Good evening Conchlers,

I recently purchased a box of old hard-covered and soft-covered shell books
from a person who got them at an estate sale.  I was wondering if anyone
knows the history or any interesting tidbits about any of these books?

The Scallop:  Studies of a Shell and It's Influences on Humankind by eight
authors  Edited by Ian Cox, C.B.E., M.A.  1957
Seashells  A Photographic Celebration  by N.R. Gordon 1990
The Romance of Shells In Nature and Art  by Louise Allderdice Travers  1962
(if I remember my Roman Numerals correctly)
Strange Sea Shells and Their Stories by A. Hyatt Verrill  1936
The Collectors Encyclopaedia of Shells edited by S. Peter Dance  1974
Shells An Illustrated Guide to a Timeless and Fascinating World by Mary Saul
1974

Set of three booklets by Sally Diana Kaicher:  Indo-Pacific Sea Shells  1956
   1.  A Guide to the Common Marine Snails from East Africa to Polynesia
Toxoglossa
   2.  A Guide to the Common Marine Snails from East Africa to Polynesia
Tonnacea
   3.  A Guide to the Common Marine Snails from East Africa to Polynesia
Pleurotomariacea, Patellacea, Trochacea

Miscellaneous Booklets:
Shells and Shelling the complete family guide to collecting and
identification  Florida, Gulf and South Atlantic  1970
Shelling & Beachcombing in Southern & Caribbean Waters by Gary Magnotte
How to Study & Collect Shells A Symposium:  A Publication of the American
Malacological Union, Inc> 4th Edition
Naples Shell Club 18th and the 19th Annual Show  1978 pamphlets
Shelling on Marco Island  courtesy of Artisan

All the best,

Avril Bourquin
P.O.Box 366
Invermere, British Columbia
Canada
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