Have you tried the Internet book searches? I find things there that
I've never seen in second-hand shops.
abebooks.com
bibliofind.com
These are amazing. They're connected to upwards of 2000 booksellers.
Regards,
Jim Kerbaugh
Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> >Taking a few days off, I called in at Blackwells in Oxford and easily
> >obtained the Stuttgart Vulgate. At only #49.95 it makes one wonder what
> all
> >the fuss was about. For those for whom even this modest outlay would be a
> >hardship, they also have the Nestle-Aland Latin NT for a mere #19.95. I
> >almost bought both; but why deny myself pleasure on a future visit?
>
> In my horribly devalued currency, that's over $100 ($115-ish at the current
> exchange), and for a grad student trying to make the money hold out until my
> thesis is submitted (probably within the month), that's a bit of a layout.
> I could get one at the University of Toronto bookstore for $89.95 CDN, I
> believe. Since that conversation a few months ago, I've kept looking for a
> used copy in every antiquarian/used bookstore I've gone into--no luck.
> Someone posited that the reason why is that the folks who would want or need
> a Vulgate wouldn't be likely to sell one off.
>
> Susan Carroll-Clark
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