Best reference for world wide seashells, December 4, 2002 There currently is no better comprehensive guide to world wide marine shells than this new edition of the 'Compendium'. If you were a budding shell collector starting a library on this subject, this would be the most important book to get.
The 'Compendium' is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the world's amazing variety of marine shells, displaying images of over 4200 species with their common AND scientific names. This feature alone enables any collector to access the rapidly increasing information available on the subject of worldwide molluscs - for instance on the internet - by targeting a particular species directly by its scientific name. This book is not only beautiful to look at but is also a great resource of general information on the subject, providing the most useful reference to date for all advanced seashell connoisseurs and collectors worldwide. Rating: not rated Added on: 27 Nov 2006.
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ISBN 0-525-93269-0, published in 1983 by E.P. Dutton First Edition, hardcover with burgundy cloth covered boards and dust jacket, page size is about 8¼ by 10¾ inches (about 21 by 27.5 cm) 411 pages with color photos of more than 4200 species of marine mollusks usually 12 photos per page. This is one of the most amazing and best selling and most widely used shell books of all time. It was a phenomenal reference guide throughout the many years that it remained in print. For many collectors it was the standard reference work and the first book to consult for a shell identification. While the book has now been surpassed in scope and coverage by the 2008 'Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods' this is still a very popular and very useful title.
This book is still very much in demand. This is a used copy but it is in very good condition. It does have some very minor shelf-wear at the edges of the dust jacket.These books are among the first 1000 copies printed and there is a book plate with its number, and autographs of both authors and a dedication to the previous owner of this book. One of the copies has a stamp with the previous owners' name inside the front cover and an article form Hawaiian Shell News on the Mitridae glued to the front end-paper. There is a small label on the spine with a shelf reference label.
To United Kingdom About this Item: E.P. Dutton, 1982. Condition: Acceptable.
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Compendium Of Seashells 4th Edition
Robert Tucker Abbott was an American conchologist and malacologist. He was the author of more than 30 books on malacology, which were translated into many languages.
Abbott was one of the most prominent conchologists of the 20th century. He brought conchology to the public with his works, including most notably: American Seashells, 1974, Seashells of the World, 1962, and The Kingdom of the Seashell Robert Tucker Abbott was an American conchologist and malacologist. He was the author of more than 30 books on malacology, which were translated into many languages. Abbott was one of the most prominent conchologists of the 20th century. He brought conchology to the public with his works, including most notably: American Seashells, 1974, Seashells of the World, 1962, and The Kingdom of the Seashell, 1972.
He was an active member of the American Malacological Union and Conchologists of America. During World War II, Abbott was first a Navy bomber pilot, and later worked for the Medical Research Unit doing research on schistosomiasis. He documented the life cycle of the schistosome in the Oncomelania, a small brown freshwater snail, which he studied in the rice fields of the Yangtze valley. He married Mary M. Sisler on February 18, 1946. She was also a malacologist.
After World War II, Abbott worked at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (1944–1954) as Assistant Curator and Associate Curator of the Department of Mollusks. During this time, he earned his Master's and Ph.D. At George Washington University and wrote the first edition of American Seashells. He then went to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia (1954–1969). He was chair of the Department of Mollusks, and held the Pilsbry Chair of Malacology. During that time he went on a number of shelling expeditions to the Indo-Pacific region.
He also started his own journal, 'Indo-Pacific Mollusca'. He also was an active editor on 'The Nautilus' In 1969, Abbott accepted the DuPont Chair of Malacology at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. He also headed the Department of Mollusks, and was Assistant Director. In 1971 he became editor-in-chief of The Nautilus. Abbott was the Founding Director of The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum on Sanibel Island. He died from pulmonary disease in 1995, two weeks before the museum opened. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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