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THE SHELL: Five Hundred Million Years of Inspired Design by Hugh & Marguerite & R. Tucker Abbott Stix

THE SHELL: Five Hundred Million Years of Inspired Design

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Pub Date: Nov. 1st, 1968
Publisher: Abrams

The founders of the Stix Rare Shell Gallery of New York and Dr. Abbott, a malacologist at the Academy of Natural Sciences, have prepared an excellent study of sea shell lore, collecting, and the influence of shell forms on art. H. Landshoff's 203 photographs (82 in color) will show that shells are among the most ""beguiling objects on earth.