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Auction #135 begins on 12 Nov 2026

Walls (Jerry G.)

CONE SHELLS: A SYNOPSIS OF THE LIVING CONIDAE

Published: T.F.H. Publications Inc, Neptune City, NJ, 1979

Edition: First

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $60 - 80

Bidding opens: 12 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 19 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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1011pp. Illustrated throughout with over 1160 colour photographs. Publisher's original illustrated glazed pictorial boards as issued without dust jacket. The boards remain bright and structurally solid with minimal shelf rubbing. Neat bookshop stamp on the front fep. The massive internal text block is clean, tightly bound, and completely free of annotations.

The definitive, monumental taxonomic iconography and complete coverage of the popular cone shell family. Comprehensively details and illustrates in color all 309 valid species, subspecies, and major varieties known at the time of publication.

  • Binding Condition: very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (220mm x 150mm)


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