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Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde.

Thiele, J. · 1931

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.59 | ¥17,419)

1931-1935 Two volumes (complete). vi, 1165 p., 897 text figures, publisher's cloth. Important and influentual handbook on shells (not long ago an English translation was published), in the original edition. Inner joints of part I a bit weak, internally clean.

Kleine Mitteilungen I-X.

Schlesch, H. · 1927

€66.00 ($72.75 | £55.06 | ¥11,613)

1927-1934 153 p., 14 plates (two larger, folded], 6 maps, original, original printed wrappers. In 1927, Hans Schlesch published five papers which were included, back-to-back, in the Archiv für Molluskenkunde. The fifth was titled "Kleine Mitteilungen". This was followed in 192...

General evolutionary patterns and the system of the class Bivalvia. In: morphology, systematics and phylogeny of mollusks (an edited translation of: Osnovnye cherty evolutsii i sistema klassa Bivalvia morfologiya, sistematika i filogeniya mollyuskov).

Scarlato, O.A. & Y.I. Starobogatov · 1985

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1985. 67 p., five plates with explanatory text leaves. Printed wrappers, 4to. The iconoclastic new system of the bivalves by Scarlato and Starobogatov of the zoological institute in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in the edited translation of K.J. Boss and M.K. Jacobson. The origin...

Bound collection of 14 papers.

Reuss, A.E. · 1855

€577.50 ($636.52 | £481.79 | ¥101,612)

1855-1870 685 p., 64 lithographed plates. Contemporary blind half cloth over marbled boards. Rare, if not unique collection on palaeontology and micropalaeontologie of this famous Austrian geologist. Some foxing, mainly to the first few leaves and the rear end-paper and adjace...

Shells take you over world horizons.

Platt, R. · 1949

€11.00 ($12.12 | £9.18 | ¥1,935)

1949 144 (pp. 33-84 on shells), num. photographs (many col.), paperbound (spine somewhat worn). The "famous", richly illustrated National Geographic paper on shells.

New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea.

Clench, W. & R. Turner [H.A. Pilsbry] · 1962

€24.20 ($26.67 | £20.19 | ¥4,258)

1962 [8], 218 p., paperbound. Edited by William Clench and Ruth Turner, it contains the large catalogue, with almost 5700 taxa, mostly molluscs (but also cirripeds), of species and genera described Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862-1957), with references, dates of authorship, etc. ...

New names introduced by H. A. Pilsbry in the Mollusca and Crustacea.

Clench, W. & R. Turner [H.A. Pilsbry] · 1962

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1962 [8], 218 p. paperbound. Edited by William Clench and Ruth Turner, it contains the large catalogue, with almost 5700 taxa, mostly molluscs, also cirripeds, of species and genera described Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1862-1957), with references, dates of authorship, etc. Pilsbr...

Mélanges Paul Pelseneer.

Lameere, A. et al. [P. Pelseneer] · 1936

€77.00 ($84.87 | £64.24 | ¥13,548)

1936 1206 p., numerous figs & pls. Later brown cloth with gilt title on spine (original printed covers bound in). Paul Pelseneer was one of the leading Belgian malacologists before WWII. His "Festschrift" deals mainly with molluscan subjects, including papers by Lameere (Histo...

Essai d'ethologie zoologique d'apres l'étude des mollusques.

Pelseneer, P. · 1935

€35.20 ($38.80 | £29.37 | ¥6,193)

1935 662 p., paperbound (original printed covers). Interesting early monograph on the ethology in zoology especially concerning the molluscs. Small stamps of Herbert Ant, otherwise a good copy.

Essai d'ethologie zoologique d'apres l'étude des mollusques.

Pelseneer, P. · 1935

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,419)

1935 662 p., paperbound (original printed covers). Interesting early monograph on the ethology in zoology especially concerning the molluscs. Library stamp on front cover, spine and covers with some wear, inner joints with tape-marks. Internally good.

The taxa of fossil Mollusca introduced by Hermann von Ihering.

