Abbott, R. Tucker. Kingdom of the Seashell.
Pub. Bonanza Books. 1982 pp.256 with many illus. A fine copy in dw.
£14.00 [ref: 24269]

Barnard, K.H. A Beginner’s Guide to South African Shells.
1st. Pub. Maskew Miller. ND pp.ii, 215 with 32 plates pl;us 3 coloured plates.A VG copy in similar dw.
£10.00 [ref: 24431]

Chambers, Paul. British Seashells. A Guide for Conchologists and Beachcombers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Remember When. 2009 pp.233 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.
£14.00 [ref: 50216]

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]

Ellis, A.E. British Freshwater Bivalve Molluscs. With Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species. Linnean Society of London Synopses of the British Fauna No. 13.
Pub. Linnean Society. 1962 pp.92 with text figs. and 16 b/w. plates at rear of text. Small plain label to rear inside cover o/w. contents clean. Card covers foxed and darkened in places. Overall a vg. copy. Softback.
£10.00 [ref: 46530]

Godan, Dora. Pest Slugs and Snails. Biology and Control.
1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Springer-Verlag. 1983 pp.x, 445. Royal 8vo. From the library of the renowned Naturalist and Author - Eric Hardy. He has tipped in many related articles making this an even more interesting volume. Boards lightly marked and scuffed in places.
Examples of articles / papers Eric tipped in are ‘The absence of slugs in a garden and an experiment in re-stocking’ by Barnes, H.F. (1952) from Proc. Zool. Soc. London and ‘The Snail-Eating behaviour of Thrushes and Blackbirds’ by Desmond Morris (1954) from British Birds.
£50.00 [ref: 51521]

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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]

Groves, R.E. The Crayfish. Its Nature and Nurture.
Pub. Fishing News Books Ltd. 1985 pp.72 with b/w. photography and text figs. 8vo. From the library of the well-know naturalist Eric Hardy - Eric has inserted various crayfish related, articles, newspaper clippings and images throughout making this an even more interesting copy. A nr. fine softback.
£20.00 [ref: 49216]

Ingle, R.W. Shallow-water Crabs. Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge. 1983 pp.vii, 206 with b/w. line drawings. 8vo. A nr. fine softback.
Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), No. 25.
£20.00 [ref: 50201]

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]