Category: Molluscs & Conchology

Food is Where You Find It - a guide to emergency foods of the Western Pacific

By: Cranwell, L.M.; Green, J.E. & Powell, A.W.B.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Auckland, Auckland Institute and Museum : 1944

Seller ID: 019079

Condition: Good

Fourth impression. 12mo, (measures 105mm x 132mm], illustrated with line drawings, pp 72, (4), slightly used internally, paperback, the covers slightly worn and creased. From the library of the botanist F.R. Irvine and originally gifted to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh with their small stamp inside the front cover. RARE. [Prepared for the wartime use of castaway airman and military. A guide to useful plants and useful and harmful sea creatures. This fourth printing has a four page supplement on coconuts, toddy, making foot protection and fish spears.]
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Dog-Whelks : an introduction to the biology of Nucella lapillus

By: Crothers, J.H.

Price: £12.50

Publisher: Taunton, Field Studies Council : 1985

Seller ID: 008376

ISBN-13: 9781851531714

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Illustrated, large slim 8vo, pp (70), clean internally, paperback, covers slightly foxed and age-toned, otherwise a good copy. SCARCE.
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Land and Fresh Water Mollusks; Hydroids (Harriman Alaska Series Volume XIII)

By: Dall, William H.; Nutting, C.C.

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Washington, The Smithsonian Institution : 1910

Seller ID: 012205

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with 15 plates and 118 text illustrations, large octavo, pp (12), 250, a little age-toning throughout, top edge gilt, the other edges uncut, one inner hinge cracking but sound, endpapers unevenly faded, green cloth with gilt decoration, very slightly marked, lacking part of the label at the base of the spine. [Contains the 1910 Smithsonian title page, as well as the original red and black Doubleday, New York title page of 1905.]
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The Encyclopedia of Shells

By: Dance, S. Peter (editor)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Blandford Press : 1974

Seller ID: 012663

ISBN-13: 9780713706987

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated, small quarto, pp 288, fore-edge slightly foxed, endpapers slightly marked, otherwise extremely clean internally, black cloth in very good condition, in a very glood dustwrapper which is lightly price-clipped.
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Rocky Shores (Marine Field Course Guide 1)

By: Hawkins, Stephen J. & Jones, Hugh D.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Immel Publishing : 1992

Seller ID: 013720

ISBN-13: 9780907151586

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Well illustrated, large horizontal octavo, pp 144, corners slightly bumped, paperback, covers slightly worn.
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Habitat Survey Cards for the Shores of the British Isles

By: Holme, N.A. & Nichols, D.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Taunton, Field Studies Council : 1980

Seller ID: 012678

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Large slim octavo, pp 16, a neat signature and date on the title page, paperback, covers very slightly age-toned and worn. SCARCE. [Postage will be reduced].
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Hermit Crabs of Portonovo Coast (Decapoda: Anomura)

By: Khan, S. Ajmal & Natarajan, R.

Price: £3.00

Publisher: Calcutta, Zoological Survey of India : 1984

Seller ID: 013925

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with 10 plates, slim octavo, pp (ii), 25, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn.
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Seashore Life of the Northern Pacific Coast - an illustrated guide to Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia

By: Kozloff, Eugene N.

Price: £6.50

Publisher: Seattle and London, University of Washington Press : 1983

Seller ID: 017696

ISBN-13: 9780295960302

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Well illustrated with photographs and some line drawings, octavo, pp viii, 370, slightly used throughout, fore-edge slightly foxed, paperback, covers slightly used and curved.
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The Colchester Oyster Fishery. Its antiquity and position, method of working and the quality and safety of its products

By: Laver, Henry

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Colchester, Colne Fishery Board : 1916

Seller ID: 019128

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, small octavo, pp (6), 92, very clean internally, green decorated cloth, just very slightly worn. A good bright copy of a scarce work.
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The Colonisation of Land: Origins and Adaptations of Terrestrial Animals

By: Little, Colin & Kitching, J.A.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1983

Seller ID: 014850

ISBN-13: 9780521252188

Binding: Boards

Condition: Good

Illustrated, quarto, pp viii, 290, a small letter stamped on the title page, otherwise very clean internally, pictorial boards rubbed and a little worn. Still a good sound copy. [The book traces the ways in which terrestrial animals have evolved from aquatic ancestors and discusses the means by which they are adapted to life on land. The most important physiological adaptations are those involving salt and water balance, the excretion of nitrogen, reproductive mechanisms and the sense organ and these are given priority. Evidence from fossil history is combined with that from the ecology and p...
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Guide to Philippine Flora and Fauna. Volume VIII - Zooplankton. Barnacles. Swimming Crabs

By: Mamaril, Augusts; Roselli, Neon C.; Cariaso, Benjamin L. & Garcia, Renato G.

