Cone Shells of the World

166pp, col plates, bibliography, appendix, index. Beige cloth boards jacket. Jacket rubbed and edgeworn, tape stains to reverse, tape stains to endpapers, light even toning to page edges, foxing to endpapers, check marks (ticks) next to most images on plates. SIGNED with personalised inscription by author on front free endpaper. In this book, the division of the genus Conus into the many subgenera should be of material assistance in classifying specimens. The author, who explains how to collect shells and how to clean and preserve them, provides useful information on the keeping of data and arranging a shell collection. Size: 4to.