THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SEASHELLS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Written by Nora F. McMillan. Illustrated by Bridget Finlow; John Clegg.
Stock no. 1331346
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers book No. 70. With 195 Line Drawings and 8 colour plates. Small format. Cream boards. ISBN: 0723215677. Minimal bumping to cover edges (just from slight shelf wear). Some light foxing to textblock else contents fine. Dustwrapper is browned to rear panel (along spine edge and is faded to spine.

VOLUTES
Written by Guido T. Poppe; Yoshihiro Goto.
Stock no. 1331196
Published by Mostra Mondiale Malacologia. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 8886070012. SIGNED by Poppe to title page by means of a dedication to Peter. Spine and corners are quite heavily bumped and slightly worn. Barcode sticker to rear cover. Knock to centre of vertical edge of rear board. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.

MARINE SHELLS OF THE SEYCHELLES
Written by Alan G. Jarrett.
Stock no. 1831283
Published by Carole Green Publishing. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive guide for the identification of shells from the Central Indian Ocean. A detailed description of each shell, useful line diagrams and annotated plates together with clear colour photographs of over 600 species. Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. xiv and 149 pages including index. ISBN: 1903479002. Top corner of boards bumped, minor mark to lower edge of front board, else a lovely, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

INDEX TESTACEOLOGICUS, AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHELLS
Written by W Wood; Sylvanus Hanley. Illustrated by W. Wood.
Stock no. 1209003
Published by Willis And Sotheran. 1st thus 1856. Almost very good condition.

Containing about 2800 figures accurately coloured after nature. A New and Entirely revised edition with ancient and modern appellations, synonyms, localities, etc, etc. Three-quarter green leather binding with marbled paper boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt title and decorative tooling. 46 exquisite handcoloured plates. Top edge gilt. Ex-library with usual stamps. Leather spine & corners rubbed and worn with some removal of surface leather. Couple of patches of loss of leather to base of spine. Small patch of surface paper loss to front board and front pastedown. Front joint split, rear joint starting to crack but binding is tight. Some joints pulled. A few scattered foxspots to contents. All plates present, plate 35 has small closed tear (no loss) to top margin. Overall, a nice copy.

LIVING AND FOSSIL BRACHIOPODS
Written by M.J.S. Rudwick.
Stock no. 1829143
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 199 pages including index. ISBN: 0091030803. Top edge of text block foxed. Otherwise, contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

A HISTORY OF BRITISH MOLLUSCA, AND THEIR SHELLS (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward Forbes; Sylvanus Hanley.
Stock no. 2133307
Published by John Van Voorst. 1st 1853. Almost very good condition.

Leather spines and corners. Maroon title blocks to spines, gilt titles. Marbled outer page edges and endpapers. 203 hand-coloured plates. Bookplates of 'The Wheelton hind Collection 1920' to front pastedown of each book. Rear join at rear of Volume 1 (on outside); leather has split, but still holding together well. Some scuffs and chips of leather spines and corners. Foxing to prelims of books; some margin marks; page browning. Hand-coloured illustrations are still nice and bright.

ILLUSTRATED INDEX OF BRITISH SHELLS
Written by G.B. Sowerby. Illustrated by G.B. Sowerby.
Stock no. 1208607
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 2nd 1887. Almost very good condition.

Containing Figures Of All The Recent Species, With Names and Other Information. Habits and localities, range of depth of marine species and comparative abundance. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 26 tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates depicting 668 species. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover, embossed decorative borders to covers. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn with small tear in cloth at base of spine. Covers darkened at edges and on spine. Front hinge cracked. Inscription in ink on verso of front endpaper. All plates present. One tissue guard detached. Foxing to tissue guards. Plates clean except for a very few which have minor foxing at the edges. A bright copy.