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National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells (National Audubon Society Field Guides) |  | Author: NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY
Publisher: Knopf
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 52548
Media: Turtleback
Pages: 896
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 3.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 0394519132
Dewey Decimal Number: 594.0471097
EAN: 9780394519135
ASIN: 0394519132
Publication Date: August 12, 1981
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Product Description
The essential book for beach-combers and divers, this guide explores more than 705 seashells, living mollusks, abalone, periwinkles, conchs, limpets, oysters, clams, mussels, and cockles found on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts of North America and the West Indies. The photographs are arranged by shape and color, making identification quick and easy.
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Good August 17, 2009
Cutemonkey26 (Texas, USA)
Pretty good, except couldn't find a couple of shells in it found on the Texas coast. But pretty good otherwise.
 Many, Many Beautiful Seashells July 2, 2009
Rehana Farooqi (Darien, Il. USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Book is Great! Perfect to take with you anywhere on any coast of North America if you are hunting for seashells. Nice and small size. Compact. Very thick book packed with so many seashells all found throughout North America. Full color, crisp and clear photographs with accompanying information for each and every shell. I would strongly advise to take this guide along with you when you go shelling. It is very helpful. It is a field guide that shows you clearly what you are looking for, where to find it, or what you have found. It explains everything-how deep in the water, where on the beach,and how large it grows. Just a perfect guide. The best guide there is I think.
Great guide, preferred older book layout July 6, 2008
Kathryn L. Voon (WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I buy the Audubon books for my young son and I. We both enjoy using them often when we've spotted an animal, plant, insect or just about anything that we want to identify. Many times I have spotted my son with his nose buried in our old book searching for a picture to match a bug he has found. We both also agree that we like the layout of our older Audubon book where the picture and the information on that picture are on the same page. Much quicker than the new book layout where you must find a connecting page to read about your subject.
a decent field guide for any beachcomber or shell collector December 29, 2007
Matt Hill (Santa Cruz Mountains, Ca)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As with all the Audubon Field Guides, so too with this one. The color plates are the best in the "field" of field guides; these photos are indispensable for any beachcomber or shell collector.
The durable leatherette cover and heavy duty book binding make this a book that can stand up to alot of wear and tear.
The descriptive information is generally good; where the text starts to show deficiencies is in the range, habitat, and summary sections of each shell. The information is vague and merely glosses over critical facts that should be included. I can only assume it's the usual story of not enough space for the editors to include more relevant information.
The index is cross referenced to the color plates; this is a big plus when in the field trying to do identifications. Pretty straight forward as far as using this as a tool to increase one's knowledge.
All in all, this book is very helpful and deserves a place in any beachcomber's library.
The Cloud Reckoner
Extracts: A Field Guide for Iconoclasts
Seashells- Field guide. November 3, 2006
Nazhiyath Vijayan (Folsom, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I like to photograph beach objects and was looking for a book to identify them. This is an excellent source. It is well organized and the photographs are excellent.
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