Shells and How They Live (1944) (Eileen Mayo)

Scarce natural history book for children. Written and illustrated by Eileen Mayo. Introduces young readers to the fascinating lives of shells and molluscs. With Mayo’s vibrant colour lithographs throughout.  Oblong format. Pictorial paper covered card boards. Cloth spine. One of Mayo’s finest early children’s books. Condition: Some light spotting to boards. Paper covering to front board a little rubbed to bottom left corner and to the top left corner of the rear board. Some slight and occasional spotting to text-block. Top right corner of front board a little creased, with the same creasing repeated to the top right corner tips of the text-block. small original price label to bottom right corner of rear board.