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Manila, Natural Resources managemant Centre & University of the Philippines : 1986

Seller ID: 016328

ISBN: 9711026252

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp xviii, 268, title page and endpapers slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn. SCARCE
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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashore Creatures

By: Meinkoth, Norman A.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf : 1981

Seller ID: 016325

ISBN-13: 9780394519937

Binding: Soft Cloth

Condition: Good

Well illustrtaed, 12mo, pp 799, very slightly used internally, soft cloth with paper wrap, very slightly worn.
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Image for Contributions to the Molluscan Fauna of India, Part III. Marine Molluscs of the Coromandel Coast, Palk Bay, and Gulf of Mannar - Gastropoda: Mesogastropoda (part 2)

Contributions to the Molluscan Fauna of India, Part III. Marine Molluscs of the Coromandel Coast, Palk Bay, and Gulf of Mannar - Gastropoda: Mesogastropoda (part 2)

By: Mookherjee, H.P.

Price: £3.50

Publisher: Calcutta, Zoological Survey of India : 1985

Seller ID: 014277

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with 15 black and white plates, octavo, pp 93, very clean internally, paperback, covers showing very slight signs of use.
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Notes on Trochus niloticus. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, Scientific Reports, Volume III number 5 [Geoffrey Tandy's copy]

By: Moorhouse, F.W.

Price: £7.50

Publisher: London, British Museum (Natural History) : 1932

Seller ID: 014251

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Slim quarto, pp (11), paperback, a very good copy. [With the signature of Geoffrey Tandy on the upper cover. Tandy (1900-1969) was a British marine biologist and broadcaster. A friend of T. S. Eliot, Tandy was the first to broadcast Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats in 1937. During the Second World War he worked at Bletchley Park, allegedly invited there after the Ministry of Defence confused the word "cryptogamist" with "cryptogramist" ! But whilst at Bletchley his technical expertise allowed him to salvage a waterlogged codebook which helped crack the Enigma code.]
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Fishes - The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports

By: Norman, J.R.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, The Trustees of the British Museum : 1939

Seller ID: 015633

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

Illustrated with 41 text figures, slim quarto, pp 116, paperback, a very slight crease to the lower cover, otherwise a fine copy, virtually as new. [ 'This valuable collection of fishes consists of about 2700 specimens, exclusive of a small number of larval and post-larval forms which have been omitted from this report. Altogether 276 species are represented, of which 28 are believed to be new to science, and 56 were previously unrepresented in the British Museum collection. The fishes were obtained in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, South Arabian Coast, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, and in the Zanzi...
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An Introduction to the Biology of British Littoral Barnacles

By: Rainbow, P.S.

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Taunton, Field Studies Council : 1985

Seller ID: 012696

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Illustrated, large slim octavo, pp 51, a neat name and date on title page, otherwise very clean internally, paperback, covers a little age-toned and marked.
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Pestiferous Land Snails of India

By: Raut, S.K. & Ghose, K.C.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Calcutta, Zoological Survey of India : 1984

Seller ID: 013422

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp (2), 151, paperback, slightly worn. SCARCE.
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Image for Catalogue of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles in the Ulster Museum, with distribution maps, habitat notes, bibliography and checklists

Catalogue of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles in the Ulster Museum, with distribution maps, habitat notes, bibliography and checklists

By: Ross, Helena C.G.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Belfast, Ulster Museum : 1984

Seller ID: 018180

ISBN-13: 9780900761133

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Quarto, with 150 distribution maps, pp vi, 160, exceptionally clean internally, paperback, in very good condition.
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An Account of Horsburgh or Goifurfehendu Atoll - The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports

By: Sewell, R.B.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, The Trustees of the British Museum : 1936

Seller ID: 015632

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Illustrated with six photographic plates, slim quarto, pp (16), paperback, a tear and crease to the lower cover, otherwise a fine copy, virtually as new. [The John Murray Expedition of 1933-1934 ?pioneered bilateral relations in the field of oceanography, at a time when the Law of the Sea was not even an embryonic concept? (Aleem & Morcos, 1984). Funded by a £20,000 bequest from oceanographer, John Murray, this expedition was a collaboration between Britain and Egypt. Aboard HEMS Mabahiss, British zoologist Lt. Col. Dr R.B. Seymour Sewell led a team of scientists to research the oceanography, ...
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Introduction and List of Stations - The John Murray Expedition, 1933-34, Scientific Reports

By: Sewell, R.B.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, The Trustees of the British Museum : 1935

Seller ID: 015631

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

Frontispiece, a folding map at the rear, slim quarto, pp 41, paperback, a fine copy, virtually as new. [The John Murray Expedition of 1933-1934 ?pioneered bilateral relations in the field of oceanography, at a time when the Law of the Sea was not even an embryonic concept? (Aleem & Morcos, 1984). Funded by a £20,000 bequest from oceanographer, John Murray, this expedition was a collaboration between Britain and Egypt. Aboard HEMS Mabahiss, British zoologist Lt. Col. Dr R.B. Seymour Sewell led a team of scientists to research the oceanography, geology, and mineralogy of the Red Sea and the Indi...
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Category: Molluscs & Conchology

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