Sea Shells of Tropical West America; Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru

Hardcover with dust jacket - full blue buckram over boards with gold lettering shell design stamped on spine. Glossy black illustrated DJ. Sewn binding. xiv + 1080 pages, illustrated with 4,000 half-tone text drawings and 22 full-color plates illustrating 85 species; glossary, maps, 4 appendices, bibliography, and index; illustrated endpapers. 2nd Edition, 1st Printing. CONDITION: Book NEAR FINE, binding square and tight, pages bright and free of writing, but with neat highlighting of many species numbers, apparently serving as the former owner's check list of species seen; DJ VERY GOOD, light edge wear and rubbing, back of jacket with a 1-cm closed tear and 3x3 cm chip along bottom, not clipped, protected in a clear archival (Mylar) cover. A large book measuring 6 cm thick and weighing 2 kg. CONTENT: Substantially improved 2nd edition, with the original 1958 text extensively rewritten and with new color plates. A magnificent reference that treats 3,325 species, about double the number in the first edition. Includes synopses of all taxonomic groups above species, identification keys to the subgenus level, 4 coastal maps, list of place names. >Guaranteed secure packaging, free tracking, and no-hassle return policy.…