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West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by H.N. Lowe, 1929-1931.

Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe · 1932

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1932 112 p., several text figs, 17 plates, disbound (no covers). The paper consists of three parts, being an itinerary of the expedition, descriptions of (many) new genera, species and subspecies, and (by Lowe alone) additional records of other species collected. The plates, d...

A Pliocene fauna from western Ecuador.

Pilsbry, H.A. & A.A. Olsson · 1941

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

1941 79 p., 19 plates, paperbound (back cover detached). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Unopened copy. With descriptions of many new and poorly known species. Well-illustated.

Ãëtude iconographique des pleurotomes fossiles du Bassin de Paris.

Pezant, A. · 1909

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,421)

1909 (reprint 1966) 30 p., 1 text fig., 5 plates, large 4to. Printed wrappers. Contribution to the fossil conchology of the Paris bassin. Well-illustrated. This is the very good reprinted edition by Swets & Zeitlinger (1966). A good clean copy.

Carta d'identità delle conchiglie del Mediterraneo. Volume primo. Gastropodi.

Parenzan, P. · 1970

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1970 283 p., 3 figs, 53 pls, paperbound. With nice illustrations and a good focus on variability. This volume includes also the Scaphopoda. The small stamp of Herbert Ant on front flyleaf and title page. Otherwise an "as new" copy.

Conchyliologie des terrains tertiaires de la Belgique, part I: terrain Pliocène Scaldisien. [All published].

Nyst, P. · 1878

€231.00 ($254.60 | £192.72 | ¥40,657)

1878-1881 Two parts in two. [iv], 263 p., 28 fine lithographed plates, folio (39.5 x 28.5 cm). Original uniform printed boards. Important contribution to the Neogene of western Flanders (North Sea basin), dealing with Mollusca mostly and including the descriptions of many new ...

A summary of the Palaeogene stratigraphy of Kyushu, Japan, with some accounts on the fossiliferous zones / Palaeogene Fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan. Part II.

Nagao, T. · 1928

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1928 130 p., 18 fine plates, 1 folded table, small folio, paperbound (original printed covers). The author describes species-rich but rather poorly preserved faunas of mainly molluscs but also some Echinodermata and shark teeth. Several Mollusca are described as new. Included ...

Die fossilen Tintenfische. Eine palÃñozoologische Monographie.

Naef, A. · 1922

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1922 322 p., frontispiece and 101 text figs, paperbound. (original printed covers). Detailed study of Recent and fossil cephalopods, including the extinct classes. Contains 11 new taxa. Wrappers a bit soiled on frayed at spine end, otherwise a good, clean copy without library ...

Description d'une nouvelle scissurelle, suivie de la liste monographique des espèces connues de ce genre.

Munier Chalmas, E. · 1862

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,712)

1862. 7 p., 1 lithographed plate and several white sheets, contemporary half calf with gilt title on spine, marbled flyleaves. Published in: Journal de Conchyliologie Scarce monograph, with one new species of Scissurellidae from the Paris Bassin Eocene. Written by Charles Phi...

Xylophages et pétricoles ouest Africains.

Monod, Th. & M. Nicklès & F. Moll · 1952

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,840)

1952. 145 p., 158 figures, 12 plates, paperbound (original printed covers). Contains descriptions and illustrations of many species, a survey of associated faunas, and a classification of the Teredinidae (in English). A clean copy.

Seashell Parade. Fascinating facts, pictures, and stories.

Melvin, A.G. · 1973

€13.20 ($14.55 | £11.01 | ¥2,323)

1973 369 p., num. figs & photographs, col. frontispiece, cloth (dust jacket). First edition. With the library stamp of the malacologist Hendricus Carolus Devriese. Good copy.

British Shells.

McMillan, N.F. · 1968

€13.20 ($14.55 | £11.01 | ¥2,323)

1968 xii, 196 p., 80 (32 col.) pls, cloth with gilt title and vignette. Wayside & Woodland series. Good copy.

British Shells.

McMillan, N.F. · 1973

€19.80 ($21.82 | £16.52 | ¥3,485)

1973 xii, 196 p., 80 (32 col.) pls, cloth with gilt title and vignette (dust jacket). Wayside & Woodland series. Second printing. Good copy.

Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Volume 4 (part).

Martini, F. & J. Chemnitz · 1779

€220.00 ($242.48 | £183.54 | ¥38,721)

1779 120 p., two hand-coloured text engravings, 4to, paperbound (contemporary blind stiff paper covers with speckled paper spine and paper label). This very rare and beautifully illustrated work is the first large-scale iconography on shells. This part was written by Danish cl...

Marine Molluscs of Victoria.

Macpherson, J.H. & C.J. Gabriel · 1962

€17.60 ($19.40 | £14.68 | ¥3,098)

1962 xv, 575 p., 486 figs, cloth. Library stamp. Many smaller and lesser known species are included. A good copy of a useful book.

Morphologie und physiologie des genitalapparates der Nordseelittorinen.

Linke, O. · 1933

€39.60 ($43.65 | £33.04 | ¥6,970)

1933 60 p., 8 plates, roy. 4to, paperbound. (original printed covers). The Littorinidae may be difficult to separate conchologically. This paper (published as a thesis and as in this copy, sonderabdruck aus Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchingen) describes and discusses the ge...

Aspects récents de la biologie des mollusques / Les mollusques marins. Biologie et aquaculture.

Pennec, M. le · 1991

€38.50 ($42.43 | £32.12 | ¥6,776)

1991-1992 In two volumes. 366 [172; 194] p., num. figures, 4to, paperbound. These are Actes de Colloques no. 13 and 14 of the Symposium international Brest 9 novembre 1990. A very good, clean set.

Résultats Scientifiques du Voyage aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaises. Opisthobranches et silicodermes (oncidiades) / Prosobranches parasites.

Labbé, A. & W. Adam · 1934

€28.60 ($31.52 | £23.86 | ¥5,034)

1934. Two parts in one. 115 p., 39, 16 (groups of) text figures, 1 plate, roy. 4to, paperbound (original printed covers). Small piece of outer end spine missing. Unopened copy. Well-illustrated paper based on material collected during a scientific expedition in what is now Ind...

Illustrated catalogue of Japanese shells. Volume I.

Kuroda, T. (ed.) · 1949

€132.00 ($145.49 | £110.12 | ¥23,233)

1949-1953 26 issues in 26. Title page, 233 p., 30 plates, numerous text figures, in stapled parts as issued (not bound) Rare series of publications on Japanese molluscs, mostly - but not all - written by the Japanese malacologist Tadashige Habe (1916-2001). Most but not all de...

Entwicklungsgeschichtliche und neuro-histologische BeitrÃñge zur Kenntnis der Sehorgane am Mantelrande der Pecten-Arten, mit anschliessenden vergleichend-anatomischen Betrachtungen.

Küpfer, M. · 1915

€39.60 ($43.65 | £33.04 | ¥6,970)

1915 311 p., 8 folded lithographs (some tinted), paperbound (original printed covers). Thesis. Plates at the rear detached, margins of covers chipped due to low quality paper used.

Marine molluscan genera of western North America: an illustrated key. Second edition.

Keen, A.M. and E. Coan · 1974

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,872)

1974 (2nd ed.) 208 p., numerous figures. Cloth (dust jacket). Inscribed on title by Guido Poppe; otherwise a very good, clean copy.