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.

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

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 ends. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.

London: Frederick Warne. Lt edg wr, ow VG.. 1927. New Edition.

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.

London ; New York : Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 421 p. : ill., plates ; 20 cm. Subjects; Mollusks. Sea life. Marine life. Marine wildlife. Sea animals. Mollusks; description.

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 types of British molluscs, with over 600 illustrations. This book is from the series 'The Library of Natural History Romance'. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. 2 pages of publisher's advertisements to the front of the volume. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally very smart; colour and gilt are mostly bright, except for some fading to the spine and some small faint marks to the boards. Joints and extremities are a little bumped. Internally, firmly… Read More

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1901. 414p., b/w illus., original cloth (The library of natural history...romance).

London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. 414 pages With dustjacket - quite faint titles to front and spine of DJ - . has an applied scallop shell on front of dustjacket. Flaps to dustjacket quite short - possibly trimmed - some tape marks to front flap.The Dust jacket is protected in plastic The red cloth covered boards with black stylised illustrations in an Art Nouveau style with brightly gilded titles and shells to front and spine No Edition Remarks. More than thirty full-page plates depicting approx. 300 figures, Some foxing to pages edges.