The Shell Book; a Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living Mollusks, and an aid to the Identification of Shells Native and Foreign
by ROGERS, Julia Ellen;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908, First edition. . original cloth, pictorial gilt shell on spine, gilt lettering on spine and cover, signature on endpaper, light rubbing on outer edges, light dampstain on outer corner of some leaves, else very good, clean and sound copy. . 4to [26 x 19 cm]; xxi, 485 pp, 8 color plates, colored frontis with tissue guards, 96 other plates, mostly from photos by A. R. Dugmore, each with several illus, index. . A very well illustrated and detailed description of each species by renowned expert and naturalist. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J11078
- Title
- The Shell Book; a Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living Mollusks, and an aid to the Identification of Shells Native and Foreign
- Author
- ROGERS, Julia Ellen;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth, pictorial gilt shell on spine, gilt lettering on spine and cover, signature on endpaper, light rubbing on outer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908, First edition.
- Size
- 4to [26 x 19 cm]; xxi, 485 pp, 8
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - Marine & Fresh Water Biology;
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