SHELL COLLECTORS WHO WISH MORE EXTENSIVE BOOKS ON 

 THEIR HOBBY CAN ORDER THE FOLLOWING DIRECT FROM THE 

 AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK OR ANY DEALER IN SHELLS WILL SECURE 



THEM FOR YOU. 



HANDBOOK FOR SHELL COLLECTORS contains only Foreign Marine Shells. 

 You will find over 300 kinds of Conus, 130 Cypraea, 40 Murex, 50 Voluta and 

 many other genera well illustrated. It is now in its 9th edition and has been the 

 largest selling shell book in the world. About 2000 illustrations. Only $5. 



UNITED STATES MOLLUSCA contains only shells from U.S.A. It covers about 

 600 kinds from East Coast, 300 from West Coast, the more common Land Shells, 

 Fresh Water Shells and a large assortinnent of Unios or Fresh Water Clams. No 

 other book on U S A shells covers so much at so small a cost. A real library on 

 the shells of this territory will now cost over $200. The new 1951 edition covers 

 over 1500 illustrations and descriptions. Price $5. 



FOREIGN LAND SHELLS is the first book ever issued in this country on the 

 subject that covers over 1400 species included in 262 genera. In one small vol- 

 ume of 220 pages you get a real grasp on the Land Fauna of the world that is 

 just as extensive as the marine and equally as fascinating to collect. The shells 

 take up less room and cost far less than marine on the average. A doctor, after 

 looking over his copy, wrote the author, "That any collector who failed to have 

 the book in his library was a plain 'damfool.' ' Price $5. 



