A superb 'how-to' book, the one essential background reference guide for anyone starting to collect shells. With over 150 illustrations, including specially taken colour photographs, it will also delight and inform the more experienced collector. Whether you beachcomb, enjoy discovering exotic shells in holiday shops, or exchange them with friends, you will find here much practical information brought together for the first time. S. Peter Dance is a well known expert on shells, with wide experience both on the beach and with Britain's three main shell collections at the British Museum (Natural History), the National Museum of Wales, and the Manchester Museum. He has talked about shell collecting on television and radio, and written five previous books.