Guide To Seashells Of The World (Firefly Pocket Series) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
A wonderful introduction to the diversity of marine shells and the hobby of collecting them... an excellent place to start learning about seashells and their classification. -- American Reference Books Annual Great gift book for beachcombers and seashell collectors. Highly recommended as a book to be used rather than merely perused. -- E-Streams Guide to the Seashells of the World is a practical identification guide that covers a wide range of shells from all parts of the world. The book combines comprehensive and informative text with 1,200 color illustrations, focusing on the shells themselves rather than on the marine creatures that once inhabited them.
Series: Firefly Pocket series
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Firefly Books (August 7, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1552979431
ISBN-13: 978-1552979433
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #298,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #29 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Animals > Seashells #395 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Reference #405 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Oceans & Seas
This is such a good book for identification. The classes, the families and subfamilies, etc. made it easy to find. Plenty of photos to compare from the shell and the descriptions were very percise.I recommend this to anyone who loves shells.
This book has nice illustrations and a wide variety of shells. It gives you the average size, where it is found, and a verbal description of the shell. What it does not give you is the common name for the shell. The scientific name is given, and could be googled, but it is enough for my purposes to remember the common name and I was disappointed that this resource needed to be added to another to find the information that I wanted.
Nice choice for "newbees" and advanced beginners due: 1. its size 2. fine arrangement of families 3. price 4. normal text description 5. nice drawings..its rarity in our time (i think its not photoshopped photos)only one issue - paperback cover not good in use
the book is nice, i like the fact that the photographs are very clear and representative of the real organisms. also, it covers shells from all over the world, even though some parts of the world, like my interest species of the West African Coast, were much under represented. but the book is a good book
I ordered this book to give to a friend who collects seashells. It arrived promptly, in beautiful condition. The photos are beautiful, and she was delighted with the book.
Easy to read and understand. Comprehensive coverage of shells around the world and very, very informative. This was a gift and we are now quite popular.Recommended
Confused at first because my book has a different cover... Same book though just different edition. Very informative and laid out well.
I had no idea there were so many kinds of shells, living in the middle of the country...
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