Shells
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Tropical Pacific Marine Shells
by Walter Cernohorsky
Sydney, Australia: Pacific Publications, 1978. Jacket has general wear plus 2cm repaired tear at front. Previous owners initials to front endpaper. 352 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£13.06
All Colour Book of Seashells
by Clayton, J.M
London: Cathay Books. 1974. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 72 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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£7.31
Shell life : an introduction to the British mollusca / by Edward Step ... ; with upwards of six hundred illustrations, 188 of which are prepared in colour by W. J. Stokoe
by Step, Edward (1855-1931)
London ; New York : Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1927. New Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 421 pages; Physical description; 421 p., [31] leaves of plates : ill. (many col.) ; 20 cm. Subject; Mollusks - Great Britain - Identification. Molluscs. Shells. Conchology.
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£34.14
Identifying Shells. The new compact study guide and identifier
by Woodward, Fred
London: New Burlington Books. 1997. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition, laminated card covers. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 80 pages. Over 140 Shells, Clearly identified. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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£7.83
The Scallop: Studies Of A Shell And Its Influences On Humankind
by Ian Cox, (editor) and eight authors
Shell Transport and Trading Co., 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. 135 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
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£7.82
Records of the South Australian Museum Volume IX No 3 (1950)
by Edited by the Museum Director
Adelaide: South Australia Museum. 1950. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Stamp of the museum to front cover and '9.3' neatly inked to spine. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 95 pages. Contains articles on Australian Aborigines and natural History. Articles on Australian Aborigines include: Palaeolithic Kodj Axe of the Aborigines and its Distribution in Australia. Results of the...
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£11.49
2002 Sea Shells : Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Mollusca
by Coleman, Neville
Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd, 2003. 144 pages with over 2,200 colour photo's. A comprehensive guide including major habitats, natural history and zoogeography for tropical and temperate species and where to find them. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£36.56
Shell Life : An Introduction To The British Mollusca
by Step,Edward
Frederick Warne, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. jacket is rubbed,sunned and worn.tape residue marks,a closed tear on the second front page.light tanning.well bound.[J.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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£9.75
Shells and shell collecting
by Dance, S. Peter
Hamlyn, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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£6.45
The Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Suffolk: An Atlas & History
by Killeen, Ian J
Ipswich: Suffolk Naturalists' Society, 1992. Hardback, laminated pictorial boards. 171pp + 35 colour photographic plates to rear. Frontis. Illus. Slightest wear. A very decent copy. (bs60). Hard Cover. Very Good.
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£22.00
SHELL COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK
by Verrill, A. Hyatt
New York NY: G. P. Putnams. 1950. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket; Exlibrary with markings. Front endpaper is missing. DJ flaps clipped. DJ flaps were pasted to endpapers ; Ex-Library; B&W Illustrations; 228 pages .
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£8.13£5.69
Guide to Shells of Papua New Guinea
by Hinton, Alan
Port Moresby, P.N.G. : Robert Brown & Associates Foxing to title page. 74 pages with 68 colour plates illustrating over 1,450 individual shells representing 950 distinct species. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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£14.62
Records of the South Australian Museum Volume IX No 3 (1950)
by Edited by the Museum Director
Adelaide: South Australia Museum. 1950. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Original contents bound in facsimile covers. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 95 pages. Contains articles on Australian Aborigines and natural History. Articles on Australian Aborigines include: Palaeolithic Kodj Axe of the Aborigines and its Distribution in Australia. Results of the Harvard-Adelaide Universities' Anthropological Expedition, 1938-39." By Tindale; Natural History...
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£13.06
Shells : Jewels from the Sea
by M.G. Harasewych
Houghton Mifflin Australia, 1989. Foxing to minor title page and last page. 224 pages with colour illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Photography By Murray Alcosser . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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£13.58
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-91) and the Conchology, or natural history of shells
by Whitehead, P.J.P
British Museum (Natural History), 1977. Bulletin (Historical Series) vol. 6 no. 1. Paper covers. Fine/No Jacket. Scarcely used
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£10.00
Shell Life: an Introduction to the British Mollusca
by Edward Step
London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1901. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A profusely illustrated first edition copy of this study of British molluscs, by naturalist Edward Step. A first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. Edward Step (1855-1931) was the author of many popular and specialist books on various aspects of nature. In this work, he provides a comprehensive study on the various...
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£45.00
Johnsonia. Monographs of the Marine Mollusks of the Western Atlantic, Volume I, Numbers 1 to 18. INSCRIBED.
by Clench, W. J., ed
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard, 1968., 1968. Facsimile reprint of the 1941-1945 edition. 4to. viii, variously paginated. Illustrated throughout in B & W. Original illustrated white wrappers. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. The two fore edge corners are bumped else tight, very good plus.. Inscribed by Author(s). Soft cover. Very Good.
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£48.77
Shell Life
by Edward Step
Frederick Warne , London, 1901. Hardcover. Good. 1901. No Edition Remarks. 414 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Previous owner's name and small bookshop label to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine...
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£25.02
A Remarkable Snail Fauna from Coahuila, Mexico
by Taylor, Dwight W
The Veliger. 9 (2): pages 152-228, 12 plates (2 in color)
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£4.06
New Unionidae, Melanidae, etc., Cheifly of the United States
by Lea, Isaac
Lea paper on pages 113-187, with 3 lithographic plates.This is part of the complete issue and includes:Cope: On the families of the Reniform Anura. pages 189-206, 1 plate
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£73.16
A study of the vertebrate fauna of the Hudson highlands, with observation on the Mollusca, Crustacea, Lepidotera, and the flora of the region
by Mearns, Edgar A
Mearns, Edgar A. 1898. A study of the vertebrate fauna of the Hudson highlands, with observation on the Mollusca, Crustacea, Lepidotera, and the flora of the region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 10 (16): 303-352.
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£4.06
