West Coast Shells. A Familiar Description of the Marine, Fresh Water, and Land Mollusks of the United States, Found West of the Rocky Mountains
San Francisco: Samuel Carson & Co., 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 230pp. Original brown cloth with gilt-stamped shell on cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Red edges. Frontispiece lithograph, with tissue guard. "The kind reception given to my little book on the "Common Sea-shells of California," has induced me to prepare this larger work, embracing a wider territory, namely, that part of the United States lying west of the Rocky Mountains. The present volume includes descriptions of all the species mentioned in the former one, together with many others of the more minute and uncommon marine shells which are found from Puget Sound or Alaska on the North, to San Diego on the south." (Author). Illustrated with b/w drawings of shells in text throughout. Biographical index, key for the analysis of shells, glossary and check list and index of species at rear. Binding with some wear along edges, medium chip at foredge, light scuffing along front joint of spine, very light fraying at head and tail. Price tag on front free endpaper. Frontispiece plate and tissue guard with foxing, not affecting image. Light age-toning of block. Binding and interior in overall good condition. g. Item #44321
Price: $125.00