Author: Annandale, [T.] N.
Title: Zoological results of a tour in the Far East. Introduction. [AND] The Mollusca of the Tai-Hu in the Kiangsu province of China. [AND] The Mollusca of Lake Biwa, Japan.
Description: Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1916-1918. Two papers in one. Large 4to (30.3 x 23.8 cm). Title pages, 60 pp. [1-10, 43-74; 301-320]; two [1;1] plates with explanatory text leaves, three maps, six text figures. Brown buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. = Written by the British naturalist and malacologist Thomas Nelson Annandale (1876-1924). Six parts were published, but this selection contain the complete malacological results, and the general introduction only. Several new species are described and illustrated. Published in the Society's Memoirs. Provenance: with on the front wrappers an "autograph" stamp of the American malacologist Arthur [Paul] Jacot (1890-1939); the first wrapper also stamped "With the Author's compliments"; and a stamp of the American malacologist Richard Irwin Johnson (1925-2020) in the top margin of the front wrappers. Inner lower corner of the first plate damp stained, otherwise very good, clean. Rare.

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