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Field Guide to the Non-Marine Molluscs of South Eastern Australia.

Smith, B.J. & R.C. Kershaw · 1979

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,808)

1979 x, 285 p., numerous text figures, 113 distribution maps, paperbound. Very good copy. Profusely illustrated, with excellent drawings of shells.

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Io.

Reeve, L.A. · 1860

€132.00 ($145.49 | £110.12 | ¥23,233)

1860-1861 title-page, 3 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves (6 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy. On North American freshwater snails. The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 and 1878 and consists of 20 volumes. L...

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Leptopoma.

Reeve, L.A. · 1862

€330.00 ($363.72 | £275.31 | ¥58,081)

1862 title-page, 8 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (17 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy. Showing diversity in a tropical Asian land shell genus belonging to the family Cyclophoridae. The Conchologica Iconica ...

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Anastoma.

Reeve, L.A. · 1863

€44.00 ($48.50 | £36.71 | ¥7,744)

1863 title-page, 1 hand-coloured plate with explanatory text leaf (2 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, well-coloured copy. The genus name Anastoma should in fact be Anostoma. This is one of the most peculiar genera of land snails. The prominent feature of an upturne...

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Pterocyclos.

Reeve, L.A. · 1863

€220.00 ($242.48 | £183.54 | ¥38,721)

1863 title-page, 5 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (11 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy. Showing diversity in a tropical Asian land shell genus belonging to the family Cyclophoridae. The Conchologica Iconica ...

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Anculotus.

Reeve, L.A. · 1860

€242.00 ($266.73 | £201.89 | ¥42,593)

1860-1861 title-page, 6 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves and index (13 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy. Anculotus is an incorrect spelling of Anculosa Say, 1821, now known as Leptoxis Rafinesque, 1819, a very variable ...

Conchologia Iconica. Monograph of the genus Pirena.

Reeve, L.A. · 1859

€88.00 ($96.99 | £73.42 | ¥15,488)

1859 title-page, 2 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves (4 p.), large 4to, printed covers. A very good, clean and well-coloured copy. The genus Pirena belongs to the Cerithioidea, freshwater family Pachychilidae. The Conchologica Iconica was written between 1843 a...

Paléontologie de Madagascar. IX. Mollusques Quaternaires terrestres et fluviatiles.

Germain, L. · 1921

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,712)

1921 36 p., 5 plates with explanatory text leaves, 4to, paperbound (original printed cover). Scarce. Offprint from the Annales de Paleontologie (1916-1921). Bookplate of Cor Karnekamp on verso front cover. The plates show mostly well-preserved shells, some of which described a...

Zur Kenntnis TertiÃñrer Landschnecken.

Pfeffer, G. · 1929

€93.50 ($103.05 | £78.00 | ¥16,456)

1929 230 p., 3 lithographed plates with explanatory text leaves, royal 4to, later black half cloth over marbled boards. Spine with (chipped) printed label. Green endpapers. Bookplate of Cor Karnekamp on the front pastedown. A few notes written in pencil on the title page verso...

Om den fossile kvartaere molluskfauna i Danmark og dens relationer til forandringer i klimaet. Land- og ferskvandsmolluskfaunaen.

Johansen, A.C. · 1915

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,259)

1915 iv, 136 p., 1 plate, 2 multi-folded maps, later quarter cloth over marbled boards with printed front cover laid on. A very good, clean copy. Thesis of the Danish palaeontologist Anders Cornelius Jacob Johansen (1867-1931). The plate shows freshwater shells.

Essai sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des Vosges.

Puton, E. · 1847

€154.00 ($169.74 | £128.48 | ¥27,105)

1847 [4],104 p., 8vo (23.7 x 15.0 cm), contemporary quarter pebbled cloth over marbled boards. Spine with gilt author/title. Marbled endpapers. Speckled edges. With a hand-written, signed dedication by the author to the great French malacologist Gérard Paul Deshayes (1796-1875...

