Author: Sakai, T.
Title: The crabs of Sagami Bay, collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, described and illustrated by Tune Sakai, edited by the Biological laboratory, Imperial Household.
Description: Honolulu, HI, East-West Center Press, 1965. 4to (25.5 x 18.2 cm). 346 pp. [xvi, 206; 92; 32]; 100 full colour plates of 340 species after original watercolours by Tune Sakai; large, double-folded map. Purple buckram with gilt and black title on the front board and spine. In original, printed dustjacket. = Written by Japan's foremost carcinologist, "Mr. Crab", Tune Sakai (1903-1986), and finelyillustrated by himself. Sagami Bay is well known for its rich marine fauna and this important contribution on carcinology includes four new genera, and illustrates 24 new species of which some have previously been described in Crustaceana. Rare to find with the original dustjacket, Dust jacket with some repairs; library stamp on front free endpaper recto; otherwise a very good, clean copy. Not in Nissen ZBI.

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