| Compendium of Seashells
"A Full Color Guide to More than 4200 of the World's Marine Shells"
by R. Tucker Abbott & S. Peter Dance
1983, 2nd Printing, E.P. Dutton, hardcover with printed dust jacket,, 411 pages, 8½ by 11 inches, (21.5 by 28 cm), full color illustration throughout
This is one of the most amazing shell books of all times and it was a phenomenal reference guide through out the many years that it remained in print. For many collectors it was the standard reference work and the first book to consult for a shell identification. This printing is revised from the first edition and changes are marked with an asterisk in the text. While the book has now been surpassed in scope and coverage by the 2008 "Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods" this is still a very popular and very useful title. This book is still very much in demand .This is a used copy but it appears to be almost in new condition. It is autographed on the front fly leaf by Abbott to Dr. Leal, his successor at the Bailey- Matthews Shell Museum. And it has Leal's bookplate inside the front cover.
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