Seashell Books Seashells of North America a Guide to Identification vintage books nature book gifts seashell history books used books

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This is a good vintage vinyl cover paperback. 1968 Golden Books. This vintage field guide is good and solid inside and out. The pages are clean inside with no markings seen. The binding is tight and straight, no creasing along spine. The paperback has a vinyl cover front and back for protection along the wet coastal areas where it would be used to find and identify shells. The cover is good, only light shelf wear. Smaller size as most field guides, crown octavo book size or 4.75" x 8" with 280 pages.

A Guide to Field Identification of Seashells of North America is a valuable tool for nature lovers and shell collectors. The Golden Field Guides were extremely popular as what you see pictured inside is what you see in nature. Each shell is captures in full color with descriptive text on the facing page. This vintage book is easy to carry and sure to be helpful. In addition to the shell identification, the book includes sections on what exactly is a mollusk, evolution, reproduction, growth and a guide to collecting, preserving and cleaning.

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