Australian Sea Shells (29 results)

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Joyce Allan (illustrator). Reprint. Illustrated end pages. Clean and tight textblock. Grey top edge. Bumped corners, head and foot of spine lightly bumped. 487pp., including glossary and index. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Photographs; Drawings By The Author (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Xxi, 487 Pp. Green Cloth. First Printing Of The 1959 Edition, American Issue Using Sheets Printed In Australia. Book Is Near Fine, No Marks Or Wear. Dust Jacket With Wear, Edge Tears, 3/4" V-Chip At Bottom Of Rear Panel Without Loss Of Lettering Or Design.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gift inscription on the title page. No other markings in book. Fold marks on back cover top corner tip. Binding is tight. 80 pages with 111 illustrations including some color plates.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Branford Co. Pub 1959 - Stated Revised Edition 1959 USA. Prev owner name on title page and a number printed inside cover there is a stamp from the "Natural History Societ of Maryland" inside cover else other pages clean tight and bright. No other pen marks or highlighting. Green cloth hardcover is clean and bright. Lettering on spine is clean. Dust jacket is in several pieces with multiple tears at the edges.

paperback. Condition: Good. Unmarked trade paperback 1974 reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Used, very good. Small orange hardcover, 127pp. Cover moderately rubbed, light foxing, sound binding, no marks or writing. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging.

Revised edition (reprint). Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original full cloth-gilt. 25 cm. Contains color and black-and-white illustrations throughout. In very good plus condition. Previous owner's name neatly written on the front loose end page. Hinges tight, pages bright. Light edge wear/bumping, soiling to the cloth covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Fifth Edition. x+80pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated laminated boards with hint of fading to spine, neat previous ownership name to top corner of ffep., frontis., preface by John, intro., col. & b/w plts. & illust. & text, col. & b/w photos- full page, diags., drawings, indexes. The book provides a useful guide for all those people who are interested in the rich and varied life of the Australian seashores. Size: Small Octavo. Book.

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 112 pages. Colour illustrations. Cover has minor edge wear. Internally spotless. A nice clean, tight, straight copy. Scan available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. VG / Fair Second edition. Colour frontispiece and other b/w illustrations and line drawings. Black titles to spine on blue cloth covered boards. Fading to spine and edge of covers. Binding is very firm and tight. Apart from neat gift inscription to front fep, interior is clean. Not ex-library. Unclipped pictorial d/j is lightly soiled and rubbed with several tears.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth, 8vo. 1st ed. 470pp. Green boards with gilt at spine. Profusely illustrated in color & B&W. Minor shelfwear to boards. Pages clean & tight.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy large octavo 112pp., col. pls., map, diags., glossary, Ownership inscription o/w VG.

OLeinen. 4to (25 x 18cm). 470 pp. Green cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. Top edge green. Wear to head/tail of spine and corners. GUTER ZUSTAND Size: 25 x 18 Cm. 1600 Gr.

127 pp., 287 b/w figs, hardcover [10.2 x 12.3 cm].

Condition: Very Good. Glossy card cover, 80 pages. Appears to be an unused ex reference library book.

This book provides a useful guide for all those people who are interested in the rich and varied life of the Australian seashores. Written with a minimum of technical jargon, it will enable the interested amateur to identify the common molluscs and to understand the fundamentals of their way of living and the ways in which they are adapted to their environment. 80 pp., 111 b/w figs, num. color pls, hc 8.

Stiff card covers. Condition: Good. FISHES MARITIME x, 80 p. : ill. (some col.). ; 18 cm. Periwinkle Series. Rev., re-set and enl. ed. #231124 Mollusks -- Australia Shells -- Australia -- Identification Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Dust jacket has major wear and tear to the edges.

First Edition. With 10 colour plates by the author, and 34 in black and white plates, additional illustrations within the text. 4to, publisher's original green cloth, gilt lettered and decorated on the spine, with pictorially decorated endpapers. xix, 470pp. A very nice and fresh copy. With little evidence of use, the binding only very lightly mellowed. UNCOMMON FIRST EDITION. Printed for the Australiana Society and authored and illustrated by the curator of shells for the Austrailian Museum of Sydney. It is an extensive and valuable study describing or illustrating over 1200 species.

127 p., numerous plates with 287 figures, 18mo (10,2 x 13,4 cm), hardbound.

Melbourne 1950. Sm.4to. Or.cl. XX470pp. With col. frontisp. 43 full-page plates of which 11 col. and num. text-illusts. by the author. 1st ed.

Melbourne, 1962. XXI,487 pp. 44 plts & 112 figs. Cloth.