Thanks Andrew, David, and Charles. You guys came through
once again! I'll be prepared for my next visit to Texas. Unless
I was really lucky, it looks like the cones and cowries aren't
terribly rare there. There were lots of coral pieces and other
coral-associated gastropods in the cubic foot of dirt that I ex-
cavated with my pocket knife.
Cheers,
Don
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> From: Andrew K. Rindsberg <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: info on cowrie fossils
> Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 4:35 AM
>
> The URL of the Paleontological Research Institution is
> http://www.englib.cornell.edu/pri/pri1.html
>
> "Molluscan Macrofauna of the Reklaw Formation" is priced at USD 50, plus
> shipping charges.
>
> The catalog of Paleocene and Eocene mollusks from the U.S. Coastal Plain
> (Palmer and Brann, 1965-66) is in print at USD 25. It is a very useful
> catalog of species and references, but it contains no descriptions of
> species, and very few illustrations.
>
> The PRI book sale a few years ago was a one-time offer. When I was younger,
> the U.S. government did not tax the unsold inventories of book publishers,
> and it was common to find century-old bulletins still in print because
> potential buyers did not imagine that they were still available, and didn't
> ask for them. (Of course, the most popular items were generally NOT still
> in print.) The law changed, and if I understand it correctly, the book
> stocks were taxed, and suddenly publishers across the land held fantastic
> sales to reduce their inventories. As a student, I was mostly unable to
> take advantage of these offers. Now we are lucky if a book stays in print
> longer than a couple of years.
>
> I do not mean to question the government's wisdom in this matter, but I
> would like to point out that the change made it more difficult for
> beginning collectors and scholars to find information. Can anyone else shed
> some light on the law change (I'm not sure that I have the details right)?
>
> Andrew K. Rindsberg
> Geological Survey of Alabama
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