Author: Schmitt, W. L.
Title: The marine decapod Crustacea of California with special reference to the decapod Crustacea collection by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in connection with the biological survey of the San Francisco Bay in 1912-1913. [REPRINT with author's biography].
Description: Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 1921 [REPRINT Lochum, Antiquariaat Junk, 1972]. Large 8vo (24.0 x 16.8 cm). Portrait frontispiece, [xii], 470 pp., 165 text figures, 50 plates, two folded maps. Republisher's red cloth with gilt title on the front board and spine. = The 1972 reprint, which differs chiefly in having an additional portrait of the author, a biography, a bibliography - by Lucille McCain -, and a drawing of the author, the American zoologist Waldo LaSalle Schmitt (1887-1977). Excellent for identifications. Slight discolouring to the front board; otherwise a clean, "as new" copy.

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