The Collector's Encyclopedia of Shells
Dance, S. Peter
ISBN 10: 0070152926 ISBN 13: 9780070152922
Published by McGraw Hill Book Company, 1976
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About this Item
Description:
Hardcover second edition in clean dust jacket; as a bonus, we are also including two wonderful as-new softbound books, "Let's Go Shelling" and "How to Clean Seashells" to add to shelling enjoyment. Black cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear to corner at base of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and endpapers are clean - no names, writing or marks; slight dust-speckling to text block edges. Profusely illustrated with color photographs throughout. 288 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, one short closed edge tear; some fading to background of spine; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An amazing resource for identifying shells, with more than 2,000 species arranged in systematic order with a pictorial key provided to assist the collector in identifying his specimens. Seller Inventory # 033656
Synopsis:
With this book, S. Peter Dance fills a major gap in the general literature on conchology. . . . As a 'how-to book' on shell collecting it will be the one essential background work for anyone who is starting to collect, but it will also interest and inform more advanced collectors throughout the world.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Collector's Encyclopedia of Shells
Publisher: McGraw Hill Book Company
Publication Date: 1976
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition