The Shell

New York, H. N. Abrams, 1968. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 188 pages; Physical desc.: 188 p. ill., 29x27 cm. Notes: With a series of folding and tipped-in color plates. Subjects: Shells--Pictorial works.

Thames & Hudson, London, 1978. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: H. Landshoff [Photographs]. The text covers: shells and man; shells as an economic factor; a religious symbol; pre-Columbian America; the Middle Ages, St James & the scallop shell; heraldry; the Renaissance; the late Renaissance & the Baroque; Rococo; the emerging science of malacology; the shell in… Read more about this item

New York, H. N. Abrams, 1968. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 188 pages; Physical desc.: 188 p. ill., 29x27 cm. Notes: With a series of folding and tipped-in color plates. Subjects: Shells--Pictorial works.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Landshoff, H. (photos). 188pp.+index; HB blue w/gilt; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. DJ white w/blue-photocover; slight rub; corner-cut. Seashells. 203 illus. 82 plates in full color. isbn 0810980878

New York: Abradale Press/Harry N. Abrams, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1978. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 163 pp. Very light rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. "A concise version of the authors' 'The Shell: 50 million years of inspired design.'

New York: Abrams for the Smithsonian Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Square 4to.. 188 pages + bibliography and index, 203 illustrations (few fold-out) including 82 hand tipped-in color plates, some with tissue guards; blue silk cover. Very good+, large corner cut out front end paper; dust jacket very good, top edge cover slightly faded.

New York: Harry N. Abrams. Hardcover. N.D.. Oblong 4to 197pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. Contains 82 hand-tipped plates in full color .

Harry N. Abrams, 1967. Not Indicated. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Color & B/W Plates.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. Soft cover slightly scuffed, color illustrations. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Abradale Press/Abrams. VG in VG DJ. (1984). Shells are a powerful force in early societies. Excavations have yielded evidence of man's early and continuing attachment . to the shell, both as a cult symbol and as an aesthetic object. Religion, art, and sorcery have found inspiration in the shell or its representation. Following the Victorian era, an… Read more about this item

nY: Harry N. Arams, Inc.,Publ.. Contents include shells and its relationship and meaning to man during the past 500 million years. Haard, dj,188pp., 203 illustrations including 82 hand-tipped in plates in full color. Inscibed and signed in ink on first fly leaf. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1968.

Harry N. Abrams, 1967. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Harry N. Abrams. bp, dj sp fade ow VG+/VG. 1st Edition. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates .