NATURE / Seashells from Lawrence Jones

Bathurst, NSW.: Robert Brown & Associates, 1986. 84pp, index, bibliography, 30 color plates. Dust jacket sunned at spine and edge, minor edge wear to jacket, approx 1cm tear to top rear spine fold. This beautifully produced publication presents an accurate up-to-date listing of scientific names including author and date of description, plus used synonyms for many species of these spiny… Read more about this item

Boston: Charles T. Branford, 1936. HEAVY. xxi, 503pp, index/glossary, bw & col ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket somewhat worn, front flap trimmed. Small bookseller label inside front cover, light even toning to page edges, tape stains to flaps and endpapers. Quite nice copy of this older book on seashells.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small 4to.

London: Studio Editions, 1991. 128pp, index, 60 full page color plates. Or green cloth in jacket. Jacket quite creased at top edge, 3cm tear at bottom rear spine fold, tiny scuff to bottom edge of rear board- internally excellent. A collection of 60 full page color plates by the great conchological artists over the ages. Plates are accompanied by descriptive… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby, 1935. 174pp + 20pp Catalogue of Mollusca (1908) + 4pp index, bw & col ills, tipped in portrait. Orange cloth, no jacket. Spine faded with number in black at bottom, number on rear endpaper, small bookseller label on front pastedown, some minor foxing. Adventures of Sir Joseph Verco while dredging for marine life in Southern Australian waters, particularly… Read more about this item

Guam: Navy PPO, 1960. 20pp, bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. A little toning to covers. No date-c1960. Information booklet issued by the US Navy in Guam with information on trochus shell, mother-of-pearl and setting up a trochus farm. Written in very simple language.. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Adelaide: Rigby, 1981. 96pp, illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos, glossary, index. Or boards in jacket. Near new. A fascinating insight into shells and the animals that make them. The book covers almost every aspect of living molluscs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Place Not Stated: Natural World Press, 2003. 128pp, references, index, hundreds col photographs. Or pictorial card. Near new. Inscribed and signed (Phil) on title page. Fishes and invertebrates (as well as seabirds) found on and around Johnston Atoll. Each species account provides a description of the animals distribution and all are shown in colour.. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Soft… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Instition Press, 1992. x, 315pp + col plate + 26 bw plates; index, bibliography, tables. Or green cloth with title and cone shell in gilt to front. No jacket (as issued?).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.