Valdez, A.Livre Rare Book
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1995MM260751995-2003
1966MM260881966-1981 Mostly on the biology of Aplysia and other opisthobranchs.
1961ML260171961 114 p., 36 plates. Original printed wrappers, 4to. An excellent, richly illustrated study. Inscribed by the author. We added: a typed card addressed to the German malacologist and environmentalist Herbert Ant. A very good clean association copy.
1827ML260161827 42 p., One folded lithographed plate. Contemporary marbled boards.Rare early paper by Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger (1800-1870), here named "F.F. Unger", on the anatomy of the European fresh water mussel Anadonta cygnea. The folded plate shows the shell, the gross anatomy and several anatomical and histiological details. Some slight foxing. Library stamps on verso title page, last page, and plate verso, and with the autograph and compliments of the author inside the front board. Rare
ML260131840 (2nd ed.) ix, 324, 32 p., 12 hand-coloured plates, original embossed pictorial cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt vignette on front board (some slight wear on extremities).Deals with land, fresh water and brackish water molluscs. With the appendix. Several owner's inscriptions on front endpapers, otherwise a good copy in the original binding. The second edition has twice as much pages and two coloured plates more than the first edition.
1966MM260121966 265 p., 65 plates, publisher's red cloth with gilt title on spine and front board.Basic monography on shipworms, excellent for identifying the different species of the world. No dustwrappers issued. Printed errata-sheet pasted in on front flyleaf. A good clean copy.
1996MM456941996 31 p., 53 colour photographs, 4to, printed wrappers. Published in: Argonauta.
1882MG185511882 viii, 312 p., 22 pls, new blue cloth. The map is missing.First volume of this famous introduction to molluscs and malacology by Tryon. This volume includes the following chapters: Primary Divisions of the Animal Kingdom / Classes of the Malacozoa / Anatomy of the Mollusca / Habits and Economy of the Mollusca / Geographical Distributuion of the Mollusca / Distribution of the Mollusca in Time / Nomenclature / Classification / On Collecting Shells.
1946PM260111946-1966 11 parts in 11. xxxxiv, 372 p., 38 text figures, 41 plates, 4to, paperbound (original blue covers with printed paper label pasted on front. The Palaeontographical Society.With numerous new taxa. From part X (1960) onwards written by Weir alone. A total of 13 parts were published so we lack only the last two. All copies present are in original wrappers and in a very good, clean condition.
1991MM260791991-2002
PM260071907 / 1914 120, 179 p., 5 figs, 19, 13 plates, red cloth. Gilt title on spine. Published in the Anstalt's Abhandlungen. Title page fore edge with a small, repaired tear; small piece of the top corner of the front board missing, upper end spine with some wear, and a repaired tear in the spine cover. Otherwise a very good, internally clean, copy.
1942ML436511942 iv, 305 p., 42 plates, paperbound. Uncut. Very good copy.Although not apparent from the title, this book deals with the Cyclophoridae of Cuba (by De La Torre and Bartsch), the other West Indian islands (by Paul Bartsch alone), and the American mainland (by Bartsch and Morrison). It deals with the higher systematics within the group (e.g. introducing a new subfamily) and the species, of which many are new, or little known and illustrated for the first time. This is the United States National Museum Bulletin 181. This well-illustrated monograph has never been replaced by a more modern one. This is United States National Museum Bulletin 181.
1942ML257141942 310 p., 42 plates. Original printed wrappers.Although not apparent from the title, this book deals with the Cyclophoridae of Cuba (by De La Torre and Bartsch), the other West Indian islands (by Paul Bartsch alone), and the American mainland (by Bartsch and Morrison). It deals with the higher systematics within the group (e.g. introducing a new subfamily) and the species, of which many are new, or little known and illustrated for the first time. This is the institute's Bulletin 181. Small stamp of the malacologist Herbert Ant on the title page and contents page margin, otherwise a good clean copy.
1942ML257151942 310 p., 42 plates. Original printed wrappers.Although not apparent from the title, this book deals with the Cyclophoridae of Cuba (by De La Torre and Bartsch), the other West Indian islands (by Paul Bartsch alone), and the American mainland (by Bartsch and Morrison). It deals with the higher systematics within the group (e.g. introducing a new subfamily) and the species, of which many are new, or little known and illustrated for the first time. Title a bit discoloured. A good copy, without markings.
1942ML257161942 310 p., 42 plates. Later blind red half cloth over marbled boards.Although not apparent from the title, this book deals with the Cyclophoridae of Cuba (by De La Torre and Bartsch), the other West Indian islands (by Paul Bartsch alone), and the American mainland (by Bartsch and Morrison). It deals with the higher systematics within the group (e.g. introducing a new subfamily) and the species, of which many are new, or little known and illustrated for the first time. A very good copy, without markings. A common work, but bound copies, such as this one, are scarce.
ML436501938 / 1941 Two volumes. pp. 193-403, 131-385, i-x, Plates 7-39, 9-57, paperbound (original printed covers). Uncut. Very good, clean, and definitely uncommon in this state.Combined, these two volumes comprise the complete Annulariidae, a family nowhere as diverse as in Cuba. The leading author, Carlos de la Torre (1858-1950) was the leading Cuban malacologist during the first half of the 20th century. These are the Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3039 and 3096.
1938ML257121938 210 p., 33 pls, paperbound (original printed covers). Guido Poppe's copy with his autograph on 1st page. Small inscription on front wrapper. A good copy.
1987MM367821987 190 p., 272 figures (mostly coloured photographs), 4to, hardbound (dust jacket). Very good copy, as new.
1964MM436361964 123 p., 45 plates, paperbound. Bookplate of Cor Karnekamp on the front wrapper verso. Small water-stains in the plate (blank) margins, otherwise a good copy.A seldom-seen work on Eocene (and, perhaps, late Cretaceous) shells with the description of several new species. The fauna, described by the Russian palaeontologist Nadezhda Vassilievna Tolstikova (b. 1932), includes several new species.
1964ML437401964 88 p., 40 figures, 9 plates, paperbound. In Russian. Faint marginal damp stain (mainly on right margin front cover).Scarce work showing the amazing variety in fossil Viviparidae from the southern parts of the former USSR. Includes new taxa.
1958MM261111958-1990 Rare collection of papers, mostly reprints (some taken out of journals). Many papers with author's dedication to Dr. Malcolm Edmunds. Includes: Jamaican Opisthobranch Molluscs I-II (64 p., 46 figs) / Dorid nudibranchs from easternAustralia (41 p., 6 figs) / Note sur les Opisthobranches du Bassin d'Arcachon (35 p., 19 figs) etc. etc.
1976MM365241976 96 p., numerous figures and coloured photographs, paperbound.
1931MG259961931-1935 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.
1931MG434781931-1935 Two volumes (complete). vi, 1165 p., 897 text figures, publisher's cloth. Some wear on upper end spine of volume one, else a good set.Important and influentual handbook on shells, in its original edition.
1929MG259981929 [2], 376 p., 470 figs, paperbound (back broken). Original copy of the first part of the first volume of this classic work, covering the Loricata (= Polyplacophora) and a large part of the Gastropoda, Prosobranchia. It ends with Turridae, Conidae, Terebridae, thus containing the "traditional" Archeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda and Neogastropoda.