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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Burlington: American Malacologists, 1989. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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
London: Edward Arnold, 1981. Octavo, softcover. Studies in Biology, number 134. 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. More
UK: Field Studies Council, 2003. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1964. Octavo, one colour plate, text illustrations, softcover. More
Sydney: F. W. White, 1895. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
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
London: Ray Society, 1962. Octavo, text illustrations. More
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
Port Moresby: Robert Brown & Associates, (1972. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. More
Dorchester: Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 2001. Octavo, photographs, softcover. 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 No. 1. Text in English and Japanese. More
Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1977. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, softcover. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1962. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Frederick Warne, (1973. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, other illustrations, bookplate, owner's stamp, very good copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The Wayside and Woodlands Series. First published 1968. 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
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Discusses the principles of pest management and relates this to historical methods as well as current and future directions. It describes current practice, the concept of agricultural ecosystems, the role of pesticides and cultural control options. A separate chapter covers..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1906. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. Lankester, R. 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
Boston: Charles T. Branford, (1936. reprint). Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, (1862. fourth edition). Octavo, 29 uncoloured engraved plates including frontispiece, folding chart. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, ex library with a stamp on the title page and blank verso of every plate. The second, and superior, edition with a new introduction, a substantially revised text and three additional..... More
London: Author, 1859. Tall octavo, 24 chromolithographic plates. Publisher's blindstamped cloth with gilt title, bookplate, a fine copy. More
Lisboa: Luis Pisani Burnay, 1981-1982. Octavo, three parts, text and loose plates, softcover Monograph of the genera Columbella [one part], Fissurella, Fissurellidea, Clypidella, Macrochisma, Pupillaea [one part], Spondylus, Plicatula, Pedum [one part]. More