| Lot number |
Author, date |
Title, condition |
Buying price |
| 2013.5 |
Abbottsmith, F. 1969 |
Multiform Australian volutes. Privately published. Soft cover with metal binding strip and heavy card support, 121 pp., with B&W illustrations, also later updates. With handwritten inscription from the author to his “good friend John McOmie”. Good except torn cover neatly repaired. |
£10 |
| 2013.8 |
Allan, Joyce 1962 |
Australian shells. Georgian House, Melbourne. Hard cover with d/j, 487 pp., with 44 plates of which some coloured. 1962 reprint of 1959 revised edition. Very good apart from some damage to d/j. |
£10 |
| 2013.10 |
Arakawa, Kohman Y. 1980 |
Shells on stamps of the world. (in English and Japanese) Biological Society of Nagasaki Prefecture. Hard cover with d/j, 234 pp., with some colour and B&W illustrations. Very good, with previous owner’s label. |
£5 |
| 2013.14 |
Bergeron, Eugene 1966 |
How to clean sea shells. Privately published. Soft cover, 19 pp. Good. |
£6 |
| 2013.16 |
Burch, John Q. and Burch, Rose L. 1958-1960 |
The family Olividae. Photocopies of the Minutes of the Conchological Club of Southern California 181-194; also Minute 196, “Catalogue of recent and fossil olives”. Ca. 300 loose pages in soft blue binder. Good, as above, but with some added ms notes. |
£10 |
| 2013.17 |
Burch, John Q. and Burch, Rose L. 1967 |
The family Olividae. Pacific Science XXI: 503 – 522. Soft cover, with handwritten index attached. Good. |
£5 |
| 2013.19 |
Burrow, E.I. 1815 |
Elements of conchology. Printed for the author by Richard and Arthur Taylor. Hard cover , 248 pp. and 28 B&W plates. Good apart from some browning on plates and one ink spatter. |
£100 |
| 2013 .21 |
Catlow, Agnes assisted by Reeve, L. 1845 |
The conchologist’s nomenclator. A catalogue of all the recent species of shells. Reeve Brothers, London. Hard cover, 326 pp. List of names, authorities and sources. Covers slightly tired, with slight internal staining of boards, binding and inside good. |
£50 |
| 2013.25 |
Cernohorsky, Walter O. 1971 |
Marine shells of the Pacific. Revised edition. Pacific Publications. Hard cover with d/j, 248 pp., with many B&W photographs. Very good, slight damage to d/j. [Vol. 1: Vols. 2 & 3 appeared later.] |
£5 |
| 2013.26 |
Christensen J.M. 1980 |
Seashells. Bivalves of the British and Northern European seas. Penguin Nature Guides, Penguin Books. Adapted by S. Peter Dance from the original (1978). Hard cover, 124 pp. with many coloured figures. Very good. |
£4 |
| 2013.29 |
Cooke, A.H., Shipley, M.A. and Reed, F.R.C. 1895 |
Molluscs and brachiopods. Cambridge Natural History Vol. III. Macmillan, London and New York. Hard cover, 535 pp. with 4 maps and numerous B&W figures. The original issue. Good. |
£6 |
| 2013.37 |
Deas, Walter 1971 |
Seashells of Australia. Robert Hale. Hard cover with d/j, 32pp., with many coloured illustrations. Very good. |
£2 |
| 2013.41 |
Gordon, W.J. 1901 |
Our country’s shells and how to know them. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London. Hard illustrated cover, 152 pp., with 33 coloured plates. Good, with owner’s name on front cover and inside and some annotations and underlinings in neat pencil, binding a little weak. |
£6 |
| 2013.43 |
Habe, T 1962 |
The shells of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan. (In Japanese, with names and authorities in English.) Hard cover with plastid protective cover and slipcase, 182 pp + 46 pp. Appendix, with 66 coloured plates. Very good, but note neat English title added in pen on slipcase. |
£5 |
| 2013.44 |
Hanna, G. Dallas 1963 |
West American mollusks of the genus Conus – II. Occ. paper 35 of the Calif. Ac. of Sci. Soft cover, 103 pp. with 11 coloured plates. Good, slight damage bottom of spine. |
£15 |
| 2013.49 |
Janus, H 1965 |
The young specialist looks at … molluscs. Burke. Soft cover, 180 pp., with 4 plates (two coloured) and many b&w illustrations. Good. |
£4 |
| 2013.52 |
Junk, Antiquariaat 1999 |
Thesaurus librorum conchyliorum. Catalogue 278. Soft cover, 199 pp., with coloured and b&w illustrations. Very good. |
£5 |
| 2013.57 |
Kennelly, D.H. 1964 |
Marine shells of southern Africa. Nelson. Hard cover with d/j, 92 pp and 30 b&w plates. Very good, d/j with plastic cover sticking it to book. |
£4 |
| 2013.58 |
Killeen, Ian. J 1992 |
The land and freshwater molluscs of Suffolk. Suffolk Naturalists Society, Ipswich. Hard cover, 171pp. and 35 colour plates. Very good. |
£14 |
| 2013.59 |
Kingsley, Charles 1899 |
Glaucus or the wonders of the shore. Macmillan. Hard cover, 245 pp., with 8 coloured plates and b&w illustrations. Fair/good: cover and binding tired. |
£5 |
| 2013.62 |
Krauss, Helen K. 1965 |
Shell art. Hearthside Press, New York. Hard cover with d/j, 128 pp., with 14 coloured plates. Very good. |
£6 |
