Sometimes checking all possible sites will yield the desired book. Try
checking out http://www.csmonline.com/booksr4u/ . Site is "Books R4U
"Collectibles Unlimited - Worldwide Site For Antiques & Collectibles. They
deal with newer titles but will take request for older books.
                                                          Bob...


>From: Bill Fenzan <[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 09:59:35 -0400
>
>Dear Beth,
>
>My copy of the second edition says:
>
>When it was published: 1974
>by whom:   Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
>                    450 West 33rd Street
>                    New York, NY  10001
>ISBN #:  0-442-20228-8
>
>I have heard from others that the second edition has become extremely
>scarce.  For what its worth, I still use and enjoy the first edition of
>this
>work, too.  Good luck in your search.
>
>Bill Fenzan
>Norfolk, VA
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Peter Froehlich <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 8:56 AM
>Subject: American Seashells
>
>
> > 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
> >

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