Compendium of Seashells: A Color Guide to More than 4,200 of the World's Marine Shells

New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (28cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine, and decoration blind embossed to front cover; dustjacket; [x],410,[4]pp; colorful photographic illustrations throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown (with trace corresponding paper residue), with inked ownership to front endpaper. Light shelf-wear; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Nancy Etheredge, has modest shelf-wear, trace shelf-soil, and light creases to extremities; Very Good. Created for amateur collectors, this guide provides color illustrations alongside geographical and ecological information, with sections including univalves, chitons or coat-of-mail shells, and strange forms of shells. [88033].