Shells of the Western Pacific in Color Vol. I AND Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific by Kira, Tetsuaki - 1972

Hoikusha Publishing Co., 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good, clean, tight condition. Text is free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Oaka: Hoikusha, 1972. 3rd Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 3rd edition A Fine copy. Volume One only. 4to., 224 pp., illustrated with maps, and color plates. Aqua cloth with gilt device and title. Fine.

Japan: Hoikusha, 1962. 1st English edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 224 pages. Light blue cloth covering with gilt lettering to cover and spine, color illustrated dust jacket, monotone illustrated endpapers, 72 full color plates of 1270 species of shells. Wear and chipping to dust jacket, light foxing to page ends; overall a tight, clean copy. Record # 804576

Osaka, Japan: Hoikusha Publishing, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. VG/G, used, hc, turquoise cloth with gilt text to spine and upper, illustrated end papers, 224 pages. Interior clean, no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Plates of shells are in color. Slight wear to dj, the former owner scotch taped along the edges to prevent wear and tape still present, no chips or tears. Former owners name/address at top fore-corner of the ffep..

Osaka: Hoikusha. Fine copies in fine dust jackets. 1975. Later prt.. hardcover. Small 4to, 457 pp. .

Japan: Hoikusha Publishers. Volume 1 is 1962 first edition and volume II is 1964 first. Blue cloth with silver and gilt shell decorations and titles. Each has a gift inscription to a book collecting scuba diver with his bookplate in the volumes. Nicely done with lots of data and some full-color plates. . Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 1964.

Osaka, Japan : Hoikusha Publishing , 1962. Jacket has small chips and tears plus general wear. Gift inscription opposite title page. 224 pages with 72 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Osaka:: Hoikusha Publishing,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. 1270 color photographs in volume I and 1457 color photographs in volume II. Volume I is a second printing and volume II is a first printing. Both volumes are very good in a very good (age toning, a few short closed edge tears) dust jackets. .

Osaka: Hoikusha, 1968 / 1964. Cloth with dustjacket, 26 cm, 224 / 233 pp. Ills.: color illustrations. Dustwraper of volume 1 pretty damaged. Cond.: goed / good. .

Osaka, Hoikusha Publishing Co. Ltd. 1970. Original publishers green-blue cloth hardback, gilt title spine and on illustrated frontcover, reprint revised edition [1965 & 1968], 4to: I: [viij], 224pp., 72 coloured plates. II: [x], 234pp., 66 coloured plates. With illustrated endpaperpers, illustrated title-page, several thousand shels depicted & described - with notes & references, index Latin names. Very fine complete set.