234 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; JAPANESE text throughout, with Japanese and English captions. Hardcover, ivory-toned textured boards, yellow endpapers, 234 pages, page-marker cord, index, bibliography, several tables and charts, 1500 shell stamps from 1840 to 1978 from 144 countries listed and described, 80 b/w illustrations in text, 30 sepia-toned cancellations, 200 stamps (and some first day covers) shown in full color on glossy plates. ; Malacophilately. Published in Japan by Biological Society of Nagasaki Prefecture. Distributed in US by American Malacologists. Copyright 1979. This is 2nd edi... View More...