I thought as much however I do like to my bit to help feed the poor
On 11 October 2011 13:05, Tony Oldham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You were robbed
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> > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:03:43 +0100
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: New Book -H G Ordish: The Early Mining Photographs 1920
> -1933
> > To: [log in to unmask]
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> > Me thinks Tony yow am being mischievous considering the £100's of pounds
> I
> > paid you not so long ago for 3 fairly used Caving Publications - if you
> do
> > find a copy in a car boot sale let me know I will double your money!!
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On 11 October 2011 10:46, Tony Oldham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > > I only pay £1 for a hardback non fiction book. Where from? Charity
> shops.
> > > Go to a car boot and you could pay as low as 20p for the same thing. I
> am
> > > amazed that books which sell for £25 or more, are only read once and
> then,
> > > after a few years discarded. I know, I have done it myself in the past.
> > >
> > > Best Wishes - Tony Oldham
> > > 26 Railway Terrace
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> > > http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~arb/speleo/guides.html
> > > http://www.showcaves.com
> > > http://www.copsewood.org/mining/books/oldham/
> > > http://www.showcaves.com/foreign/Big/F003-003.jpg
> > > http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~arb/scotland/mines_biblio.html
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> > > > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:51:26 +0100
> > > > From: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: New Book -H G Ordish: The Early Mining Photographs 1920
> > > -1933
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > >
> > > > At 23:35 10/10/2011, Mike Moore wrote:
> > > > >I should have said a paperback copy is available for £16.00
> > > > >
> > > > >On 10 October 2011 23:27, Tony Oldham <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hmm £25 is a bit much. I will wait until it is remaindered.
> > > >
> > > > In reality £25 for a hardback is not
> > > > unreasonable. Once you get abroad and look at the
> > > > price of mining and other comparable books you
> > > > realise how lucky we are in the UK.
> > > >
> > > > I'm currently in Australia and it is not unusual
> > > > to pay Aus$60 for a similar book - that's at
> > > > least £40. A UK published softback - The Social
> > > > History of England 900-1200 (to which I
> > > > contributed a chapter on mining) - nice to see it
> > > > on the shelves of a bookseller in Brisbane but $49!, that's well over
> > > £30.
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > >
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