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The Shell: Five Hundred Million Years of Inspired Design Book by Hugh and Marguerite Stix and R. Tucker Abbott 1968
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The Shell, Five Hundred Million Years of Inspired Design by Hugh and Marguerite Stix, and R. Tucker Abbott, photographs by …
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The Shell, Five Hundred Million Years of Inspired Design by Hugh and Marguerite Stix, and R. Tucker Abbott, photographs by H. Landshoff. Published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1968. Printed and bound in Japan.
“SEA SHELLS HAVE ENCHANTED MANKIND, apparently, as far back as human records go. Their variety of shape, color, structure, texture, and modes of adaptation seems inexhaustible. Small wonder that people have always found pleasure in owning them, and artists and craftsmen have incorporatéd them in everything ranging from massive architecture to personal jewelry.
Today the passion for shell-collecting is greater than ever, and all over the world the fraternity of collectors grows—a segment of the population which acts as though they share some special gift of nature. Sea shells, as a matter of fact, are a special gift of nature. This book shows why.
The authors, Marguerite and Hugh Stix, are founders and directors of the Stix Rare Shell Gallery of New York-perhaps the only one of its kind in the world-
-and they have traveled to all corners of the globe in quest of shells and shell lore. In addition, they have set up a worldwide system of “shell correspondents," who transmit shell information, as well as the shells themselves, so that probably nowhere can a greater confluence of shells be found.
With the collaboration of R. Tucker Abbott, who holds the Du Pont Chair of Malacology at the Delaware Museum of Natural History, they have created one of the most beautiful and revealing presentations of sea shells ever published.”
This lovely book has a blue cloth binding, illustrated dust jacket, 203 illustrations, including 82 hand-tipped plates in full color.
This beautiful book is in Very Good preloved condition with minor shelf wear on the book cover.
The Book measures 10 7/8” Tall x 11 5/8” Wide x 2” Thick. It weighs 6 pounds 13.2 ounces or 109.17 ounces or 3095 grams.
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- Dimensions
- 11.68ʺW × 2ʺD × 10.88ʺH
- Brand
- Harry N. Abrams
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Textile
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- This beautiful book is in Very Good preloved condition with minor shelf wear on the book cover. This beautiful book is in Very Good preloved condition with minor shelf wear on the book cover. less
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