Books : The World's Most Beautiful Seashells (Worlds Most Series)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 594.04710222
EAN: 9781884942006
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 1884942008
Label: Carmichael & Carmichael
Manufacturer: Carmichael & Carmichael
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 1995-04
Publisher: Carmichael & Carmichael
Studio: Carmichael & Carmichael
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As a child, I found few things more fascinating than seashells: from the age of 10 until 15, I would often stay awake all night classifying and sorting shells that friends and family had sent me from around the world, and my most joyous summers were spent on the coasts of Maine, North Carolina, Florida, Washington, and Puerto Rico, gathering shells from the briny wrack.
As an adult, I have encountered few more beautifully illustrated volumes of seashells than this book. All of my favorites are here: the wentletraps, resembling elaborate spiral staircases (and so valued for their beauty in the 1800s that a clandestine industry of counterfeit wentletraps made of rice paste developed in China); the Venus Comb Murex, which has the beauty of a goddess's most prized hairbrush; the humble but lavishly calligraphed Nerites; and other extraordinarily colorful or structurally elaborate homes of homely molluscs. (This book also provides good evidence for my hypothesis that indigenous architectures of a region are influenced by the architecture of indigenous organisms.) An absolutely stunning book, and sure to be a source of inspiration for children, naturalists, and artists.
Product Description:
The World's Most Beautiful Seashells won the Coffee Table Book Award of the National Association of Independent Publishers for 1996. It contains 305 large format, full color photographs of rare and lovely seashells. The photographer is James H. (Pete) Carmichael, whose nature photography has appeared widely in magazines such as Audobon, National Wildlife, Ranger Rick, etc. Pete is especially well-known for his work with shells, butterflies, and rainforests. The text is by Leonard Hill, a lifetime shell enthusiast, and a biologist employed by the US government who monitors the health of the oceans. At $32.95 in hardcover, the book has been considered an excellent value, and makes a great acquisition to the library of shell and nature enthusiasts.
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Great book for shell collectors, beautiful pictures and in depth description of a huge number of shells - wonderful coffee table book!
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It truly is what the book's title says. All the shells in the book are so, so beautiful. This book is great for any seashell collector(like me) or anyone who is not too serious and just wants a book full of pretty shells to look at once in a while. It is a wonderful book, full of 238 pages with lovely and crisp photographs of each shell and descriptions beside them explaining where they come from, the size, and the name. It is more than a plain old coffee table book in this way. However I gave it ... Read More
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This is truly the BEST book on seashells IMHO. I love it for the images are incredible - so much so that the photography seems almost 3-D in some instances. The high quality of the images and information (and obvious love for the subject by the author) is unbelievable when you look at the cost for this treasure. It is a bargain for what you gain - beauty, artistry of nature, knowledge of many varieties of mollusks, and unique images not seen in other shell books (many in my own library). This ... Read More
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First of all, I echo all the positive comments already made by other reviewers.
This book is dangerous, in the best sense!
I am a bookworm and consider this one of my favorite books. (It is also incredibly cheap for the quality, and this is true for the hardcover version as well. You should only go for the hardcover version, see below.) It is nourishing to the soul, a delight to any seashell collector, and has surprised, touched and impressed all the non-collectors I have ... Read More
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This book is pure eye candy for shell lovers. The photographs are beautiful and the close ups allow you to see the fine detail of many shells. This book can also be used as a shell identification reference as the photos are clearly annotated with the names of the shells.
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