Anderson, D.T. Barnacles. Structure, function, development and evolution.
1st. Ed. Pub. Chapman & Hall. 1994 pp.xii, 357 with b/w. illus. throughout. 8vo. Signature and small address label. Fine hardback, very gently sunned on spine. In-print at £179.99.
Provides a thorough and readable introduction to the subject, including such topics as feeding, diversity, reproduction, development as well as growth and biological adaptions. There are also reference lists and a classification.
£85.00 [ref: 59567]
Chan, B.K.K. et al. Crustacean Fauna of Taiwan: Barnacles. Volume I - Cirripedia: Thoracica excluding the Pyrgomatidae and Acastinae.
1st. Ed. Pub. National Taiwan Ocean Uni. 2009 pp.xx, 297 with colour and b/w. photos., plus b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Boards lightly bumped and gently sunned on front, o/w. a fine hardback. Scarce.
£135.00 [ref: 59555]
Dance, S.P. (Ed.). The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Shells.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Zachery Kwintner Books. 1990 pp.288 with colour photos. Small 4to. Name to ffep. Nr. fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
£7.50 [ref: 58544]
Dillon, R.T. Jr. The Ecology of Freshwater Molluscs.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 2000 pp.xii, 509 with many figs. Royal 8vo. A fine hdbk. in illus. boards.
This book provides a comprehensive review of the ecology of freshwater bivalves and gastropods worldwide. It deals with the ecology of these species in its broadest sense, including diet, habitat and reproductive biology. A most comphrehensive volume.
£80.00 [ref: 33176]
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. British Prosobranch Molluscs. Their Functional Anatomy and Ecology.
Rev. & Upd. Ed. Pub. Ray Society. 1994 pp.xix, 820 with b/w. fine anatomical illus., throughout. Large 8vo. Signature and small address label. Fine hardback in fine dw.
£60.00 [ref: 59499]
Green, S. Bahrain Seashells.
Pub. By the Author 1994 pp.178 with superb colour photographs and distribution maps. A thoroughly very good copy in same dw. Landscape format. Scarce.
£125.00 [ref: 43346]
Heron-Allen, E. Barnacles. In Nature and in Myth.
1st. Ed. Pub. Oxford. Uni. Press. 1928 pp.xv, 180 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Signature and occasional neat pencil marks in margins. A vg. hardback
£20.00 [ref: 59480]
Hill-Cottingham, P. Aquatic Mollusca of Somerset. An Identification Guide.
1st. Ed. Pub. PH-C. [n.d. c.1994] pp.35 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Name to front cover, o/w. a fine softback. Scarce.
£15.00 [ref: 60395]
Kerney, M. Atlas of the Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Harley Books. 1999 pp.264 with b/w. illus. and dist. maps throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback with very gentle sunning to spine.
All 214 species of terrestrial and freshwater molluscs, whether native or introduced species that are naturalised in open habitats in the British Isles, are individually mapped based on 10-km square dot-distribution maps. Each species map is accompanied by notes on its habitat, and each map also includes a small black and white illustration of the species. Additional maps illustrate environmental factors affecting distribution.
£28.00 [ref: 65141]
Kilburn, R. & Rippey, E. Sea Shells of Southern Africa.
1st. Pub. Macmillan. 1982 pp.249 with 46 fine coloured plates. A VG. copy in dw.
There are some 3000 species of shells found in this area of which some two-thirds are found nowhere else. In this volume some 600 species are dealt in detail. This volume covers the whole area in great detail.
£90.00 [ref: 30814]