Dear WRG, I have had a request in with Bibliofind, Inc., for Henry Melville's _The Ancestry of John Whitney_ (1896). I recently received word that a copy is now available: "Melville, Henry: The Ancestry of John Whitney, who with his wife Elinor, and sons John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Jonathan, emigrated from London, England, in the year 1635, and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts; the first of the name in America, and the one from; . With colored plates of coats of arms, photogravures, maps, tables and other illustrations, some folding. 4to, New York: The De Vinne Press, 1896. First Edition, one of 600 copies. Original full vellum, uncut, with ties, stampled on upper and lower covers with the Whitney arms in blind; covers slightly warped and spine a little soiled, else fine. The History of the Whitney Family. A carefully researched and excellently illustrated history, dating from the first mention of a Whitney in the Domesday Book of 1086 A.D., of one of America's most distinguished families; descendants include inventor Eli Whitney, and financier Cornelius. No expense was spared to make this volume a monumental one, and it is a model of its kind.History - British. (Book#28846) USD 500.00 Offered for sale by... cummins, James Cummins Bookseller 699 Madison Avenue, , New York, NY, 10021 USA Tel: 212-688-6441 Fax: 212-688-6192 Web Site: Email: cummins@panix.com Form of Payment: Visa, MasterCard, American Express Returns Policy: 10-day return policy Shipping: varies" Now I really don't feel like paying $500.00 for this book, when most of the data in it are not pertinent to me, due to the cutting of my line (see <http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/reed.html>). Nevertheless, it seems possible that someone in the WRG might be interested in owning this volume, so I am posting this listing. It does detail the family of WHITNEY of Whitney, Herefordshire, from very early down to about 1600, with good documentation. It is also a very handsome book! Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>