Why is the 2nd edition better than, say, the 5th? Bob... >From: "Carole M. Hertz" <[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 08:48:18 -0700 > >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 "Only the foolish collector will brag". ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com