"It is stated by R.W. Griswold, in the International monthly magazine, Oct. 1850, that The conchologist's first book, by Edgar A. Poe (Philadelphia, 1839) is a copy, nearly verbatim, of this book" --NUC pre-56, v. 79, p. 364-365 Plates signed: T. Brown del.; R. Scott sc Includes index SCNHRB has 2 copies (formerly MOLLRB) SCNHRB c. 1 (39088013484415) has plates bound between p. x and p. [1] (2nd group) SCNHRB c. 1 has bookplate: Ex libris William Healey Dall, Division of Mollusks Sectional Library. Stamped on front free endpaper and t.p.: Division of Mollusks Sectional Library SCNHRB c. 1 has original printed pink paperboard binding with publisher's advertisements on back cover; spine repaired with clear tape; housed in an archival cardboard box SCNHRB c. 2 (39088013484423) has plates bound at end of volume SCNHRB c. 2 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Bequest of S. Stillman Berry. Gift of Clyde Roper SCNHRB c. 2 has stamps on front pastedown endpaper: Williams' Library, Cheltenham; S. Stillman Berry ... Redlands, California, 3.XII.1962 SCNHRB c. 2 has inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: J.S. Elliott SCNHRB c. 2 has bibliographical annotations in pen and ink on front free endpapers SCNHRB c. 2 has original printed pink paperboard binding with publisher's advertisements on back cover; housed in archival cardboard box