Hello All. I'm currently in the enviable position at Elon University (North Carolina, USA) of haveing to purchase several books for the University's library collection (they are actually begging me to purchase more books). The University is a small University (about 5,000 students) is growing fast with a very active biology department. I have an extensive conchological library myself but wanted to get a sence of maybe 8 books for the collection. They already blundered once and purchased the 1954 copy of American Seashells rather than than the 1974 edition I had requested. That notwithstanding we have Abbot/Dances's Compendium and beyond that the typical Kingdom of the Seashells, a few East Coast/NC field guides, and a few old picture books. But I was wondering what other books that you would see as great editions to a collection of this type (I would note that there currently are no scholars of Conchology at Elon). Also I heard a rumor that there was going to be a new edition to American Seashells, any trueth to that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------