Wood, S.V.Livre Rare Book
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1848MM437111848-1856 (reprint ca. 1980) Three volumes (complete). 872 p. [208, 342, xxxi, 231, ii, 58]; 63 plates, uniform mottled leatherette (hardbounr) with gilt title on the spines. Originally published over a long period in the Society’s famous Monographs series. The good reprint in uniform artificial leather bindings. The work deals with rich and varied Pliocene-Pleistocene faunas. The later parts are based on more, new research and a re-evaluation of taxa included in the earlier parts. The part on bivalves contains an appendix with new information on additional gastropods.
1870MG114291870 iii, 657, 4, 32 p., 23 pls, frontispiece, green publisher's cloth (with somewhat lighter waterstains on cover). Right blank margins with damp-stains in first and last pages/plates, resulting in some loss of paper (only blank margin), but text and figures are not affected. Not a good copy, working copy only.
1898MM103341898 46 p., 3 folded pls, disbound (no covers). Published in: Jenaischen Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.
1889PM260471889-189 ii, 344 p., 32 lithographed plates [I-XXXI, VIIIa], 4to. Slightly later green pebbled cloth with gilt title on spine.An important basic work on these faunas with Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, and Bivalvia. With excellent figures of new and little known species that are often quite well-preserved. Fishes and trilobites and some other arthropods are included too but occupy only four plates. One of the rarer parts of the Palaeontographical Society monographs. Outer ends spine worn, first free end-paper chipped, library stamps on title page, otherwise a good clean copy.
1884MM301621884 and a comparison of the fossil with the living forms. With appendices by Prof. Angelo Heilprin and Mr. John A. Ryder; 158 p., 49 pls, disbound (no covers, part of plates loose). A few pages frayed. Working copy only.
1892PM130251892 402 p., 2 figs, 50 pls, 4to, cloth (worn, hinges weak, contents clean & tight).
1897ML436811897 68 p., 10 lithographed plates, large 4to, later quarter cloth over blind boards. With the bookplate of Cor Karnekamp on the front pastedown. A good copy.Well-illustrated and with several new species. Published in the academy’s Denkschriften der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
1895PM135031895 64 p., 3 pls, folio, paperbound (covers loose).
1895PM156771895 64 p., 3 pls, folio, paperbound (original printed covers, front cover somewhat damaged).
1882B120948Bruxelles, Weissenbruch 1882 10 + [1] pp. + 2 planches hors-texte, signé avec dédicace par l'auteur au baron Van Ertborn, 25cm., extrait des Mémoires de la Société Royale Malacologique de Belgique (1881), brochure originale (dos renforcé), bon état, B120948
1882W120923Bruxelles, Weissenbruch 1882 16pp., signé avec dédicace par l'auteur au baron Van Ertborn, 25cm., extrait des Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique (t.XVII), brochure originale (dos renforcé), bon état, W120923
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
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.
1866ML288231866 viii, 244, [36] p., 28 figs, 11 col. pls, green publisher’s decorated cloth (with gilt snail on front cover). Upper end spine worn/damaged.
1850ML259831850 viii, 120 p., 3 lithographed plates with 73 figures, contemporary boards, red morocco label with gilt title on spine.A rare publication listing some 400 species. Dedicated to J. C. Albers, who wrote on helicides. The stamps and written names of former owners is a who's who of German malacology. On the title page are the small stamps of Ferdinand Roemer, Breslau, and Herbert Ant, on the front fly leaf those of Ehrmann (1917), Schmierer (1938), and Lutz (1964). Joints rubbed, otherwise a good clean copy.
1888BG086011888 vii, 126 p., hcloth. Separately reprinted from: Jenaischen Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft und Medizin. Scarce.
1888ML236781888 vii, 126 p., paperbound (spine taped). Ex library Karl Regius & Herbert Ant (with their stamp or signature). Separately reprinted from: Jenaischen Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft und Medizin. Scarce.
1888MM236741888 7 p., 1 lithographed plate, disbound (no covers). Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Includes the descriptions of 2 species of Lima, 1 species of Cassis, 2 species of Pleurotoma, one species of Cypraea, 2 species of Trochus, one species of Turritella, one species of Coralliophila, etc. etc.
1881MM356901881 5 p., 1 lithographed plate, disbound (no covers). Published in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Includes the descriptions of Ovulum vidleri, Cancellaria wilmeri, Conus prevosti, C. thomasi, C. gloynei, C. lombei, C. bocki, Cypraea pyriformis var. smithi.
1854MM114061854 29 p., 5 beautifully handcoloured pls, loose in original printed wrappers (margins chipped). All plates accompanied by a separate page with the names of each depicted species written in a bold but elegant period handwriting.All parts of the Thesaurus Conchyliorum are quite rare and much sought after.
1891ML259691891 224 p., 7 mostly chromolithographed plates, 3 chromolithographed maps, roy. 4to, disbound (no covers).A major, thorough, zoological-anatomical and zoogeographical revision, well-illustrated with fine colour lithographs of living specimens and anatomical details.
1891ML259701891 224 p., 7 mostly chromolithographed plates, 3 chromolithographed maps, roy. 4to, paperbound (original printed covers, original printed label on spine). Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher.A major, thorough, zoological-anatomical and zoogeographical revision, well-illustrated with fine colour lithographs of living specimens and anatomical details. A good copy of the offprint with separate pagination, which is much rarer than the out-take (disbound) copies which are usually offered. The small stamp of Herbert Ant on front wrapper and title page. Nissen ZBI, 3855.
1900ML456951900 Four papers. 13, 11, 3, 41 p., 4 figures, 5, 1 plates, paperbound (back cover missing). Four malacological papers in one whole issue (1900, part I) of The Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia (includes also a few non-related papers). The Unionidae paper has 5 plates.
1878ML206941878 16 p., 30 (15 partly coloured by hand), hcloth (with original front cover laid down). Text in French. There are 2 times 15 plates (15 partly coloured and the same 15 plates in uncoloured state). Scarce.We added a photocopy of: Shuttleworth, R.J., 1856. Notitiae Malacologicae. I. Heft. (Gründsätzliche Bemerkungen zur Systematik und Nomenclatur der Mollusken. Monographische Versuche: Limicolaria, Orthalicus, Porphyrobaphe, Perideris und Pseudachatina) (90 p., 9 pls - clothbound photocopy).
1877ML345151877 16 p., 15 plain plates, new blue cloth (with original front cover laid down). Text in French. Ex library Dr. A.C. van Bruggen (with his signature). Scarce.