Patty Jansen wrote:
>
> Ha! I bet you Haliotis colectors all jumped up to see I was going to
> announce one, but no.
>
> At the previously mentioned Sydney Shell Show I as a bookseller had many
> questions whether there was a Haliotis book, in the same fashion that there
> are cone and cowrie books. I have never seen anything on Haliotis in print.
>
> The obvious question: why don't you write one? That might be an idea, but I
> am sure there are people who can do this much better than me. Anyone
> interested?
>
> Patty Jansen
> WWW: http://www.capricornica.com
>
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>
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I own a rather thin book (80 pages in all), with eight color plates and
plenty of B&W illustrations, copyright 1978, called:
"The Abalone Book", by Peter C. Howorth.
Naturegraph Publishers, Inc.
Happy Camp, California 96039
 
It discusses the history, etc., of the abalone and identifies eight
species and five subspecies of American abalones.
 
Does this qualify as a book on Haliotis?
 
MICHAEL PENZINER
White Plains, NY