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posted September 25, 2008 07:47 AM         

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Does anyone have any tricks or suggestions? I have the author, title and ISBN. Have tried google, and the sites I know. BM works in a library I know, any tricks of the trade?

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posted September 25, 2008 07:50 AM         

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I don't know why the winky came on. I am serious for a change!

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posted September 25, 2008 07:54 AM         

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Have you tried Abebooks?

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/

Or got to Hay-on-Wye for the day. If you have any spare books in your house you can sell them to pay for the petrol. It's what I do when I go there, no seriously, I do.

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posted September 25, 2008 08:04 AM         

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No I hadn't tried that but it wasn't on there unfortunately mate, thanks though!

Oh I love Hay on Wye, I might go and have a look, especially because it's mushroom season and there's no better place that Hay Bluff - sod selling books BM, get yer bum up there and then sell some shrooms to the hippies!

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posted September 25, 2008 12:58 PM         

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Probably an outside chance but maybe:
www.greenmetropolis.com

Not that I want to deprive you of a romantic weekend but what about:
http://www.hayonwyebooksellers.com/

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posted September 26, 2008 12:56 AM         

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Here's a link to a place here in Utah. This is where I found my copy of Gooberz (the only one they had).
If they have it they can ship it to you or I can probably do that for you.
You can email them with this link and they will email you back if they have it or not.
They are a huge book store here so you never know...
www.samwellers.com

good luck!

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posted September 26, 2008 02:17 AM         

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http://www.barnesandnoble.com/used/search.asp

http://www.powells.com/usedbooks
http://www.vintage-books.com/

BTW....what are you looking for?
Maybe someone here has a copy they no longer want.

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posted September 29, 2008 06:54 AM         

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Hi all, thanks so much for the links!
Unfortunately it wasn't on any of them. It's not an astrology book, it's a book about a rare boat which is very specific to the area I live in. I'll keep looking! Thanks peeps. x

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posted September 29, 2008 08:22 AM         

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Have you Googled the name and area of the boat?
Like:
boat name area history of

for example:

Titanic Ireland History of

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posted September 29, 2008 08:53 AM         

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it's a book about a rare boat which is very specific to the area I live in

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Go to your local library then.
You wouldn't believe the amount of obscure references libraries keep.
Talk to the reference librarian. They know their stuff.

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posted September 29, 2008 03:27 PM         

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wheels try www.alibris.co.uk
They specialise in hard to find books.
I tracked something down through them much to my delight.

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posted October 08, 2008 08:54 PM         

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You might try contacting the distributor directly. If you know who they are. They often know the fate of the books whether or not they are any longer in print, and from there you can try and contact the publisher directly.

And there's always Ebay.

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posted October 09, 2008 08:09 AM         

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Oooh, been to the library, they're going to order it for me! Thanks Tink! And meanwhile I'm on the waiting list on alibris, and have contacted bookshops on ebay that deal with marine stuff, also phoned the publisher who have given me the name of some bookshops in Bristol who may have it. So it's all good! Thanks guys.

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posted October 09, 2008 10:23 AM         

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I finally found my paper bookmark...
I have ordered from Harvest Books many times!
http://www.harvestbooks.com/

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posted October 09, 2008 11:30 AM         

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Yeah, HarvestBooks is great. Their warehouse is 20 minutes from my home in Philadelphia. But unfortunately, I bring them really nice condition hardbacks all the time and they offer me so little for them.

It's nice to be able to actually go to the Harvest warehouse, take a seat, and flip through the books. A few weeks ago I bought a couple Charles Carter astrology books from them.

LEXX: did you buy up those two Dane Rudhyar books!?!? The longer books sit in their collection, the cheaper they become, and one of the Rudhyar books was finally under $10, and I was about to grab it. One day they were available, the next morning I drove up there and the Rudhyar books were gone.

A salesperson said their website refreshes about every 24 hours, but I've seen specific books that I've purchased still listed for weeks afterward.

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posted October 09, 2008 11:37 AM         

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A college professor of mine once recommended Strand books in NYC, but I haven't checked out their website yet.
http://www.strandbooks.com/

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posted October 09, 2008 03:02 PM         

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Strand is an amazing bookstore to get lost in. And one does tend to get lost in it....yes, they have a helluva a lotta books there, from all avenues.

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