You are just trying to get the value of the select box and only the select box???
So you have something like <ul class="books"> <li> Book 1 <select class="litqty"><option...... /></select></li>??? <li> Book 2 <select class="litqty"><option...... /></select></li> <li> Book 3 <select class="litqty"><option...... /></select></li> <li> Book 4 <select class="litqty"><option...... /></select></li> </ul> What do you need reqData to look like?