Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 14:52:30 -0500 Reply-To: marshhawk@worldnet.att.net Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: (Fwd) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Posted for Sandy Sherman: In October 1937, the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club published Bird Studies at Old Cape May, the seminal work by Witmer Stone, a club founder = and former director of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Fourteen hundred sets = of the two- volume work were printed; each set=EDs number can be found on the= last page of Volume II. We at DVOC remain proud of this pioneering work and are interested in locating all remaining copies of the original version for research purpose= s. (Dover Publications produced a paperback reprint in 1965. We do not need information on this edition.) The club is not involved in buying or sellin= g these books; it does not intend to use the results of this survey for any commercial purposes or to reveal names of individuals without their permission. DVOC asks that anyone owning a copy of Bird Studies at Old Cape May provid= e the following information: - The name of the owner or institution (anonymity will be respected), location and, most importantly, the number in the back of Volume II. - How long you have owned the copy and what condition it is in. - How you obtained it. - Any further pertinent information, such as whether the copy is signed by Stone, etc. The results of this survey will be published in Cassinia, DVOC=EDs journal= . Please share this notice with any individuals or organizatons that might h= ave knowledge of the whereabouts of this beloved book. Responses may be sent to Sandra L. Sherman, editor, Cassinia, DVOC, c/o Bi= rd Department, Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th St. and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103. E-mail: paavocet@aol.com. Thanks for your efforts, and we apologize if you have received multiple copies of this message. Sandy Sherman ------- End of forwarded message ------- =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Norm Saunders Colesville, MD marshhawk@worldnet.att.net ================================================================= To unsubscribe send a message to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ==========================================================================================================================================