Sowerbys Book Shells (20 results)

Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sowerby's Book of Shells This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Scuffs to DJ. Inscription on first page. 500 etchings in colour.

Condition: Very Good. 139, 700+ col & b/w illus. 288x260mm. HB. Vg in d/w. This is a modern re-issue of the 4th edition of Sowerby's 'Conchological Manual', first published in 1852. [9781851704408].

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Beautiful book. This large book may require a freight adjustment.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Lovely copy of this reissue of the 1852 edition with additional prints. Book has slight shelf wear otherwise is fine, gift inscription to bastard title page. Dust jacket has a slight dink and some creasing to extremities otherwise is fine, price clipped and now in a clear removable protective sleeve.…

Originally published in 1852 as "A Conchological Manual", this wonderfully comprehensive study of shells, including more than 700 illustrations in full color and black and white, entices the reader into a world of beauty, and the quite contemplation of some of the smaller, but not less wonderful, creations of nature. Sowerby has combined his own meticulous research with the work of great natural historians such as Lamarck and De Blainville, both of whom had devised important systems of conchological classification invaluable to the serious collector. He begins by defining a shell, its structure and growth, the habits and characteristics of land, freshwater and sea shells, and progresses into ever more detailed descriptions of particular genera. His text, which is powerful in its own descriptive clarity, is enhanced by fine black and white woodcuts. The main part of the volume is the conchological directory, an impressive compilation arrangedalphabetically and completed throughout by Sowerby's own exquisite color engravings: Aphrodite, Boar's Tusk, Mother of Pearl, Nogrobs, Saddle Oyster and Scissurella are just a few of the curious and rare specimens so vividly depicted. 139 pp., over 700 color and black and white illustrations, hc 4 [280 x 254 mm] [with dust jacket]. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Tall hardback approx 11 x 10 inches. Black cloth in illustrated glossy dustwrapper. In very good condition. (DW some surface rubbing marks and rubbing to spine ends. Not clipped.) Minor mark across halftitle page. No inscriptions. Pages all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 139pp. With colour illustrations of many various shells. Originally published in 1842 by Henry G. Bohn.…

pp. 139, (i). 41 coloured plates and a number of text line drawings. Dust wrapper, a very good copy. *This, though modified in some ways, is a re-issue of the fourth edition of Sowerby's Conchological Manual of 1852. The 29 plates of the original have been augmented by a dozen plates from d'Orbigny Dictionnaire Universal d'Histoire Naturelle, 1839-1849. Two tables have been omitted and the layout somewhat altered.…

Leinen, Schutzumschlag, Lex-8°, 139 S., illustrierte Vorsätze, durchgehend illustriert; -Umschlag berieben, sonst sehr ordentliches Exemplar. ISBN 185170440x.

Couverture rigide. Livre en anglais. Relié. Jaquette. 139 pages. Zoologie. Livre.