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A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells.

Forbes, E. & S. Hanley · 1853

€687.50 ($757.76 | £573.56 | ¥120,966)

1853 Four volumes (complete). lxxx, 486, viii, 557, x, 616, vi, 301 p., with 201 hand-coloured lithographed pls and 2 plain plates, contemporary publisherâÇÖs cloth (some slight wear to lower margins spines volumes 1 and 4). A few pages with slight foxing, but the great majori...

A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. Vol. I. Tunicata, and the Families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidae. Vol. II. Remaining Families of Bivalves, the Pteropoda, and the Gasteropoda as Far as Ianthinidae.

Forbes, E. & S. Hanley · 1853

€77.00 ($84.87 | £64.24 | ¥13,548)

1853 Two volumes (of 4). lxxx, 486, viii, 557 p., 64 b/w plates, publisherâÇÖs cloth (outer ends spine with somewhat worn). A few pages with some foxing but the majority clean. Great classic of 19 century European shell books. The plates in vol. I depict living shells, the re...

Piotr SalzmanâÇÖs Cameos.

[Salzman, P.] · 1990

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,258)

no date (ca. 1990) 71 p., numerous coloured photographs, portrait, 4to, hardbound. In Russian and Englih. The extraordinary craftsmanship of SalzmanâÇÖs cameos, which lifts shell cameos from decorative objects to small pieces of art.

Siput dan Kerang Indonesia (Indonesian shells) I-II.

Dharma, B. · 1988

€41.80 ($46.07 | £34.87 | ¥7,355)

1988-1992 2 volumes (complete). xvi, 111, 135 p., numerous figs (several col.), 36, 40 coloured plates, paperbound. In Indonesian, but plate captions/explanations also in English. With 11 plates depicting land molluscs.

Pluimdragers & Slijkgapers. Nederlandse namen voor onze weekdieren. Herziene systematische naamlijst, met etymologie.

Bruyne, R.H. de et al. · 2015

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,258)

2015 192 p., numerous coloured photographs, hardbound. Very good copy, as new.

A Classification of the Living Mollusca.

Vaught, K.C. [R.T. Abbott & K.J. Boss eds] · 1989

€27.50 ($30.31 | £22.94 | ¥4,839)

1989 xii, 189 p., 4to, cloth. Crisp copy, as new.

Les Mollusques de Belgique. Marins - Fluviatiles - Terrestres.

Vonck, E. · 1933

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1933 134 p., 13 pls, modern boards (black cloth spine with paper-covered covers), spine with author/title in gilt (original printed covers bound in). From the Library of Richard I. Johnson (1925-2020), malacologist and bibliophile, who build over a period of nearly six decades...

Contribution a la faune malacologique du Cameroun.

Dautzenberg, Ph. · 1921

€44.00 ($48.50 | £36.71 | ¥7,742)

1921 106 p., 1 plate (depicting Achatina and Limicolaria), paperbound. Published in: Revue Zoologique Africaine. Ex library Dr. Th. Monod (with his stamp). Scarce.

A Manual of the Mollusca. Being a Treatise on Recent and Fossil Shells. With an Appendix of Recent and Fossil Conchological Discoveries by Ralph Tate.

Woodward, S.P. · 1880

€44.00 ($48.50 | £36.71 | ¥7,742)

1880 (4th ed.) xiv, 542, 86, 32, 16 (advertisments) p., 297 figs, 23 pls, 1 folded map, frontispiece, green publisher's decorated cloth. Ex library Alan Longhurst (with his inscription). On first free endpaper also an old inscription of previous owners. Good copy

Histoire Naturelle De La France, 6e Partie. Mollusques (Céphalopodes, Gastéropodes). 7e Partie, Mollusques, (Bivalves), Tuniciers, Bryozoaires.

Granger, A. · 1885

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.89 | ¥9,677)

no date (ca. 1885) Two volumes (complete). 272, 7, 256, 7 p., 15, 14 figs, 19, 18 plates, publisher's cloth. The volume âǘâÇÖ7e PartieâÇÖâÇÖ is mainly on bivalves (pp. 1-195, pls 1-15). The last 7 pages are advertisments (with 14 figs of mollusc collecting tools etc.).

Description de coquilles caractéristiques des terrains.

Deshayes, G.P. · 1831

€165.00 ($181.86 | £137.66 | ¥29,032)

1831 vii, 264 p., 14 folded lithographed pls, somewhat later half sheep (basane), spine gilt, with marbled boards. Upper end spine and upper end front cover with loss of leather, small damage on lower end spine, one corner worn. Inner content very good.

Mission Gruvel sur la Cote Occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910). Mollusques Marins.

Dautzenberg, Ph. · 1913

€77.00 ($84.87 | £64.24 | ¥13,548)

1913 111 p., 3 lithographed plates, roy. 4to (25.5 x 33 cm), contemporary brown half cloth, marbled covers. Published in: Annales de L'Institut Oceanographique. The very nice plates depict mostly small Gastropods; numerous new species are described.

Thesaurus Librorum Conchyliorum, a treasury of books abot molluscs and their shells [Catalogue 278].

Junk B.V., Antiquariaat · 2009

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,645)

n.d. (2009) 199 p., num. figures and coloured plates, paperbound. Interesting sale catalogue including many rare and beautiful mollusc books and their descriptions.

The radulae of Caribbean and other Mesogastropoda and Neogastropoda.

Bandel, K. · 1984

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1984 188 p., 346 figs, 22 pls (SEM photographs), paperbound. Published in: Zoologische Verhandelingen. Ex library Dr. H.P. Wagner (with his name written). Good copy.

The Shell Desk Calendar for 1966.

Tucker Abbott, R. [Shell] · 1966

€13.20 ($14.55 | £11.01 | ¥2,323)

1966 ca. 70 p., num. coloured figures/photographs, cloth. With authorâÇÖs dedication on title-page.

Classification of the Bivalvia.

Newell, N.D. · 1965

€11.00 ($12.12 | £9.18 | ¥1,935)

1965 25 p., 3 figs, stapled. Ex library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his stamp). Very good.

Description dâÇÖun Perideris nouveau provenant du Dahomey / Description dâÇÖune nouvelle espèce du genre Littorina provenant des côtes de la Tunisie.

Dautzenberg, Ph. · 1893

€19.80 ($21.82 | £16.52 | ¥3,484)

1893 6 p., 1 col. lithographed plate, paperbound (original printed covers). Published in: Journal de Conchyliologie. Ex library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his stamp).

Mollusca I. De Hoofdgroepen.

Lever, J. · 1973

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.77 | ¥2,903)

1973 2 volumes (complete). [3], 238, 3 p., 130 figs, 4to, paperbound (unsewn). Ex library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his signature). In Dutch. Very good set.

British Conchology, or an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas.

Jeffreys, J.G. · 1863

€440.00 ($484.97 | £367.08 | ¥77,418)

1863-1869 (1904) 5 vols. 1945 p., 142 b/w pls, 5 col. frontispieces, publisherâÇÖs cloth. Volume 1 (on land molluscs) is the 1904 reprint, but all are uniformly bound. A fine and crisp set of this important 19th century standard work on western European molluscs. All volumes h...

Le monde animal en 13 volumes. Tome III. Mollusques, échinodermes.

Grzimek, Bernard · 1973

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1973 526 p., num. illustrations and plates, hardbound (dust jacket).