[RARE 1931 EDITION] Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 4 parts in 2 volumes

"left an indelible imprint on innumerable investigations in malacology"  (Bieler & Boss)

Johannes THIELE .  Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde. Jena: Gustav Fischer. 1931 & 1935. 4 parts bound in 2, as issued.  Richard L. Johnson's copy with stamping and occasional penciled notations.  Original cloth, spines slightly faded,1 leaf of index has small hole in margin. 

Pp. 778, 1154; publisher's list at end. Approx.  26 cm / 10.5"

According to The Nautilus (July, 1952)--"This work was originally issued in four parts and sent to subscribers as they were published.  When the work was completed these four parts were collated and bound in two volumes.  The dates were changed on the title pages of the bound volumes to corresp[ond to the dates of issue of the second part of Volume I and the fourth part of Volume II...The collated and bound sets carry the dates of 1931 for Volume I and 1935 for Volume II." (W. J. Clench, p. 33.)   

TOGETHER WITH: THIELE, JOHANNES & BHATTI, DR. J. S. (Trans.) Handbook of Systematic Malacology: Part 1 (Loricata; Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) & Part 2 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata).  Published by Smithsonian Institution Libraries / The National Science Foundation, 1992.  FIRST EDITION.  Review copy, with publisher's notices. 2 volumes; xiii, 625 pages & xiv, 627-1189 pages (continuously paginated from part 1).  Illustrated. Hardcovers with dust jackets. Light scuffing and wear to jackets. 

 v.[1-2] : illustrations ; 25.5 cm/10.25" (Note: lot does not contain Parts 3 & 4, issued in 1998 as a single volume.)  

Scientific editors of translation, Rüdiger Bieler and Paula M. Mikkelsen ; translator, J.S. Bhatti.

An indispensable aide to understanding the publishing history of Thiele's masterpiece and its numerous additions and revisions, with useful comparisons & bibliographical notes.  

WITH:

1989: Bieler, R. & K. J. Boss, Johannes Thiele and his contributions to zoology. Part 1. Biography and bibliography. -- Nemouria, Occasional Papers of the Delaware Museum of Natural History, 34: 1-30.