The Shell Gift of the Sea Author:Marguerite Stix, Hugh Stix, R. Tucker Abbott, Herman Landshoff (Photographer) Sea shells have enchanted mankind as far back as human records go. The variety of shape, color, structure, texture and modes of adaptation seems inexhaustible. Sea shells are a special gift of nature, as this book amply demonstrates. The authors founded the Stix Rare Shell Gallery in New York and traveled to all corners of the ... more »globe in quest of shells and shell lore.« less