Wils, E.Livre Rare Book
804 résultats
1986MM456911986 46 p., 108 figures, printed wrappers. Gloria Maris. With author’s signature.
1910MM260571910 92 p., 14 text figures (some on heavier paper and page-sized, i.e. plates), 3 chromolithographed folded plates, frontispiece, 4to, paperbound (spine missing, covers detached and margins front cover much chipped). Small vague stamp on title page.A detailed study with clear, multi-coloured drawings and a nice frontispiece showing a model of the external and internal anatomy. Should be rebound but very scarce.
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.
1959MM260481959 vi, 130 p., 44 plates, col. frontispiece, contemporary brown cloth. Gilt title on the spine. Printed covers bound in.A well-bound copy of this finely illustrated work. Most plates depict mollusca. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some pencil markings. Otherwise very good.
1892PM130251892 402 p., 2 figs, 50 pls, 4to, cloth (worn, hinges weak, contents clean & tight).
1976MM260491976 viii, 127 p., numerous b/w and col. figures. Pictorial softcover. Signed and dated by Guido Poppe on title. Otherwise a very good, clean copy.
1938ML435711938 164 p., 13 plates, several text figures including maps, blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. Stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the title page. A very good copy.A seldom-seen bound copy of very detailed study on an amazingly diverse group of landsnails showing micro-evolution on a grand scale, only to become a legacy of times gone by, as the species group became entirely extinct in just a few decades due to human carelessness and stupidity. Published as the Museum's Bulletin 152. Do not confuse with several similarly titled works on other achatinellids by the same author.
1993MM086911993 (revised ed.) 207 p., 13 figs, 74 col. pls, paperbound.
MM203331986 (1st ed.) 207 p., 13 figs, 74 col. pls, paperbound. Good copy.
1993MM252481993 (revised ed.) 207 p., 13 figs, 74 col. pls, paperbound. A very good, clean copy. Includes a short handwritten note from John Taylor (The Natural History Museum, London) to Malcolm Edmunds.
MM436261988 (2nd ed.) 207 p., numerous b/w text illustrations, 74 full-colour plates, paperbound. A very good copy.The much less common revised edition of a work first published in 1986.
1962MM260391962 672 p., 48 plates with explanatory text leaves. paperbound.This extensive work does include new and poorly known Pliocene, Pleistocene and recent gastropods (the latter inclusion being a little known fact) including many not usually treated in other works. The work has an unusual extensive detailed list of references. Very useful. Old owner's signature on front wrapper, otherwise a good copy.
1948ML365051948 183 p., 73 plates (depicting 1400 species), publisher’s cloth. On the first paste-down is information taped on another book by Webb ‘’Handbook for Shell Collectors’’ (can be removed if wanted).
1960MG260381960 264 pp., 112 plates, cloth (plastified dustjacket).Inscribed by Guide Poppe. A few annotations, otherwise very good.
1970MM260371970 xv, 375 p., 45 figs, 79 col. pls, roy. 4to, cloth.
1970MM456131970 xv, 375 p., 45 figures, 79 colour plates, large 4to, cloth. Good copy of this classic book on Volutes.
1910ML260361910 78 p., 3 double-sized plates, paperbound (partly loose, no covers). With several old library stamps.
1962MM236241962 xx, 348 p., 34 figs, 44 (4 col.) pls, 19 distribution maps, paperbound. Good copy.
1980MM001991980 191 p., num. figs, num. col. photographs, 82 maps, hardbound. Library stamps.
1980MM236201980 191 p., num. figs, num. col. photographs, 82 maps, hardbound. Library stamps (Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam).
1980MM365221980 191 p., num. figs, num. col. photographs, 82 maps, hardbound. Ex library Dr. H.P. Wagner (with his ex libris). Very good copy.
1980MM434601980 191 p., numerous figures, numerous coloured photographs, 82 maps, hardbound. Very good copy.
MM236211975 (1st ed.) 287 p., num. figs & col. photographs, hardbound. Library stamps (Zoologisch Museum Amsterdam). Includes the large folded ''Identi-Chart''.