The URL of the Paleontological Research Institution is
http://www.englib.cornell.edu/pri/pri1.html

"Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation" is priced at USD 50, plus
shipping charges.

The catalog of Paleocene and Eocene mollusks from the U.S. Coastal Plain
(Palmer and Brann, 1965-66) is in print at USD 25. It is a very useful
catalog of species and references, but it contains no descriptions of
species, and very few illustrations.

The PRI book sale a few years ago was a one-time offer. When I was younger,
the U.S. government did not tax the unsold inventories of book publishers,
and it was common to find century-old bulletins still in print because
potential buyers did not imagine that they were still available, and didn't
ask for them. (Of course, the most popular items were generally NOT still
in print.) The law changed, and if I understand it correctly, the book
stocks were taxed, and suddenly publishers across the land held fantastic
sales to reduce their inventories. As a student, I was mostly unable to
take advantage of these offers. Now we are lucky if a book stays in print
longer than a couple of years.

I do not mean to question the government's wisdom in this matter, but I
would like to point out that the change made it more difficult for
beginning collectors and scholars to find information. Can anyone else shed
some light on the law change (I'm not sure that I have the details right)?

Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama