Pp. 895, 150 color photos, 125+ black-and-white photos, some text-figures. Publisher's pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), thick lg 8vo. The monumental work on all of the turtles, tortoises and terrapins of the world. From the research library of herpetologist John C. Murphy with his attractive circular blind stamp on the outer bottom corner of the title age; there are no other ownership marks and no signs of use.