The Conchologist's First Book: A System of Testaceous Melacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools, in which the Animals, according to Cuvier, are given with the Shells, a Great Number of New

by POE, Edgar A.

$950 · Offered by Between the Covers

Philadelphia: Published for the Author, by Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1840. Hardcover. Second edition, revised and with a brief new preface by Poe for this edition. 16mo. 166pp. Illustrations of two hundred and fifteen shells. Quarter calf ruled in gilt on the spine and printed green paper covered boards. Owner's..... More

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