Bob,

There is no 5th edition, or even a 3rd edition. It is being worked on as
we speak (I hope -- who knows the current status?) by Dr. Jerry
Harasewych at the Smithsonian. So the 2nd edition is it! And it is true,
people are getting so they would kill for one, or even pay $480! They
are invaluable, like a third hand, to those of us who have one.  In
fact, when the new one comes out, I won't give up my old one because I
have so many notes in it. I also have the first edition, a really rare
one, so the joke goes, because it is NOT autographed. Tucker is reported
to have autographed far more of his books than exist in the
unautographed state.

If any of us who have a copy of American Seashells can help you at any
time, just ask.

Lynn Scheu
Louisville, KY
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Robert Kelly wrote:
>
> Why is the 2nd edition better than, say, the 5th? Bob...
>
> >From: "Carole M. Hertz" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: American Seashells
> >Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 08:48:18 -0700
> >
> >The second edition was published in 1974 and is greatly expanded from
> >the first ed.  Unfortunately it is out of print at this time and
> >difficult to find.
> >HOpe this helps,
> >CArole
> >
> >Peter Froehlich wrote:
> > >
> > > I have been checking the web in an effort to find a copy of this book by
> > > R.Tucker Abbott.  There seem to be a lot of copies available but many
> >seem
> > > to be of the first edition or printing (1950's).  From what I have read
> >on
> > > Conch-l it is the 2nd edition that I want.
> > > Can someone check their copy of the second edition and let me know when
> >it
> > > was published, by whom and perhaps the ISBN # so I can be sure what I
> >order
> > > off the net is a second edition and not just the 5th or 7th printing of
> >the
> > > first edition?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Beth DeHaas
> > > Whitefield, ME 04353
>
> "Only the foolish collector will brag".
>
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