The first printing was 1982 and if you were lucky enough to have the
opportunity to order in advance, you got a plate glued inside the cover
with the printing no. (ours is 215) and autographed to the buyer with
signatures by both Abbott and Dance.  The ISBN is this printing is
0-525-93269-0.
 
Sylvia Edwards
 
helmut nisters wrote:
>
> Dear Elizabeth,
>
> The Compendium of Seashells by R. Tucker Abbott and S. Peter Dance (which is
> in the posess of the Natural History Department of the Tiroler Landesmuseum
> Ferdinandeum)
> is the third (revised) printing of 1986 and was
> the second printing was 1983
> but I can't find any date of the first print, sorry
>
> edited by
> American Malacologists, Inc.
> Melbourne, FL and Burlington, MA
> (P. O. Box 1192, Burlington, MA 01803)  possible if the following adress is not
>                                                                        actual again
>
> ISBN 0-915826-17-8 (first edition)
>
> produced by MADISON PUBLISHING ASSOCIATES
>
> printed and bound by Dai Nippon Printing Co.. Ltd., Tokyo
>
> As I followed some discussion on internet I remember me that this book will
> be reproduced again.
>
> yours Helmut
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