Three Important Japanese Shell Catalogs
Illustrations and Annotated checklist of the molluscan type specimens contained in the Sakurai Collection in the National Science Museum, Tokyo
Published by the National Science Museum, Tokyo in 1995. Trade paperback about 8 by 11.75 inches, 20.5 by 21.5 cm.,55 pages including 7 page size color photographic plates, text is bilingual English and Japanese, in new condition.
Sea Shells of the World, The Shapes and Patterns Designed by Nature from the Ninomiya Collection
Published by the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Japan, in 1989. Trade paperback about 8 by 11.75 inches, 20.5 by 21.5 cm, contains about 90 pages which include 48 page size photographic prints, and 42-page explanation of the plates. The text is in Japanese. It is in almost new condition but does have some slight bends on the tips of the front cover.
World Seashells of Rarity and Beauty - The Kawamura Collection
Published in 1983 by the National Science Museum, Tokyo in 1995. Trade paperback about 8 by 11.75 inches, 20.5 by 21.5 cm.,60 pages which include 48 page size photographic prints, and 12 pages of explanation of the plates and some introductory pages. The plates in this catalog were later used, with the addition of several more, in the hardcover book with the same title. This book is in Japanese and, it is in used condition. It shows wear at the edges of the spine and, a bend on the front cover near the top of the spine.
All three of these catalogs feature outstanding photographs of important shells from the top shell collections in Japan that were assembled in the latter part of the Twentieth Century. All three books use the standard scientific names for the shells, as well as the vernacular names used in Japan.