| 2013.63 |
Logan, Elizabeth D. 1974 |
Shell crafts. Robert Hale, Scribner. Hard cover with d/j, 214 pp., with 15 coloured plates and many b&w illustrations. Very good. |
£6 |
| 2013.66 |
McMillan, Nora F. 1968 |
British shells. Warne. Hard cover with d/j, 196 pp., with 80 coloured and b&w plates. Very good; owner’s name in pen. |
£8 |
| 2013.69 |
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, n.d. |
Coquillages du monde. (In French; exhibition catalogue.) Soft cover, 115 pp., many b&w illustrations. Good. |
£10 |
| 2013.70 |
Okutani, T and Takemura, Y (?1966/67) |
(Shells of Japan). (In. Japanese.) Soft cover, 212 pp., many colour ilustrations. Good. |
£10 |
| 2013.72 |
Pennant, T. 1777 |
(Pennant’s British conchology.) Bound text (pp. 71-148) and plates (XXXVI – XCII) relating to Class VI Shells, also index (pp. 149-154), taken from Pennant’s British Zoology vol. 4, 4th edition. Hard cover, as described, with 57 b&w plates. Marbled end covers, leather spine and corners. Good, plates with neat old pencil annotations; signed by previous owner, Charles Tucker 1852. |
£170 |
| 2013.73 |
Petuch, Edward J. and Sargent, Dennis M. 1986 |
Atlas of the living Olive shells of the world. CERF Inc., Florida. Hard cover with d/j, 253 pp. with 39 coloured plates. Very good |
£40 |
| 2013.74 |
Phillips London 1990 |
The Colin Harper collection of shells in pottery and porcelain. Sale catalogue. Soft cover, 134 pp. with some colour and many b&w illustrations. Very good. |
£10 |
| 2013.75 |
Porter, Hugh J. and Tyler, Jim (1971) |
Sea shells common to North Carolina. Second printing, 1972. Dept. of Natural and Economic Resources, North Carolina. Soft cover, stapled, 36 pp., with many sepia and white illustrations. Very good. |
£2 |
| 2013.90 |
Sowerby, G.B. jun. 1842 |
A conchological manual. Bohn and Sowerby. 2nd edition. Hard cover (decorative), 313 pp., with 2 folding tables and 27 b&w plates. Basically good: cover worn with green tape repair to top of spine and part of spine needing further repair; binding slightly weak, frontispiece loose; text clean but with some pale brown spotting on some of the plates; cover with owner’s signature on front (dated 29/5/09), owner’s bookplate inside front cover.. |
£120 |
| 2013.96 |
Swainson, William (1840) |
A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. Hard cover, 419 pp. with many b&w illustrations. Good: binding a little weak, some damage to spine, minor pale brown spotting / staining. B. Maynard (?owner) and 1840 in pencil on title page. [According to Peter Dance (1966): “Valuable today because of the many new genera .. introduced.”] |
£55 |
| 2013.97 |
Swanton, E W. 1912 |
The molluscs of Somerset (Land, freshwater, estuarine and marine). Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Hard cover, 85 pp. and 5 b&w plates. Good, with handwritten dedication from author to N. G. Hadden; with many pencil and some ink annotations, and some enclosed notes on pieces of paper. |
£32 |
| 2013.99 |
Tebble, Norman 1966 |
British bivalve seashells. BM(NH). Hard cover with d/j, 212 pp. with many b&w illustrations, and 12 coloured and b&w plates . Very good. |
£16 |
| 2013.101 |
Thompson, T. E. 1976 [Vol 1]; Thompson T. E. and Brown, G. H. 1984 [Vol. 2] |
Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs. Vols. 1 and 2. Ray Society. Hard cover with d/j, 207 and 229 pp. Vol 1 with 106 b&w figures and 21 b/w plates; Vol 2 with 40 b&w figures and 41 b&w and coloured plates. Vol 1 good, with edges of pages slightly foxed, Vol 2 very good. |
£46 |
| 2013.102 |
Travers, Louise Allderdice 1962 |
The romance of shells in nature and art. Avenel. Hard cover with d/j, 128 pp, and 8 coloured plates. Very good. |
£4 |
| 2013.111 |
Wilkins, Guy L. 1953 |
A catalogue and historical account of the Sloane shell collection. BM (NH) Hist. Series 1,1. Soft cover, 47 pp. and 12 b&w plates. Very good. |
£6 |
| 2013.112 |
Wilkins, Guy L. 1955 |
A catalogue and historical account of the Banks shell collection. BM (NH) Hist. Series 1,3. Soft cover, 49 pp. and 6 b&w plates. Very good. |
£5 |
| 2013.113 |
Wilkins, Guy L. 1956/7 |
The Cracherode shell collection. BM (NH) Hist. Series 1,4. Marked “Proof copy” with a number of corrections in pencil and ink. Soft cover, 62 pp. and 6 b&w plates. Good. |
£5 |
| 2013.114 |
Wilkins, G.L. 1957 |
Notes on the Historia conchyliorum of Martin Lister (1638-1712). J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist. 3: 196-205. Soft cover, stapled, 10 pp and 1 b&w plate. Good. |
£14 |
| 2013.118 |
Zeigler, Rowland F and Porreca, Humbert C 1969 |
Olive shells of the world. Ziegler and Porreca. Hard cover with d/j, 96 pp. with 13 colour plates. Very good, d/j with plastic cover sticking it to book, owner’s name inside front cover, many annotations in pencil and ink. |
£18 |
