro-evolution on a grand scale, only to become a legacy of times gone by, as the species group became entirely extinct in just a few decades due to human carelessness and stupidity. Published as the Museum's Bulletin 152. Do not confuse with several similarly titled works on other achatinellids by the same author.
Seashells of Western Australia.
1986 (1st ed.) 207 p., 13 figs, 74 col. pls, paperbound. Good copy.
Seashells of Western Australia.
1988 (2nd ed.) 207 p., numerous b/w text illustrations, 74 full-colour plates, paperbound. A very good copy.The much less common revised edition of a work first published in 1986.
Sea slugs of Western Australia.
1993 (revised ed.) 207 p., 13 figs, 74 col. pls, paperbound. A very good, clean copy. Includes a short handwritten note from John Taylor (The Natural History Museum, London) to Malcolm Edmunds.
A monograph of the Devonian fauna of the south of England. Volume I. The fauna of the limestones of Lummaton, Wolborough, Chircombe Bridge, and Chudleigh.
1889-189 ii, 344 p., 32 lithographed plates [I-XXXI, VIIIa], 4to. Slightly later green pebbled cloth with gilt title on spine.An important basic work on these faunas with Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, and Bivalvia. With excellent figures of new and little known species that are often quite well-preserved. Fishes and trilobites and some other arthropods are included too but occupy only four plates. One of the rarer parts of the Palaeontographical Society monographs. Outer ends spine worn, first free end-paper chipped, library stamps on title page, otherwise a good clean copy.
A review of the fossil Ostreidae of North America.
1884 and a comparison of the fossil with the living forms. With appendices by Prof. Angelo Heilprin and Mr. John A. Ryder; 158 p., 49 pls, disbound (no covers, part of plates loose). A few pages frayed. Working copy only.
British Caenozoic Fossils (Tertiary and Quaternary).
1959 vi, 130 p., 44 plates, col. frontispiece, contemporary brown cloth. Gilt title on the spine. Printed covers bound in.A well-bound copy of this finely illustrated work. Most plates depict mollusca. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some pencil markings. Otherwise very good.
Seashells of the Pacific Northwest.
1976 viii, 127 p., numerous b/w and col. figures. Pictorial softcover. Signed and dated by Guido Poppe on title. Otherwise a very good, clean copy.
Gasteropoda and Cephalopoda of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey.
1892 402 p., 2 figs, 50 pls, 4to, cloth (worn, hinges weak, contents clean & tight).
Collection of 20 papers on Opisthobranchs.
1976-1995 Mostly on New Zealand and Australian opisthobranchs.
Zur Anatomie von Acmaea fragilis Chemnitz.
1898 46 p., 3 folded pls, disbound (no covers). Published in: Jenaischen Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.
The anatomy of the common squid (Loligo pealii, Le Sueur).
1910 92 p., 14 text figures (some on heavier paper and page-sized, i.e. plates), 3 chromolithographed folded plates, frontispiece, 4to, paperbound (spine missing, covers detached and margins front cover much chipped). Small vague stamp on title page.A detailed study with clear, multi-coloured drawings and a nice frontispiece showing a model of the external and internal anatomy. Should be rebound but very scarce.
Australian Shells - Illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods from Australian waters
1974 168 p., numerous coloured figures and plates, over 500 col. photographs, 4to, cloth (dust jacket). Previous owner’s name, else very good copy.
Australian shells. Illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters.
1971 168 p., 106 full colour plates, 33 b/w plates, 4to, brown cloth with gilt title and ornament (in transparent protective sleeve). Guido Poppe's copy with his autograph. Parts of the dust jacket pasted on paste down, but otherwise good.
The New Molluscan Names of César-Marie-Felix Ancey, including illustrations of type-material from the National Museum of Wales.
2008 vi, 162 p., 7 figs, 26 col. pls, 4to, paperbound. Ex library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his signature).Ancey (1860-1906) was a keen land and freshwater snail collector who principally focused on snails from the Hawaiian Islands, Central Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa. In his short life he published many new taxa and contributed much to malacology. Ancey's material is widely distributed in museums around the world, including the Melvill-Tomlin collection at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. This publication illustrates all of the Cardiff material and, where known, indicates where other type material can be located. This book contains the full biography of César-Marie-Felix Ancey, lists his 176 published papers, including 762 new molluscan names and illustrates 153 type lots.
A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca: with descriptions of shells from the upper Tertiaries of the British Isles.
1848-1856 (reprint ca. 1980) Three volumes (complete). 872 p. [208, 342, xxxi, 231, ii, 58]; 63 plates, uniform mottled leatherette (hardbounr) with gilt title on the spines. Originally published over a long period in the Society’s famous Monographs series. The good reprint in uniform artificial leather bindings. The work deals with rich and varied Pliocene-Pleistocene faunas. The later parts are based on more, new research and a re-evaluation of taxa included in the earlier parts. The part on bivalves contains an appendix with new information on additional gastropods.
Catalogue of the British Species of Pisidium (Recent & Fossil) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History), With Notes on Those of Western Europe.
1913 ix, 144 p., 30 pls with explanatory leaves. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt ornament and gilt title on spine.A nice copy of this very detailed publication that became the source of much controversion among "pisidiologists". With label stating "Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum", and armorial bookplate, and former owner's name on front paste down, text and plates clean. List of BM(NH) natural history publications bound in rear.
Catalogue of the British Species of Pisidium (Recent & Fossil) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History), With Notes on Those of Western Europe.
1913 ix, 144 p., 30 pls with explanatory leaves. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt ornament and gilt title on spine.A perfect, crisp and clean copy of this very detailed publication that became the source of much controversy among "pisidiologists". List of BM(NH) natural history publications bound in rear. A fine clean copy.
The life of the Mollusca.
1913 xi, 158 p, 32 plates, one folded map. Original violet cloth with gilt titles on spine and front board (some wear on outer ends spine).Based on S.P. Woodward's Manual of the Mollusca, but with additional illustrations by G. M. Woodward. A 32 page sales catalogue of Methuen bound in the rear. Cover mostly faded to brown. Small stamp of Herbert Ant on title page. Library’s ex libris, and large printed label of a public library pasted on front board ("Borrowers are requested to keep the Books clean...and not to entrust them to YOUNG or CARELESS messengers...").
A Manual of the Mollusca. Being a Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells. With an Appendix of Recent and Fossil Conchological Discoveries to the Present Time by Ralph Tate.
1871 (2nd ed.) xiv, 542, 86 p., 269, 27 figs, 23 pls, 1 folded map, frontispiece, green publisher's decorated boards.
