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1898PM257211898 69 p., 19 plates, small folio, contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands, and red morocco label with gilt title. Marbled end-papers.Important study which includes the descriptions of several new species. Nicely bound. With broad margins. Paper-covering front cover somewhat worn with some marginal loss of marbled paper, but else a good copy.
1974MM437191974 220 p., 45 plates, publisher’s cloth. In Russian. Very good copy. Rare.This well-illustrated monograph by the Azari palaeontologist Ashraf Abdulovich Alizade (1911-1985) is devoted to the stratigraphy and malacofauna of the Sarmatian (Miocene) stage in Azerbaijan (brackish and hypersaline Paratethys). It provides a detailed description of the sections of the Sarmatian deposits and their subdivision into the corresponding substages. The mollusc fauna of the Sarmatian of Azerbaijan is described extensively and comprehensively for the first time. Several new species are described.
1816MM153591816 [10], 168 p., 9 pls of which the last 5 are hand-coloured (the first 4 showing the terminology of shell parts were never coloured), new green cloth. Ex libris Grimsby Public Library. Library stamp and markings on blank verso title-page.
1895MM241431895-1899 62, 55 p., 3 (2 folded), pls, disbound (partly loose, no covers, but added are the issue's title-pages and the page indicating the exact date of publication of each part). Rare.Two installments of this major work, comprising the second half of Tome 1. Published in: Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France.
1983MG257991983 xviii, 510 p., numerous text figures and graphs, publisher’s 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 are mainly on physiological aspects. Out of print.
2006PM144122006 Endomocerataceae: Pulchelliidae. Fossilium Catalogus Animalia 141; vii, 278 p., paperbound. Crisp new copy.
2006PM152752006 Endomocerataceae: Pulchelliidae. Fossilium Catalogus Animalia 141; vii, 278 p., paperbound. Crisp new copy.
1896MM435761896 [2], 270, [1] p.; seven lithographed plates, of which four double-sized and one in chromolithography; six steel-engravings in the text, including a large map of the itinerary up and down the Bay of Biscay, 8vo (24.6 x 16.1 cm), blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. Edges speckled red. Provenance: stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front free endpaper and title. Spine faded to olive-green; a few text leaves spotted; otherwise, a very good, clean copy. Deals with the deeper water invertebrates of the Bay of Biscay, and includes a general introduction with a description of the research vessel and its scientific instruments by the expedition leader, the French echidermatologist Jean Baptiste François René Koehler (1860-1931). The largest sections are on echinoderms (by Koehler), with four plates; shelled molluscs, by the French malacologist Étienne Alexandre Arnould Locard (1841-1904), with two plates; and nudibranchs, by their compatriot Albert Jean-Baptiste Marie Vayssière (1854-1942). Shorter chapters deal with Cephalopoda (by Louis Joubin) and Bryozoa (by Calvet), with one plate. Locard's contribution includes several Brachiopoda, and a long table, titled Récapitulation des espèces suivant leurs habitats. Several species are new. Offprint. With new pagination.
2002PM144092002 xviii, 375 p., 238 figs, hardbound. Crisp new copy.
1869MM434501869-1909 (reprint 1982-1984) Three volumes (of four). 1182 p., numerous figures, portrait, paperbound. With the editor’s (Riccardo Giannuzzi Savelli) dedication (and signed by 8 other Italian malacologists) to J.J. van Aartsen on the free endpaper of volume one.
1890MG258981890 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 with Bivalvia and Brachiopoda. With several annotations. The small stamp of Herbert Ant on the title page. Boards rubbed especially at the corners, small corner of upper end spine missing. The edges of this book are very peculiar, it is the only book we have ever seen of which the edges are partly gilt, partly dyed red.
1948ML259221948 287 p., 20 coloured plates and maps, 91 figs, later blue cloth with gilt title on spine (original printed covers bound in).Imprtant study on Schistosomiasis, a disease involving fresh water Pulmonata. Small stamp of Dwight W. Taylor on front paste-down and title page. Well bound. Scarce.
Okinawa, Marine Planning, 1994, 8vo album 8 (cm. 21 x 23) cartonato editoriale con copertina illustrata a colori e sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, pp. 108 interamente illustrate a colori. Testo in inglese e giapponese. Ottimo.
1878ML436951878 16 p., 15 lithographed plates of which 14 with fine, original hand-colouring, later black cloth with original printed front cover laid on. Small stamp of Cor Karnekamp in the top margin of the front free endpaper. One plate with the lower (blank) margin a bit toned, otherwise a spotless copy.Beautifully illustrated.
1966ML437001966 261 p., 91 text illustrations, 14 plates, quarter cloth over pictorial boards. Printed title on the spine. In Russian. Plastified and with the Ex libris (bookplate) of Cor Karnekamp in the top margin of the front pastedown. A good, clean copy.An very important work, with many new, well-illustrated species.
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.
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.
S.l. 1842, estratto, copertina muta, pp. 20 con tre tavole litografiche. - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo, completo in se, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perché ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “extract” or “excerpt” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
London, Virtue & Co. 1868. 16° tutta tela con fregi dor. al dorso, pp. XIV-542-85 + 12 (di catalogo in fine) con 270 + 27 fig.n.t. e 24 tav. lit. f.t.
ML258391870 (4th and final ed.) 190 p., roy. 4to, half cloth with original printed covers (upper end spine damaged). Perforation stamp and ex libris (bookplate) of the John Crerar Library (discarded).Copy with broad margins. Important study by this well-known conchologist who wrote the famous: Observations on the genus Unio in 13 volumes, incl. the large index on all species and bibliography.
1880ML256681880 53 pp., 8 lithographed plates, 4to, disbound. Rear wrapper present.A detailed study of this brackish to fresh water fauna with many new species including several Cardiidae with fine illustrations. Published in the Atti delle Reale Accademia dei Lincei, volume 5(3), with the issue's rear wrapper. Uncut, wide margins. wrapper soiled, otherwise a very good clean copy. Rare.
1933MM256931933 viii, 77 p., 8 fine plates with explanatory text leaves, 4to, new black boards. Paper label with title on the spine.Important contribution to the fossil (Eocene) malacology of Egypt, with several new species. Published in the 22nd volume of the institute's Mémoires. The French geologist Jean Cuvillier (1899-1969), who worked as a teacher in Cairo, published more in this series but this work seems to be the rarest. A very good, clean copy.
1964MM203661964-1976 Collection of 54 parts + introduction and bibliography. Numerous figs & photographs (many coloured). In loose folder-like parts as issued. Possibly not complete but difficult to collate. We added a similar venture: B. Sabelli & G. Spada, 1977-1985. Guida illustrata all'identificazione delle conchiglie del Mediterraneo (21 loose folder-like parts).
1907NG226891907 157, [1] p., 3 portraits, contemporary hcloth. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, T. XI. Library stamps. Scarce.
1898PM257201898 69 p., 19 plates, small folio, original portfolio with printed front board.Important study which includes the descriptions of several new species. Preserved in original portfolio, thus with the widest margins. Boards rubbed, cloth spine missing, small repaired tear in half-title but otherwise a good copy of this scarce title.
