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Recherches sur les organes palleaux des Gasteropodes Prosobranches.

Bernard, F. · 1890

€104.50 ($115.18 | £87.18 | ¥18,387)

1890 316 p., 10 blue tinted lithographed pls, early 20th century blue cloth. Very nice copy, hardly worn. Gilt weapon of the royal society of London on bottom of spine, their small institution stamp on title and (very faint) verso of some plates. Later institution stamp of ano...

Shells and shell collecting.

Dance, S.P. · 1972

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.77 | ¥2,903)

1972 128 p., num. figs & photographs (many col.) 4to, hardbound (dust jacket). Library stamps, else good copy.

Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der wirbellosen Thiere. Erste Lieferung: Mollusca.

Lang, A. · 1900

€37.40 ($41.22 | £31.20 | ¥6,581)

1900 (2nd ed.) viii, 509 p., 410 figs, cloth (one joint weak). Library stamps. Ex libris.

Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der wirbellosen Thiere. Erste Lieferung: Mollusca.

Lang, A. · 1900

€37.40 ($41.22 | £31.20 | ¥6,581)

1900 (2nd ed.) viii, 509 p., 410 figs, cloth (rubbed). Library stamps. Ex library H.C. Delsman.

Medical and Economic Malacology.

Malek, E.A. & T.C. Cheng · 1974

€35.20 ($38.80 | £29.37 | ¥6,193)

1974 x, 398 p., num. figs, hardbound. Library stamps.

Malakozoologie. Grundriss der Weichtierkunde.

Götting, K. J. · 1974

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,419)

1974 320 p., 160 figs, cloth. Library stamps.

British Prosobranchs.

Graham, A. · 1971

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1971 [4], 112 p., 118 figs, paperbound. Synopses of the British Fauna. Library stamps.

Physiology of Mollusca.

Wilbur, K.M. & C.M. Yonge (eds) · 1964

€30.80 ($33.95 | £25.70 | ¥5,419)

1964-1966 2 vols (complete). xiii, 473, xiii, 645 p., num. figs, publisher's cloth. Library stamps. Book review from Nature tipped in vol. 1.

Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde.

Thiele, J. · 1929

€55.00 ($60.62 | £45.89 | ¥9,677)

1929-1935 2 vols (complete). vi, 1154 p., 897 figs, publisher's cloth. First volume with detached spine, and index loose and frayed. Second volume joints somewhat worn but else good. Library stamps. Working copy of the original edition of this important and influentual handbo...

The Shell. Five Hundred Years of Inspired Design.

Stix, H., M. Stix & R.T. Abbott · 1968

€22.00 ($24.25 | £18.35 | ¥3,871)

1968 [36], 188, [9] p., 188 (many col.) photographs by H. Landshoff, oblong, cloth (dust jacket). Library stamps. The deluxe edition.

De horen en zijn echo. Verzameling essays opgedragen aan Dr. Henny E. Coomans ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid van de Universiteit van Amsterdam op 9 september 1994.

Coomans-Eustatia, M. et al. (eds) · 1994

€26.40 ($29.10 | £22.02 | ¥4,645)

1994 278 p., num. figs & photographs, 4to, cloth (dust jacket). Most of the papers are about the West Indies including several malacological papers (Neritidae, Canidae, Urocoptidae, Pectinidae). Library stamps.

Vie et moeurs des mollusques.

Fischer, P.H. · 1950

€16.50 ($18.19 | £13.77 | ¥2,903)

1950 312 p., 180 figs, paperbound. Library stamps.

De horen en zijn echo. Verzameling essays opgedragen aan Dr. Henny E. Coomans ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid van de Universiteit van Amsterdam op 9 september 1994.

Coomans-Eustatia, M. et al. (eds) · 1994

€33.00 ($36.37 | £27.53 | ¥5,806)

1994 278 p., num. figs & photographs, 4to, cloth (dust jacket). Most of the papers are about the West Indies including several malacological papers (Neritidae, Canidae, Urocoptidae, Pectinidae). Brand new copy.

British Shells.

McMillan, N.F. · 1968

€17.60 ($19.40 | £14.68 | ¥3,097)

1968 xii, 196 p., 80 (32 col.) pls, cloth (dust jacket). Library stamps.

Mattheus Marinus Schepman (1847-1919) and his contribution to Malacology. A malacological biography and bibliography.

Bijl, A.N. van der et al. · 2010

€44.00 ($48.50 | £36.71 | ¥7,742)

2010 200 p., 262 figs, 24 pls, 1 map, roy. 4to, hardbound. New copy.

Elements of Conchology, According to the Linnaean System.

Burrow, E.I. · 1825

€110.00 ($121.24 | £91.77 | ¥19,355)

1825 (new ed.) xix, [1], 245, [2] p., 28 engraved pls, new green cloth (tightly bound, number written on lower end spine). Blind stamp (University of Tampa, Florida) and number to title-page and last plate. Some scattered foxing.

A conchological manual.

Sowerby, G.B. · 1842

€151.80 ($167.31 | £126.64 | ¥26,709)

1842 (2nd ed.) vi, [1], 313, [2] p., 98 figs, 28 pls, 2 folded tables, frontispiece, original, green embossed cloth (rebacked, but with loss of small pieces of original spine). Previous owner's name (M.L. Jaume). Plates somewhat browned and with offsetting on versos.

Shells of the western Pacific in Color. Vols I-II.

Kira, T. & T. Habe · 1965

€49.50 ($54.56 | £41.30 | ¥8,710)

1965-1970 (revised ed.) [9], 224, [9], 233 p., several figs, 72, 66 col. pls, cloth. No dust jacket but good clean set of the revised edition. Mainly on marine molluscs from Japan and adjacent regions, but about 10 plates depict freshwater and land molluscs.

A conchological manual.

Sowerby, G.B. · 1852

€137.50 ($151.55 | £114.71 | ¥24,193)

1852 (4th ed.) vi, [1], 337 p., 90 figs, 28 pls, 2 folded tables, frontispiece, original, green embossed cloth. Ex libris from B. Fischer (Medical and Scientific Library). Plates somewhat foxed (mostly marginal), frontispiece foxed and offsetting on title-page.

Elements of Conchology, According to the Linnaean System.

Burrow, E.I. · 1844

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.59 | ¥17,419)

1844 (new ed.) xix, 245, 8 p., 28 engraved pls, contemporary embossed, gilt decorated leather covers and later leather spine (somewhat worn especially outer ends).