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
Burlington: American Malacologists, 1989. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Dublin: Author, 1816. Octavo, nine uncoloured engraved plates. Contemporary full gilt morocco and inner dentelles with silk endpapers, all edges gilt, a handsome copy, scarce. More
UK: Field Studies Council, 2003. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
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
New York: Abrams, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. 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..... More
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1964. Octavo, one colour plate, text illustrations, softcover. More
Sydney: William Maddock, 1868. Octavo, 20 handcoloured lithographs by Harriet Forde. Early (publisher's?) cloth, a fine crisp copy with well coloured plates, rare in this condition. Issued with coloured or uncoloured plates, Ferguson does not mention the existence of coloured copies. An important book that belongs to a select group..... More
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
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
Sydney: F. W. White, 1895. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
New York: Little Brown, 2005. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. 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..... More
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
London: Ray Society, 1962. Octavo, text illustrations. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. A marvellously illustrated natural history of the world’s mollusks. Mollusks are invertebrate animals with a remarkable natural history and a rich fossil record, and their shells are prized for their breathtaking variety and exquisite beauty. Shells of the World..... More
London: Dulau and Co., 1904. Octavo, Publisher's brown cloth, cancelled library stamp otherwise a fine copy. More
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
London: John Van Voorst, 1850. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, a fine copy in publisher's blue cloth. More
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Quarto, uncoloured photographs, very good copy. More
Tokyo: Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, 1985. Octavo, wrappers, colour photographs, black and white photographs, fine copy. Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, Special Publication number one. Text in English and Japanese. More
Hackenheim: ConchBooks, 2007. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. Contains articles on the land snail family Clausiliidae and lists of its valid taxa. The respective articles either give general information on the family or deal with special biological and palaeontological aspects. More
London: Printed by William Miller, by W. Bulmer and Co., 1811. Large folio, 61 fine handcoloured engraved plates, illustrating hundreds of specimens, and interleaved descriptive text. modern quarter calf and marbled boards, with red label; a fine tall, uncut copy with the plates clean and crisp. Perry's Conchology was the..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Large octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. From 1810 to 1811, the English stonemason and amateur naturalist George Perry published a lavishly illustrated magazine on natural history. The Arcana or Museum of Nature ran to 22 monthly parts, with 84 extraordinary hand-coloured plates and over 300 text..... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. This book will help you to easily identify and learn about the life cycles and anatomy of the species likely to be encountered along Britain's coastline. Useful sections provide details on the tidal cycle, how to read tide tables, where to look..... More
Sarasota: The Peppertree Press, 2015. Quarto, oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In his internationally acclaimed, award-winning book, Living shells, Dr Rawlings introduced his readers to the amazing world of living seashells. In Living Mollusks, Dr. Rawlings, once again, propels the reader into the fascinating world of the living seashell and..... More
Raleigh: Ivy House Publishing Group, 2010. Quarto, oblong format, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This award winning book presents the rarest, most exquisite living shells of the world, many of which have never been photographed before. Experience these unique creatures up close, in all of their splendour, within their native habitats, deep..... More