(CONCHOLOGY) Inscribed copy of author’s landmark Studies in Ampullaria, 1925; 1/150 copies

(CONCHOLOGY) inscribed copy of Studies in Ampullaria. Cambridge: Heffer, 1925; 1/150 copies.  With nineteen plates, drawn from nature by the author. 4to. Cloth backed boards.  Light wear, mild foxing.

Pp. xx + 102 + 19 plates. 

An important study, inscribed by The Rev. E. G. ALDERSON, sometimes referred to as the applesnail guru, largely on the basis of this work.

“P. aldersoni is named after the British conchologistand malacologist E. G. Alderson, who authored a revision of the genus Ampullaria in 1925.” (Wikipedia)