GUIDE TO FIELD IDENTIFICATION SEASHELLS NORTH AMERICA 1968 FIRST EDITION WDJ ZIM

Description: A GUIDE TO FIELD IDENTIFICATION SEASHELLS OF NORTH AMERICA by R. TUCKER ABBOTT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS by GEORGE F. SANDSTROM, UNDER THE EDITORSHIP OF HERBERT S. ZIM - PUBLISHED by GOLDEN PRESS, NEW YORK 1968 FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINTING WITH A LETTER LINE AT BOTTOM RIGHT OF LAST PAGE BCDEFG THE DUST JACKET IS IN AN ACID-FREE CLEAR PROTECTIVE COVER, JACKET IS PRICE CLIPPED, JACKET HAS SOME CHIPPING AT CORNERS AND SPINE TIPS AND PARTS OF EDGES WITH A SMALL PICE OFF AT BOTTOM FRONT CORNER, THERE ARE A FEW TEARS FROM 1/8" TO 1/2" AND A 1 1/4" TEAR AT BOTTOM FRONT EDGE, SOME SCATTERED STRESS LINES AND/OR CREASES AND SOME LIGHT SOILD THE LIGHT CREAMY-GREEN CLOTH COVER WITH COLOR ILLUSTRATED FRONT AND LETTERING ON SPINE (LOOKS JUST LIKE THE DUST JACKET) IS SQUARE AND VERY-TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH FAIRLY SHARP TOP CORNERS AND MINOR RUBS AT BOTTOM CORNERS, SOME LIGHT WEAR AT SPINE TIPS AND SOME LIGHT SCUFFS/RUBS AT PARTS OF BOTTOM EDGES THE INSIDE BOARDS AND END PAGES ARE VERY-TIGHT AND CLEAN THE 280 PAGES ARE VERY-TIGHT AND CLEAN AND FILLED WITH COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT *** A SCARCE FIRST EDITION SECOND PRINT OF "A GUIDE TO FIELD IDENTIFICATION SEASHELLS OF NORTH AMERICA" WITH A DUST JACKET - THIS BOOK INTRODUCES THE WORLD OF MARINE MOLLUSKS. WITHIN ITS PAGES ARE DESCRIPTIONS AND REFERENCES TO MORE THAN 850 SPECIES, REPRESENTING ALL OF THE COMMON SHELLS FOUND ALONG THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA. THESE ARE MAINLY SHELLS OF MOLLUSKS THAT LINE IN THE INTERTIDAL ZONE AND IN SHALLOW WATERS, BUT BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT FAMILIES OF IMPORTANCE OR HAVE PARTICULARLY UNIQUE FEATURES, A FEW RARER SPECIES AND SOME FROM DEEPER WATERS ARE INCLUDED ALSO. ALL OF THE SHELLS ARE ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR. IDENTIFICATION IS GTHE EMPHASIS OF THE BOOK, BUT MUCH INFORMATION IS GIVEN ON THE BIOLOGY AND HABITATS OF THE LIVING MOLLUSKS. METHODS OF COLLECTING AND STUDYING THE MOLLUSKS OF OUR SHORES ARE PRESENTED IN DETAIL, SO THAT THE READER WILL GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF MANY OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MARINE BIOLOGY. . . *** 2G29W20#316(35) I USUALLY SHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED * PAYMENTS MANAGED BY EBAY * SHIPPING IS $4.83 FOR MEDIA MAIL, SECURELY PACKAGED * SHIPPING DISCOUNTS ON COMBINED ORDERS * PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS *** THANK YOU

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