Systematics and zoogeography of the land and fresh-water Mollusca of the New Hebrides.

Solem, A. · 1959

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,680)

1959 359 p., 38 text figures, 34 plates, 8vo (22.8 x 15.3 cm), contemporary reddish-brown buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. From the library of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020), however, without his stamp. Not ...

Distribution and variation of Achatinella mustelina Mighels in the Waianae Mountains, Oahu. Honolulu.

Welch, D.A. · 1938

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.88 | ¥9,680)

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...

Description des mollusques fluviatiles et terrestres de la France et plus particulièrement du département de l'Isère, précédée de notions élémentaires sur la conchyliologie.

Gras, A. · 1846

€286.00 ($315.22 | £238.60 | ¥50,337)

1846 82, [1], 27 p., 6 lithographed plates, 16mo (20.0 x 12.5 cm), modern green half linen over plain green boards. Author/title in gilt on spine. From the library of American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) with his stamp on the top margin of the front board an...

Summary of the Philippine land shells.

Faustino, L.A. · 1895

€132.00 ($145.49 | £110.12 | ¥23,233)

1895-1901 113 p., 8vo (26.0 x 18.2 cm), near contemporary quarter cloth over plain boards. Spine with gilt author/title. Inscribed by the author in the top margin of the front wrapper to the Philippine malacologist Pedro de Mesa (1885-1966), and next to it the latter's dedicat...

Conchyliologie Bourbonnaise. Premiere partie. Mollusques aquatiques / Mollusques terrestres testacés.

Dumas, E. · 1895

€176.00 ($193.98 | £146.83 | ¥30,977)

1895-1901 Two parts in one. 150 p. [96, 54], 27 plates [19, 8], 8vo (21.5 x 13.3 cm), later salmon buckram with gilt author/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 fir...

The Philippine land shells of the genus Amphidromus / The shipworms of the Philippine Islands / The Philippine land mollusks of the genus Opisthoporus / The Philippine land mollusks Cochlostyla rufogaster and Obba marmorata and their races / The land shells of the genus Obba from Mindoro province Phlippine Islands / The tree snails of the genus Cochlostyla of Mindoro Province Philippine Islands.

Bartsch, P. · 1917

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.59 | ¥17,424)

1917-1938 Six papers in one. 278 p. [47, 22, 5, 14, 29, 161], 69 plates and maps, including one in full colour, 8vo (22.3 x 15.0 cm), green buckram with gilt title "Biology of Philippines. Land Shells". Original printed covers bound in. Last paper with punch holes in the left ...

Binnen-Mollusken aus Inner-Afrika, hauptsÃñchlich gesammelt von Dr. F. Haas wÃñhrend der Schomburgk-Expedition in den Jahren 1931/32.

Haas, F. · 1936

€66.00 ($72.74 | £55.06 | ¥11,616)

1936 156 p., 17 figures, 8 plates, 4to, later red cloth with author/title in gilt on spine (original covers bound in). Published in: Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. With on free endpaper a stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johns...

Histoire générale de Paris. Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des environs de Paris a lâÇÖépoque quaternaire. Annexe de lâÇÖouvrage intitulé: la Seine. 1. Le bassin Parisien aux àges antehistoriques.

Bourguignat, J.R. · 1869

€66.00 ($72.74 | £55.06 | ¥11,616)

1869 32 p. 3 lithographed plates and large, royal 4to, quarter cloth over burgandy pebbled boards. Stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the title-page. Jules René BourguignatâÇÖs well-illustrated contribution to a work edit...

Ãëtudes sur les variations malacologiques de la partie centrale du Bassin du Rhone.

Locard, A. · 1881

€313.50 ($345.53 | £261.54 | ¥55,177)

1881 Two volumes (complete). ix, 473, 560 p., 5 plates, paperbound (with original printed covers). Backs are broken and some wear on covers (loose). Unopened copy. With authorâÇÖs dedication to F. Jousseaume. Scarce. This work was also published in the Annales de la Société ...