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Compendium of landshells: a color guide to more than 2,000 of the world's terrestrial shells.
Burlington: American Malacologists, 1989. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Shells.
New York: Abbeville Press, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More than just an appreciation of shells, this book captures all of the artistry of the undersea world. Prized since ancient times for their beauty, shells appear in Mexican temple art, on Greek and Roman vases, in Renaissance..... More
Molluscs and man.
London: Edward Arnold, 1981. Octavo, softcover. Studies in Biology, number 134. More
The elements of conchology; or natural history of shells according to the Linnean system, with observations on modern arrangements.
Dublin: Author, 1816. Octavo, nine uncoloured engraved plates. Contemporary full gilt morocco and inner dentelles with silk endpapers, all edges gilt, a handsome copy. More
Land snails in the British Isles.
UK: Field Studies Council, 2003. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
Slugs and snails.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2016. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 133. Slugs and snails are part of the great Phylum Mollusca, a group that contains creatures as varied as the fast-moving squid or the sedentary clams, cockles and mussels. The largest group, however, are..... More
Seashells.
New York: Abrams, 2007. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Introduces the reader to seashells in all their variety, explaining why they look as they do, as well as looking at the exotic and the familiar, from tropical corals and rare fossils to everyday clamshells and barnacles. Photographs by Josie Iselin... More
South Australian Mollusca: Chitons.
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1964. Octavo, one colour plate, text illustrations, softcover. More
A monograph of Australian land shells.
Sydney: William Maddock, 1868. Octavo, 20 handcoloured lithographs by Harriet Forde. Contemporary full calf with gilt title, marbled endpapers and coloured edges, expertly rebacked, some wear; a very good copy with the plates in good contemporary colouring, in a cloth box with title, very scarce. Issued with coloured or uncoloured..... More
A monograph of Australian land shells.
Sydney: William Maddock, 1868. Octavo, 20 handcoloured lithographs by Harriet Forde. Early binder's (publisher's?) cloth, the title wrapper retained, owner's signature on title page dated 1920, a few spots throughout but a very sound copy, scarce. Issued with coloured or uncoloured plates, Ferguson does not mention the existence of coloured..... More
Observations on a Cytherea, found in Bass Straits, with light chestnut rays of colour
Sydney: F. W. White, 1895. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
The complete encyclopedia of shells.
Lisse: Rebo Publishers, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
One hundred seashells.
New York: Little Brown, 2005. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Feinstein has created a portfolio of images stunning in their delicacy and detail. Each picture is coupled with an identifying caption that makes the book as practical as it is exquisite, for art lovers and nature enthusiasts alike. More
A collection of papers on New Zealand Mollusca.
1921-1934. Octavo, photographs, contemporary binder's cloth with title. With a typed index of 24 papers, primarily from The Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. More
British Prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology.
London: Ray Society, 1962. Octavo, text illustrations. More
A collection of 27 papers on Victorian marine molluscs.
Melbourne: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Octavo, typescript index, binder's cloth, interleaved and wrappers retained, with the signature of J. A. Singleton. John Henry Gatliff (1848-1935) emigrated to Geelong with his parents in 1857, he was a very early member of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, collaborated..... More
Coral reef animals of the Indo-Pacific.
Monterey: Sea Challengers, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, signature, softcover. Describes about 1,000 species of invertebrates and tunicates found in the central and western Pacific and Indian Oceans. More
Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific.
Port Moresby: Robert Brown & Associates, (1972. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. More
Land snails of Lord Howe Island.
Sydney: Australian Museum, 2020. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. All endemic and introduced species of Lord Howe Island are collected together for the first time in this illustrated pocket guide. More
A collection of papers on molluscs.
Octavo, uncoloured plates, typescript list of 13 papers (primarily Records of the Australian Museum) Contemporary binder's cloth, the stamp of F. A. Singleton, extensively annotated. More
The freshwater bivalves of China.
Harxheim: ConchBooks, 2013. Quarto, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
An introduction to conchology; or elements of the natural history of molluscous animals.
London: John Van Voorst, 1850. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, a fine copy in publisher's blue cloth. More
Molluscan biodiversity and conservation.
Dorchester: Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 2001. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
A chronological taxonomy of Conus, 1758-1840.
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Quarto, uncoloured photographs, very good copy. More