Baker, Frank C.

The Mollusca of the Chicago Area: The Pelecypoda

Chicago: Chicago Academy of Sciences, 1898. First edition Pp. 130, 27 photo-plates. Publisher's printed wrappers, lg 8vo. The Natural History Survey Bulletin, number 3, part 1. Spine professionally reinforced with black cloth tape. No ownership marks. Marginal tear to the first two pages repaired; a clean, very good copy..

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Book number: 3203

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic invertebrates mollusca pelecypoda Bivalvia bivalves

Barnard, J. L.

Marine Amphipoda of Oregon.

Corvallis, OR: Oregon State College Press, 1954, First edition. Pp. 103, 33 full page monochrome plates. Publisher's brown wrappers lg 8vo. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with single ink stamp on front wrapper, page 100 and inside of rear wrapper, call number and date on the front wrapper, several small water spots and crease to front wrapper, a tight, very good copy..

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Book number: 2129

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic Invertebrates crustaceans Pacific Northwest Oregon America taxonomy Natural Sciences Natural Science

Berry, S. Stillman

A Review of the Cephalopods of Western North America

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1912. First edition. Pp. 269-336; 25 full page black-and-white plates (fine halftones, photographs, line-drawings). Later yellow cloth, lettered in black on the spine, sm 4to. This work presents the cephalopods of the western shore of North America between the Bering Strait on the north and the Coronado Islands on the south. This includes the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. There are great illustrations of octopi. Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries for 1910, volume 30, document no. 761. No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 7898

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Binney, W.G. and Bland, Thomas

XVIII. Notes on the Lingual Dentition of Mollusca.

New York: William Wood and Company, 1870. First edition. Pp. 15; 12 text-figures. Original yellow printed wrappers, 8vo. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, volume 9, no. 9. The entire issue no. 9 if offered in original yellow wrappers; it contains 4 other articles including two others on Mollusca. Old signature on the front wrappers. Some chipping to the wrappers on the rear wrappers, occasional light soiling to the wrappers; a very good copy..

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Book number: 4994

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic invertebrates Mollusca mollusks lingual dentition anatomy Binney Bland

Boone, Lee

The Littoral Crustacean Fauna of the Galapagos Islands.

New York: Zoological Society, 1927. First edition. Pp. 127-288; 102 text-figures and photos. Original printed green wrappers, lg 8vo. From: Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, volume VIII, number 4. Documents the Brachyura of the Galapagos archipelago. From the library of Floyd S. Young, third director of the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago in the 1930s, with his signature on the front wrapper. Crease to outer bottom corner of the front wrapper and first few pages; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 4132

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic invertebrates crustacea crustaceans brachyura Littoral Crustacean Fauna Galapagos Islands South America Pacific Ocean Floyd S. Young Boone

Bouvier, E. L.

Reports on the Results of Dredging in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78), in the Caribbean Sea (1878-79) and along the Atlantic coast of the United States (1880), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer ""Blake"", Part XLVIII: Les Macroures Marcheurs.

Cambridge: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1923. First edition Pp. 76, 12 full page plates (fine stipple drawings). Later orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine, (original printed green wrappers bound in place), lg 4to (12 x 9 3/4 inches). Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 47, no. 5. From the library of crustacean zoologist Linda J. Becker with her name stamp on the front wrapper. Details the lobsters and related species collected in the dredging operations. A tight and clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 3994

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Brooks, W.K. and Herrick, F.H.

The Embryology and Metamorphosis of the Macroura.

Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1891. First edition Pp. 258 + 57 full plates (many in color). Ornately marbled wrappers with title and author labels on the front cover, marbled page edges 4to. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 5 (4th memoir). Superb color and half-tone plates of the adult, larval and egg stages of lobster and shrimp. Some browning to the outer edges of the text only, a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 3355

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic invertebrates crustacea crustaceans macroura lobster shrimp

Burukovskii, R. N.

Key to Shrimps and Lobsters (translated from the Russian)

New Delhi: Oxonian Press, 1982. First edition in English. Pp. xi, 174; 189 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original light blue cloth, lettered in black on the spine, original pictorial blue dust jacket, lettered in white on the spine and in black on the front cover, and with lobster in white on the front cover, lg 8vo. This important key to decapods (shrimps, spiny lobsters, rock lobsters) was originally published in Russian in Moscow in 1974. It was translated from the Russian by B. R. Sharma. This volume is from the research library of ichthyologist Wayne N. Witzell with his circular blind stamp on the front endpaper, half-title and title pages. Small tear to dust jacket repaired by a small piece of cellotape on the front cover, some minor edge wear to dust jacket; a tight copy in very good condition in a very good dust jacket..

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Book number: 7756

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Burukovskii, R. N.

