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Shells : jewels from the sea / M. G. Harasewych Associate Curator, Invertebrate Zoology National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution ; photographs by Murray Alcosser ; preface by Stephen Jay Gould Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Museum of Comparative Zoology Harvard University.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harasewych, M. G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bledsoe, William--Natural history collections.
- Bledsoe, William.
- Shells--Pictorial works.
- Shells.
- Mollusks--Pictorial works.
- Mollusks.
- Natural history.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages, 221 pages of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Distribution:
- Philadelphia : Imprint of Running Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : [Published by] Courage Books, 1991.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction. Origins of the Molluscan Shell; Formation of the Molluscan Shell; The Coiled Shell: A Successful Experiment; Beyond the Shell
- Plates and Annotated Captions.
- Notes:
- ISBN printed on verso of title page verso (084781064X) is different from that on dust jacket (1561380784)
- Shells selected from "William Bledsoe Shell Collection, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution."
- Originally published: New York : Rizzoli, 1989.
- "This edition first published in the United States in 1991 by Courage Books, an imprint of Running Press Book Publishers."--Title page verso.
- "Created by Nevraumont Publishing Co., Inc., New York. Editor and Art Director: Peter N. Nevraumont. Consulting Editor: Betty Anne Crawford. Book Designer: Mark Rose. Jacket Designer: Toby Schmidt."--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Harasewych, M.G. Shells.
- ISBN:
- 1561380784
- 9781561380787
- 084781064X
- 9780847810642
- OCLC:
- 25384877
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