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Published by A Winterthur Book/Rutledge Books/Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, NY, 1976
ISBN 10: 0517521776ISBN 13: 9780517521779
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Printing. (1976) 144 pp. Original white wraps, moderately soiled. Illust. w/ color plates and b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Published by Rutledge Books/Crown Publishers, New York, NY, 1972
ISBN 10: 0517166089ISBN 13: 9780517166086
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Natural linen boards w/blue lettering/Fine. DJ/VG; strong & sound w/scrape, small losses to lower front. Conchology from R. Tucker Abbott, director of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum on Sanibel Island off the coast of Florida. Basic mollusk biology for shell collectors. 256 pgs. 11 photo illustrated chapters: 1, Molluscan Seashells; 2, How Shells Live; 3, Where Shells Live; 4, Evolution of Shells; 5, Around the World for Seashells; 6, Habits of Shells; 7, Collecting Shells; 8, Collector's Items; 9, Shells Through the Ages; 10, The Uses of Shells Today; and II, Shells & the Connoisseur, followed by Guide to the Seashell Literature.