Wallingford: Cabi publishing, 2001. Octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. Topics covered include Morphology, phylogeny and systematics. Body wall: form and function. Sensory organs and the nervous system. Radular structure and function. Structure and function of the digestive tract. Food and feeding behaviour. Haemolymph: blood cell morphology and function. Structure and functioning... More about The biology of terrestrial molluscs
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, (2002. third edition). Quarto, paperback, text illustrations. More about The invertebrates: a synthesis
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. When BBC Radio 4's Material World programme announced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, little did anyone expect that the winning experiment would comprise one of our humblest garden pests. Ruth Brooks posed this question: Do snails have a homing... More about Slow passion: snails, my garden and me
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. 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 the... More about 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 about Slugs and snails
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 about Seashells
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 about Undersea jewels: a colour guide to Nudibranchs
New York: Penguin, 2015. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Octopuses have been captivating humans for as long as we have been catching them. Yet for all of our ancient fascination and modern research, we still have not been able to get a firm grasp on these enigmatic creatures. Katherine... More about Octopus: the most mysterious creature in the sea
New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, photographs, other illustrations. Marine biologist, explorer, and artist Richard Ellis delves into myth, literature, and science to bring readers face-to-face with this remarkable animal. Interweaving his narrative with a wealth of illustrations and photographs, Ellis presents a scientific and cultural history. More about The search for the giant squid: the biology and mythology of the world's most elusive creature
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 about One hundred seashells
New York: W. W. Norton, 2014. Small octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Moses Harvey was the eccentric Newfoundland reverend and amateur naturalist who first photographed the near-mythic giant squid in 1874, draping it over a shower curtain rod to display its magnitude. In Preparing the Ghost, what begins as... More about Preparing the ghost: an essay concerning the Giant squid and its first photographer
Jacksonville: New World Publications, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Slightly bumped corners. Three leading scientific experts on nudibranchs and sea slugs collaborate to produce a comprehensive guide for divers to the Indo-Pacific. Terrence Gosliner, Angel Valdes and David Behrens previously worked together on the 2008 publication of "Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs &... More about Nudibranch and sea slug identification: Indo-Pacific
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 about Cephalopod behaviour
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Prized for their amazing variety and extraordinary beauty, Conus is the largest genus of animals in the sea. The shells of these marine mollusks occur throughout the world's tropical and subtropical oceans and contribute significantly to marine biodiversity... More about Conus of the southeastern United States and Caribbean
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In this beautifully photographed book, three leading marine biologists bring readers face to face with these amazingly complex animals that have fascinated scientists for decades. From the molluscan ancestry of today's Octopus to its ingenious anatomy, amazing mating and predatory behaviors... More about Octopus: the ocean's intelligent invertebrate
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 about Living mollusks
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 about Living shells
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, illustrations, line drawings, maps. Australian waters are home to the highest diversity of cephalopods (squid, cuttlefish and octopus) found anywhere in the world. Highly significant ecologically, they are both top-level predators and prey for numerous vertebrates, including fishes, seals, cetaceans... More about Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic territories
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. This book provides a natural history of the seashell. Two major themes weave through the narrative: the science and natural history of shells and their original owners, and the cultural importance and ways they have been used by humans over... More about Spirals in time: the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells
London: Reaktion Books, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Part of an unusual series that looks at the subject animal and its place in human history. Oyster, literary historian and radio broadcaster Rebecca Stott tells the extraordinary story of the oyster and its pearl... More about Oyster
London: Reaktion Books, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white and colour illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. For most of us, snails do not elicit feelings of warmth or affection. Apart from our repugnance at its appearance, our relationship with the snail has been influenced by the harm it has... More about Snail