Parodiz, J.J. · 1996

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1996 114 p., portrait, paperbound (printed covers). This is Annals of the Carnegie Museum volume 65(3). With some unrelated papers included. Library stamp and number on front cover, otherwise clean. A very good copy.

Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung von Fr. Paetel. Vierte Neubearbeitung. Mit hinzufügung der bis jetzt publicirten recenten Arten, sowie der ermittelten Synonyma. Erste Abtheilung: die Cephalopoden, Pteropoden und Meeres-Gastropoden / Zweite Abtheilung: die Land- und Süsswasser-Gastropoden / dritte Abtheilung: Die Acephalen und die Brachiopoden.

Paetel, F. · 1888

€148.50 ($163.68 | £123.89 | ¥26,129)

1888-1889 Three volumes in three. 1453 [(i), 639; xii, 505; viii, 256, xxxii] p., contemporary cloth. Marbled endpapers. The fourth, largest, and final edition of this influentual catalogue. It was the most complete list of molluscan names available at that time. The first two...

Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung von Fr. Paetel. Vierte Neubearbeitung. Mit hinzufügung der bis jetzs publicirten recenten Arten, sowie der ermittelten Synonyma. Dritte Abtheilung: die Acephalen und die Brachiopoden.

Paetel, F. · 1890

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.59 | ¥17,419)

1890 256, xxxii p., contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt ornamental lines and title on spine. Printed endpapers. All edges dyed red, but corners and parts adjoining the spine gilt. Interleaved copy. The last issue, published after Paetel's death. This section deals...

Molluscs.

Morton, J.E. · 1958

€11.00 ($12.12 | £9.18 | ¥1,935)

1958 232 p., 23 groups of text figures, cloth. Small stamps, and signatureo of Herbert Ant on title, otherwise very good.

Molluscan conservation: a strategy for the 21st century.

Killeen, I.J. et al. (eds.) · 1998

€35.20 ($38.80 | £29.37 | ¥6,193)

1998 320 p., numerous illustrations. Pictorial full colour softcover. A very good, unmarked copy.

Shells from Cape Cod to Cape May. With special reference to the New York City area.

Jacobson, M.K. and W.K. Emerson · 1971

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.77 | ¥2,903)

1971. xviii, 152 p., 166 text figures. paperbound. Deals with terrestrial, freshwater and marine species. Two tiny stamps in title page top margin, otherwise as new.

The Mollusca. Volume 1. Metabolic biochemistry and molecular biomechanics.

Hochachka, P.W. (ed.) · 1983

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.59 | ¥17,419)

1983 xviii, 510 p., numerous text figures and graphs, publisherâÇÖs cloth. Small stamps of Herbert Ant, otherwise a very good copy. The first paper, by R. Seed, is titled "Structural organisation, adaptive radiation, and classification of molluscs", the the other ten papers ar...

Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Dritter Band Mollusca, 3. Abteilung Bivalvia. Teil II. 5. Lieferung 3. Nachtrag zum Schriftenverzeignis.

Haas, F. (in H. G. Bronn) · 1956

€41.80 ($46.07 | £34.87 | ¥7,355)

1956 148 p., paperbound (original printed covers). The complete bibliography to the bivalves with hundreds of references, originally spread over 4 parts, published over a period of 27 years. Uncut, unopened. Scarce.

Mikrographie der Mittelarmdrüse (Leber) des Mollusken. Allgemeine Morphologie und Physiologie des Drüsenepithels und spezieler Teil.

Frenzel, J. · 1886

€82.50 ($90.93 | £68.83 | ¥14,516)

1886-1893 Two parts in two. 302 p., 3 double paged chromolithographed plates, and 1 plain lithographed plate, roy. 4to, hardbound (blue new boards). A very good, well-bound clean copy.

The American Museum of Natural History Guide to the Shells, land, freshwater, and marine from Nova Scotia to Florida.

Emerson, W.K. & M.K. Jacobson · 1976

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1976 82, xviii p., 47 plates (16 full colour), a few text figs. Half cloth with gilt title on spine, in full colour dust jacket. This is the scarce hard cover edition. Includes descriptions and illustrations of the smaller and rarer species. Dust jacket with a few tears, insc...