• The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - front board and spine
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - rear board
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - illustrated front endpapers with shells
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - key to shells and half-title with owner name
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - title page with owner name
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - contents page
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - foreword
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - color plate and text
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - anatomical illustrations pages 20-21
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - color plates pages 76-77
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - Pilgrims' Way photo and map pages 60-61
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - The Badge of St James chapter opening
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - color plates page 39
  • The Scallop edited by Ian Cox, 1957 Shell Transport and Trading Company hardcover - color photographs of living scallops
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The Scallop: Studies of a Shell and Its Influences on Humankind

The Scallop: Studies of a Shell and Its Influences on Humankind

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Condition: Very Good

Book Notes: Red cloth boards with gilt decoration show light shelf wear; a few small marks on the rear board. Pages and color plates are clean; binding is tight. No dust jacket. Previous owner's name, address and date "5/03" in ink at the top of the half-title and title page.

Author(s): Ian Cox
Edition: First Edition

Publication year: 1957

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Shell Transport and Trading Company

Condition: Very Good
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A 1957 study of the scallop shell edited by Ian Cox and published in London by the Shell Transport and Trading Company, with color illustrations throughout. Eight contributors examine the living scallop, the history of the word 'shell', the shell as a symbol in ancient times and as the badge of St James, its place in art from the Birth of Venus onward, in heraldry, in the Americas and at the table.

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