Shells : jewels from the sea / M. G. Harasewych Associate Curator, Invertebrate Zoology National Museum of Natural History, Smithson Institution ; photographs by Murray Alcosser ; preface by Stephen Jay Gould Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harasewych, M. G.

Contributor:

Alcosser, Murray, 1937- photographer.

Gould, Stephen Jay, writer of preface.

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Courage Books (Firm), publisher.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shells--Pictorial works.

Shells.

Genre:

Illustrated works

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

224 pages, 211 color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Distribution:

Philadelphia : Imprint of Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : [Published by] Courage Books, 1991.

Contents:

Preface / Stephen Jay Gould

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:

"William Bledsoe Shell Collection, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution."

"Created by Nevraumont Publishing Co. Inc., New York"--Title page verso.

"Editor and Art Director: Peter N. Nevraumont. Consulting Editor: Betty Anne Crawford. Book Designer: Mike Rose. Jacket Designer: Toby Schmidt."--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained..

ISBN:

1561387665

9781561387663

OCLC:

37810321