Description

Hardcover, Collector’s Lifetime edition bound in genuine tan leather lettered and decorated in gold. All edges gilt. 297 pages. Contains several appendices including a Bibliography, List of Authors and a Glossary of Conchological Terms. Index. Bound-in silk ribbon marker, smyth sewn binding and archival quality paper mark this as quality Eastern Press book. Illustrated with profuse photographic examples of various shells, in both color and black and white. Fiftieth Anniversary edition, first printing thus. Special blank, unused Easton Press book-plate, especially produced for this edition, tipped in loose. No previous ownership marks. Corners sharp, gilt bright and covers tight and sound, A clean, fresh, unread and like new copy. Fine.