> Dorothy Janowsky wrote:
> >
> > Hi all -
> >
> > The reprint of Compendium of Seashells is just that - a reprint of the last
> > edition. The only changes that have been made are to the cover design and
> > the few pages, in order to incorporate the information previously on the
> > dust jacket. The entire text & all photos are identical to the last
> > edition. This was just confirmed by the publisher, John Jackson at Odyssey
> > Publishing, this morning.
> >
> > Many of you have been asking for the following details on this popular
> > book:
> >
> > COMPENDIUM OF SEASHELLS
> > by R. T. Abbott & S. P. Dance
> > Illustrates 4200 shells, each in a separate 1½" x 2¼" full color photo.
> > Scientific & popular names, author, date, average size, distribution range,
> > general habitat, rarity & synonomy are placed under each photo for
> > convenience of use.  Includes taxonomic listing of Mollusca, bibliography,
> > & 7500-entry index.  This is the best quick-reference source book for
> > museums, colleges and shell collectors.  1998 reprint, first published
> > 1982, hardbound, 411pp, 8½" x 11"
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dottie J.
> > Mal de Mer Enterprises
 
In the last edition some credit for pictures were omitted, why? I have
no ideal.  Anyway if the Marginella carnea photos are still in, they are
my photos.  Maybe they will be left out, which is fine with me.  Just
get the book out, we need it.
 
Robert Lipe
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