A classification of the living Mollusca: assembled by Kay Cunningham Vaught.
Philadelphia: American Malacologists, 1989. Octavo, publisher's cloth. More
INVERTEBRATES - Molluscs and Cephalopods
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The best of The Nautilus: a Bicentennial anthology of American conchology.
Philadelphia: American Malacologists, 1976. Quarto, Publisher's full brown morocco, marbled endpapers, some spotting, decorated morocco slipcase, limited to (probably) 100 copies, inscribed by R. Tucker Abbott for George Rayner. More
American seashells.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1968. reprint). Quarto, color plates, text illustrations, tape marks, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The elements of conchology; or natural history of shells according to the Linnean system, with observations on modern arrangements.
London: 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
The molluscs of South Australia.
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1938-1940. Octavo, photographs, very good set in wrappers. Part one: The Pelecypoda. Part two: Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Aplacophora and Crepipoda. 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
British Prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology.
London: Ray Society, 1962. Octavo, text illustrations. More
Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific.
Sydney: Robert Brown & Associates, (1972. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in slightly blemished dustwrapper. More
An illustrated handbook of shells in natural colours from the Japanese islands and adjacent territory.
Tokyo: Bunkyokaku, (1951. second edition), Octavo, colour plates, unpaginated, publisher's cloth. English and Japanese text. More
A chronological taxonomy of Conus, 1758-1840.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. Quarto, uncoloured photographs, very good copy. More
Marine molluscs of Victoria.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1962. Octavo, text illustrations, inscription, near fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Life on the Australian seashore.
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1966. Large octavo, photographs, owner's sticker, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Classification of the bivalvia.
New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1965. Octavo, inscription, wrappers. More
Fossil marine mollusks of Oahu.
Honololu: Bishop Museum Press, 1971. Octavo, wrappers. More
Tropical landshells of the world.
Sydney: Christa Hemmen, (1987. first edition). Quarto, colour photographs, maps, lacks dustwrapper (NOT AS PICTURED.) The first chapter deals with general aspects of the biology, the conditions of life, and the main principles of the actual distribution of tropical terrestrial snails. A further five chapters treating the Florida-Caribbean region, Central..... More
The Molluscan families Speightidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species.
Sydney: Order of the Council, 1966. Octavo, 23 plates, wrappers. More
Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic territories.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, colour photographs, illustrations, text illustrations, maps, laminated boards. WAS $280. 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..... More
Guidebook to Pecten shells: recent Pectinidae and Propeamussiidae of the world.
Sydney: Crawford House, 1991. Quarto, full colour photographs, a fine copy in dustwrapper. The first book since 1888 to cover all recent species of the world. In the family Pectinidae, almost 300 species and subspecies are treated, of which more than 200 are illustrated. Of the mainly deepwater Propeamussiidae, more..... More
Marine shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species [with Appendix].
Johannesburg: Author, 1892-1897. Octavo, eight uncoloured lithographic plates, the bookplate of Helene Boswell and presented by her to George Rayner, Later half green morocoo and cloth, a handsome copy. PROVENANCE: Helene Boswell (1917-1990) was a well known South African malacologist. George Rayner was a Melbourne surgeon. More
Illustrated index of British shells. Containing all the recent species with names and other information.
London: Author, 1859. Tall octavo, 24 chromolithographic plates. Publisher's blindstamped cloth with gilt title, bookplate, a fine copy. More
The shell.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. Quarto, photographs, softcover. More
Shell collecting.
Sydney: W & G Foyle, 1966. Small octavo, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
Pathways in malacology.
Amsterdam: Dr W Junk, 1979. Large octavo, graphs, publisher's cloth. More
Catalogue of the British species of Pisidium (recent and fossil) in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History), with notes of those of western Europe.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1913. Octavo, 30 photographic plates. Publisher's cloth, library stamps of the Royal Society of Victoria, otherwise a very good copy. BM (NH) Supplement p. 1454. More
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