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The anatomy of the common squid (Loligo pealii, Le Sueur).

Williams, L.W. · 1910

€110.00 ($121.24 | £91.77 | ¥19,360)

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 clea...

Brachiopoda and Lamellibranchiata, Gasteropoda and Cephalopoda of the Raritan clays and Greensand marls of New Jersey.

Whitfield, R. · 1886

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.59 | ¥17,424)

1886-1892 Two volumes in two. With one coloured folded geological map, 85 plates of which 35 are lithographed, 4to. Matching original cloth bindings, gilt armorial vignette on front covers, gilt titles on spines. The complete Brachiopoda and Mollusca from these Cretaceous and ...

Brachiopoda and Lamellibranchiata of the Raritan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey.

Whitfield, R. · 1886

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,712)

1886 289 p., 35 lithographed plates, full colour geological map of New Jersey in rear pocket, 4to. Original blind tooled cloth, with gilt title on spine. U.S. Geological Survey. An important work with many new taxa. Well-illustrated. Clean copy, except for the signs of removal...

Seashells of the Pacific Northwest.

White, J.S. · 1976

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.77 | ¥2,904)

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.

British Caenozoic Fossils (Tertiary and Quaternary).

White, E. (ed.) · 1959

€19.80 ($21.82 | £16.52 | ¥3,485)

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.

Late cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela.

Weisbord, N.E. · 1962

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

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 a...

The Living Volutes. A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae.

Weaver, C.S. & J.E. du Pont · 1970

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

1970 xv, 375 p., 45 figs, 79 col. pls, roy. 4to, cloth.

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Mollusken.

Frauenfeld, G. Ritter von · 1867

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1867 16 p., 2 beautifully lithographed pls, roy. 4to, later plain wrappers with handwritten title. During the second half of the 19th century, every nation with maritime and imperialistic interests sent out ships to investigate the lesser-known parts of the world, and the scie...

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Mollusken.

Frauenfeld, G. Ritter von · 1867

€41.80 ($46.07 | £34.87 | ¥7,357)

1867 16 p., 2 beautifully lithographed pls, roy. 4to, original printed wrappers. During the second half of the 19th century, every nation with maritime and imperialistic interests sent out ships to investigate the lesser-known parts of the world, and the scientific results (ge...

MiozÃñne Gastropoden aus dem Peelgebiet (Niederlande) (Rissoidae-Muricidae, nach Zittel's Einteilung 1924).

Van Voorthuysen, J.H. · 1944

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

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.

A survey and illustrated catalogue of the Teredinidae (Mollusca Bivalvia).

Turner, R.D. · 1966

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,259)

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.

Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs.

Stewart, R.B. · 1930

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

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 g...

Molluscan assemblages from the marine Middle Miocene of South Jutland and their environments. Part I.

Sorgenfrei, T. · 1958

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,421)

1958 355 p., one folded chart with profiles, paperbound. Part one of two only. Inscribed and signed by the author (dedication to J. Roger). Vague stamps on front cover. A good copy.

Über die Familie der Rissoiden und insbesondere die Gattung Rissoina.

Schwartz von Mohrenstern, G. · 1860

€220.00 ($242.48 | £183.54 | ¥38,721)

1860 118 pp., 11 lithographed plates, contemporary boards (spine missing, boards loose). A few plates with tiny, unobtrusive spots, some marginal foxing. Two stamps (Museum dâÇÖHist. Naturelle) and ex library F.Jousseaume - Ed. Lamy. In the book were two handwritten sheets of ...

Anatomie von Helcioniscus ardosiaeus H. et J. sive Patella clathratula Reeve.

Schuster, M.E. · 1913

€52.80 ($58.20 | £44.05 | ¥9,293)

1913 102 p., 87 text figures, 1 folded chromolithographed plate, paperbound (original printed covers). Rare paper on the patelliform gastropod Nacella ardosiaeus (Hombron Jacquinot) from Chile, with fine descriptions and illustrations. Published in the Zoologische Jahrbücher S...

Bemerkungen zur Schalenstruktur von Neopilina galatheae.

Schmidt, W.J. · 1959

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1959 6 p., two plates. Original printed wrappers. Important study on the then recently discovered deep-sea "living fossil", the monoplacophoran Neopilina. Offprint from Galathea Report 3. Author's dedication to Caesar Boettger, with the latter's stamp and that of Herbert Ant. ...

Coquillages de Polynésie.

Salvat, B. & C. Rives · 1975

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,712)

1975 392 p., numerous full colour photos, large 4to, cloth (full colour pictorial dust jacket). A review loosely inserted. A near mint copy.

Systematics and Zoogeography of the Worldwide Bathypelagic Squid Bathuteuthis (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida).

Roper, C.F.E. · 1969

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

1969 v, 210 p., 74 figs, 12 pls, half cloth (original front cover bound in, no label on spine). Library stamp.

Miocene invertebrate fauna of New Jersey.

Richards, H.G. & A. Harbison · 1942

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,421)

1942 84 p., 16 plates. Original printed wrappers. Description of a rich and well-preserved fauna of, mainly, Mollusca. Includes the description and illustration of some new species and type species of other authors. Contained in the Proceedings, volume 114, for 1942 with sever...

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Myadora.

Reeve, L.A. · 1844

€44.00 ($48.50 | £36.71 | ¥7,744)

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-co...