The Encyclopedia of Shells With 1,200 Examples in full color.

Wye, Kenneth R.:

ISBN 10: 0816027021 / ISBN 13: 9780816027026

Published by Facts On File Inc,, 1991

About this Item

288 Seiten Sehr sauberes Exemplar. A632g Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1305.

Seller Inventory # 39214

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Encyclopedia of Shells With 1,200 Examples in full color.
• Publisher: Facts On File Inc,
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816027021
• ISBN 13: 9780816027026
• Binding: 4°, Pappband mit Umschlag-O.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 1305 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • ABB

About this title

Synopsis

A recognition guide and reference on shells, featuring an illustrated directory of 1,200 shells and shell families, information on habitat, distribution, and conservation, shell buying tips, and advice on maintaining a collection

Reviews

This book for serious shell collectors, not vacationers, provides color photographs of over 1000 types of shells. While the photographs are exceptionally clear, they are unfortunately almost all the same size, without a representation of scale, regardless of the actual size of the shell. Distribution, habitat depth, and relative availability to collectors are explained in descriptions. Coverage is worldwide with extensive representation from the Far East, including many shells rarely seen by casual shell collectors. Nevertheless, libraries having one of the editions of R. Tucker Abbott and S. Peter Dance's Compendium of Seashells (1990, American Melacologists. 4th ed.) will not need this volume unless their collections are exhaustive.
- Susan Klimley, Columbia Univ. Libs.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.