[TheForge] How to Work Sheet Metal

Sun Aug 25 18:12:00 2002

http://www.bookfinder.com/
has always been pretty useful to me. There was this incredible book of 
Scythian art (largely metal, on topic) published in Russia (but written 
in English...). I asked at Tattered Cover in Denver about ordering it. 
They said that they recommended against; the last time they tried that 
publisher the book came in at $500 or so. I finally thought of 
bookfinder and found an excellent copy for $60 in England.

I've seen some amazing prices from Amazon on used books too. I stopped 
looking.

Steve Smith

Bob Rackers wrote:
> One possible reason for the $380 price would be if they were quoting the price
> for the original, two-volume, large format copies, while the lower priced ones
> are reprints, and combine the two volumes into a single book.
> I've seen both the original volumes and the reprints for higher prices than
> those.
> Not that I'm making apologies for Amazon, but it MAY be possible we're talking
> apples and oranges (unless, of course, you checked).
> 
> Bob
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> <snip>
> Generally, I don't recommend buying out of print books from
> Amazon because they really do a number on you.  A little over a
> year ago I had them check on getting a copy of Sonn's Early
> American Wrought Iron knowing it was out of print and there were
> copies (at the time) available on the internet for around $80-$90.
> They quoted me a price of $380 from one of their "affiliates."  Even
> on this Dyer book there is a copy available that I just checked on
> that was listed on Amazon for $88 something so I called the seller
> and the quoted me around $39.  It's still caveat emptor out there in
> the book world!  Must say though on new books Amazon can have
> some very good prices.  Sorry this is so long.
> 
> Norm Larson
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