Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Book is new and unread, jacket is like new, illustrated throughout with 1, 200 examples in full color. First American Edition. 1st prtg. black boards, unclipped.

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Title: The Encyclopedia of Shells
Publisher: Facts on File, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1991
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0816027021
ISBN 13: 9780816027026
Binding: Hard cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New in fine dust jacket.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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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

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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.

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