Adams, L.E. The Collector’s Manual of British Land and Freshwater Shells. 2nd. Ed. Pub. Taylor Brothers. 1896
pp.ii, 214 with 9 hand-coloured plates and 2 b/w. plates plus 12 pages of adverts. 8vo. Hardback. Neat name and address to half-title. Contents fine. Occasional neat annotation in margin. Original red-cloth boards in good to vg. condition.
The long-title continues thus ‘Containing figures and descriptions of every species, an account of their habits and localities, hints on preserving and arranging, etc; the names and descriptions of all their varieties and synoptical tables showing the differences of species hard to identify.’.
£35.00 [Ref: 57937]