Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1900-1908. Ten papers in ten. 8vo (22.1 x 14.5 cm). 216 pp.; 25 lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers.

An uninterrupted run, from the start. The Australian malacologist Charles Hedley (1862-1926) was one of the leading figures in the study of the molluscs, in particular the marine molluscs, of Australia and Oceania. He introduced well over a thousand new species names. Many were described in a series, titled Studies on Australian Mollusca, published in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, and finely illustrated by Phyllis Clarke, who produced excellent drawings of many small shells. Other illustrations are by Hedley himself. Towards the end, publication became irregular, with the gaps widening. The work was never officially concluded. Included are several malacological studies, with plates, by another Australian malacologist, Hereward Leighton Kesteven (1881-1964), mainly on protoconchs of marine gastropods. Uncut. Wrappers, on inferior paper, partly abraded or lost and chipping. A single page was printed on the inside of a wrapper, but this one is without text loss; otherwise, very good, clean and unmarked.