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You were robbed > 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] > > 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: > > > 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 > > Cwm Parc > > Treorchy > > CF42 6LW > > United Kingdom > > > > 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 > > About me > > http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=rhychydwr1 > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > Dr Peter Claughton, > > > Blaenpant Morfil, nr. Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 > > 7RE. > > > Tel. +44 (0)1437 532578; Fax. +44 (0)1437 532921; Mobile +44 (0)7831 > > 427599 > > > > > > Hon. University Fellow - College of Humanities, University of Exeter > > > http://people.exeter.ac.uk/pfclaugh/about.htm > > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > Co-owner - mining-history e-mail discussion list. > > > See http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/files/mining-history/ for details. > > > > > > Mining History Pages - http://www.people.exeter.ac.uk/pfclaugh/mhinf/ > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > >