Hi Leslie,
Thanks for your mail.  It does look a terrific wee book. It's only priced at
£14.99 but unfortunately has an unknown reserve.  It will no doubt go beyond
my means very shortly, such is the nature of ebay and the state of my bank
account!
Thanks,
Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Allen Crnkovic" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: 1837 Conchology book


> Hello Jim
> I ran across what I beleive to be this same book in a Florida book store a
> month ago, and I did not purchase it.
>
> It is particularly novel, and small book.
> I has a lot of engravings in it borrowed from other works.
> I'm afraid I do not remebert he asking price exactly
> but it was between $250.00 to 500.00 US.
>
> Cheers,
> Leslie
>
> Hi,
> I have come across an antiquarian book on Conchology for sale on an online
> auction site and was wondering if anybody had found this particular title
> useful? It's titled "The Conchologist's Textbook, Embracing the
Arrangements of
> Lamarck and Linnaeus, with Glossary of Technical Terms" by Captain Thomas
Brown
> and was published in 1837.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Peacock
> Edinburgh
>