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    Cowry Shells
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         		Cowry Shells of World Seas
    by Joyce Allan, F.R.Z.S., Curator of Shells, Australian Museum, Sydney. (Melbourne: Georgian House: 1956) First Ed. An Australiana Society Publication. Octavo, 170 pp., 15 color and black & white plates.
    • AVAILABILITY:  Out-of-Print - One Only
    • DESCRIPTION:Hard bound
    • CONDITION:  Slightly worn corners; Gold-leaf imprint on spine somewhat faded, but still readable. Pages and plates are in excellent condition.
    • NOTES:  Though some of the information is out of date, this collector's item is an important reference for specialists collecting cowrie shells. Species are arranged by subgenera and illustrated with somewhat stylized drawings on the color plates. This was one of the important Cypraeidae references of its time. Plate 15 also includes Allied Cowries.
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    Tropical American Mollusks
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         		Studies in Tropical American Mollusks
    Coral Gables, Fla., University of Miami Press, 1971
    Edited by Gilbert L. Voss amp; Frederick M. Bayer
    • AVAILABILITY:  Out-of-Print - One Only
    • DESCRIPTION:236pp, illus., Hard bound, blue publisher's buchram binding with gold stamping.
    • CONDITION:  Previously owned. Pages, binding and cover are in virtually new condition; no writing or book stamps.
    • NOTES:  A compilation of four scientific papers; Cephalopods Collected in the Gulf of Panama by G.L. Voss; Mollusks from the Gulf of Panama by A.A. Olsson; The Conidae of the PILLSBURY Expedition by J. Nybakken; and New and Unusual Mollusks Collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury and R/V Gerda in the Tropical Western Atlantic by F.M. Bayer. The later title is an indispensible paper illustrating numerous uncommon to rare deep water species from the Caribbean. The other papers also are illustrated with interesting shells that are highly useful for identification.
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    Turbinidae
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         		Card Catalogue of World-Wide Shells
    Pack #52 - Turbinidae Part I
    by Sally D. Kaicher

    • AVAILABILITY:  Only one available
    • DESCRIPTION:Coated 3x5" index cards
    • CONDITION:  New - wrapper never opened
    • NOTES:  The Kaicher Card Packs, as they are often called, is a large series of 3x5" index card packs containing about 100 cards per pack, each with a black and white photo illustrating one species per card. The Kaicher Cards have become indespensible for the advanced identification of marine shells. Many of the cards illustrate types specimens.
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    Fissurellidae
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         		Card Catalogue of World-Wide Shells
    Pack #53 - Fissurellidae Part I
    by Sally D. Kaicher

    • AVAILABILITY:  Only one available
    • DESCRIPTION:Coated 3x5" index cards
    • CONDITION:  New - wrapper never opened
    • NOTES:  The Kaicher Card Packs, as they are often called, is a large series of 3x5" index card packs containing about 100 cards per pack, each with a black and white photo illustrating one species per card. The Kaicher Cards have become indespensible for the advanced identification of marine shells. Many of the cards illustrate types specimens.
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    Lorenz - Cowries
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         		A Guide to Worldwide Cowries - 1st Edition
    Verlag Christa Hemmen, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1st printing (1993)
    by Felix Lorenz Jr. & Alex Hubert
    • AVAILABILITY:  1st printing Out-of-Print - One Only
    • DESCRIPTION:571 p., 124 plates of which 112 are color, illustrating hundreds of species, 4to, hardbound.
    • CONDITION:  Previously owned. Pages, binding and cover are in virtually new condition; no writing or book stamps.
    • NOTES:  This is the first printing of this massive work on the Cypraea of the world. Though a second expanded edition has since been printed, the first edition contains a wealth of valuable information at a fraction of its original cost.
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    Olividae
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         		Olividae: Fibel der Schalen (A Collectors Guide)
    by Dr. Gunther H.W. Sterba. 2003 [German Version].
    • AVAILABILITY:  Out-of-Print - Only one available
    • DESCRIPTION:Spiral bound, glossy pages; 167 p., 14 figs, 62 col. pls with figs of 1550 specimens, 4to, spiralbound [German Version].
    • CONDITION:  Brand new; never used. Cover and pages in perfect condition.
    • NOTES:  An excellent reference for the Olive shells. Only 300 copies of this original German version were printed.
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