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