>All this talk about the price of American Seashells once again demonstrates
>a few truths and disposes a few myths about second hand shell books.
>For once, it shows that if you at all can, for goodness sake buy the book
>new. It's rarely ever going to be any cheaper. I have heard so many people
>say that a book is too expensive and they will buy it cheaper second hand.
>You wish! You may just be lucky, but more likely than not you'll end up
>paying at least three times more than the original published price. Once a
>book is out-of-print, the price usually goes sky-high.

Best way is to find out whether it's going to be remaindered. If so,
buy SEVERAL copies when it is. Powell was remaindered at half-price
($30NZ, about $15US back in 1984). Was Abbott 1974 remaindered?
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
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