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
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The fringe of the sea.
Adelaide: Rigby, (1966. first edition). Octavo, 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
Undersea jewels: a colour guide to Nudibranchs.
Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This is a guide to the nudibranchs of south-eastern Queensland. The book is easy to use and, as these animals are among the most colourful and charismatic of marine creatures, a pleasure to peruse. It covers 277 species of nudibranch..... 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
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
British Prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology.
London: Ray Society, 1962. Octavo, text illustrations. 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
Cephalopod behaviour.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. This book examines the complex behaviour of cephalapods, summarizing field and laboratory data from a wide variety of sources in the first comprehensive account of the life of cephalapods in their natural habitats. 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
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
Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups: family Coralliophilidae.
Tokyo: Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, 1985. Octavo, wrappers, colour photographs, black and white photographs, fine copy. Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, Special Publication No. 1. Text in English and Japanese. More
Trochus: status, hatchery, practice and nutrition.
Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1977. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, softcover. More