Key to Shrimps and Lobsters (translated from the Russian)

New Delhi: Oxonian Press, 1982. First edition in English. Pp. xi, 174; 189 text-figures (line-drawings). Publisher's original light blue cloth, lettered in black on the spine, original pictorial blue dust jacket, lettered in white on the spine and in black on the front cover, and with lobster in white on the front cover, lg 8vo. This important key to decapods (shrimps, spiny lobsters, rock lobsters) was originally published in Russian in Moscow in 1974. It was translated from the Russian by B. R. Sharma. Light edge wear to dust jacket; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 7757

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Calman,W.T.

ON NEW OR RARE CRUSTACEA OF THE ORDER CUMACEAE FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE COPENHAGEN MUSEUM, Part 1: The families Bodotriidae, Vauntompsoniidae and Leuconidae.

London: Zoological Society, 1907. Pp. 58 + 9 full page lithographic plates. Original printed blue wraps, lg 4to. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 18, part 1. Two long scratches on the back wrap, slight edge wear, a very good copy..

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Book number: 0813

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Crustaceans Cumaceae Natural Sciences Natural Science

Carpenter, P.P.

LECTURES ON MOLLUSCA; OR ""SHELLFISH"" AND THEIR ALLIES.

Washington: George W. Bowman, 1861. Pp. 151-283. Publisher's elaborately blind-stamped cloth, 8vo. In: Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1860. Bound with three other un-related monographs. Signature of B. Harry Warren of Westchester, PA, 1883 on front wrap. Two even older signatures on the rear endpaper. Ex-library from Reading Public Museum with call number on spine, book on front endpaper and museum stamps on rear endpaper. Cloth has some varnish applied to the spine, a good sold copy in the original binding..

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Book number: 1638

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Invertebrates Shells Mollusks Mollusc Mollusca North America Northeastern US Natural Sciences Natural Science

Chester, R.H.

THE SYSTEMATICS OF SYMPATRIC SPECIES IN WEST INDIAN SPATANGOIDS. A Revision of the genera Brissopsis, Plethotaenia, and Saviniaster.

Coral Gables: University of Miami Press, 1968, 1st edition. Pp. vii, 168, 35 b/w plates, 25 text-figures. Decorated cloth, DJ, lg 8vo. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket that has a few watermarks..

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Book number: 0814

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Carribean Spatangoids Natural Sciences Natural Science

Dall, W.H.

MONOGRAPH OF WEST AMERICAN PYRAMIDELLID MOLLUSKS.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1909. Pp. xii, 258, 30 black-and-white plates. Early red pebble cloth with gilt-lettering, 8vo. United Station National Museum Bulletin no. 68. Ex-library from the Reading Public Museum with a call number on the spine, bookplate on the front endpaper, name stamp on title page, no other library marks, a bright, clean copy in near fine condition..

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Book number: 1704

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Molluscs Mollusks Shells Western US Pyramidellidae Natural Sciences Natural Science

de Man, J.G.

Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo, im Auftrage der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft: Dekapoden und Stomatopoden

Frankfurt am Main: Moritz Diesterweg, 1896. First edition Pp. (6), pp. 467-929, 9 lithographic plates each with a descriptive text leaf. Early forest green textured cloth, gilt-lettered on the spine, 4to. From the series: Ergebnisse einer Zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo, im Auftrage der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgefuhrt von Dr. Willy Kukenthal, Zweiter Teil: Wissenschaftliche Reiseergebnisse, Band III, Heft III. This monograph presents the zoological results of the Decapoda and Stomatopoda collected on a research trip to Borneo and the Moluccas, performed on behalf of the Senckenberg Natural History Society by Dr. Willy Kukenthal. Faint crease to the corner of the title page, no signs of use, a bright and clean copy in fine condition..

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Book number: 2871

Catalogue: Aquatic Invertebrates

Keywords: Aquatic invertebrates crustacea Decapoda Stomatopoda Borneo Moluccas

Dodge, Henry

A Historical Review of the Mollusks of Linnaeus, 7 parts, complete (in 4 bound volumes with 3 in original wrappers).

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1952-1959. First edition. Pp. 983; numerous illustrations and maps. Full dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine (Parts 3, 4, 5 and 7) + publisher's original printed blue wrappers (Parts 1, 2 and 6), sm 4to. From: American Museum of Natural History, vol. 100, article 1; vol. 103, article 1; vol. 107, article 1; vol. 111, article 3; vol. 113, article 2; vol. 116, article 2; and vol. 118, article 5. Since this important work was issued over a seven year period it seldom is offered as a complete set. The four bound volumes contain all of the American Museum Bulletins published in 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1959; each volume is 300 to 500 pages in length and contains 3 to 7 articles including one additional monograph on marine mollusks. The remaining three parts are in their original wrappers as issued. The bound volumes have the bookplate of the Reading Public Museum and a single ink name stamp on the title page and rear wrapper; these four volumes show no signs of use. The three parts in original wraps have no ownership marks and no signs of use. Extra shipping will be required due to the weight of the bound volumes. The edge of the wrappers of Part 1 is slightly faded with a few nicks; all of the other volumes and parts are exceptionally bright and clean; a near fine set..

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Book number: 5087

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