Art Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 I've just ordered my first book from Amazon and having read that i'm hoping like hell they don't lose it! £75 is alot to go missing... only another six weeks to wait before they can get hold of it and send it. Don't know what difficulties shipping to the UK will add but I've used Amazon for many years and have never had a lost or damaged item. What did you order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ætheling Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 Well i've actually orddered it from Amazon.co.uk so it's not even coming that far. I've ordered a copy of K. R. Potter's, Gesta Stephani (Oxford, 1976) It's not like it's even a big book, but it's been out of print since the mid-80s i think. Original issue price was £10 and that was a fair bit of money in 1976! I don't think it's quite like £75 is now though... I do have a copy from the Uni library sat here next to me at the moment... in fact i checked it out of the library for nearly a year at one point when i was doing my project at University. I'm thinking of extending this project and perhaps seeing if i can get it published. And University is really gonna want their copy back, unfortunately i leave at Christmas and thus the only copy i've been able to source anywhere i'll not longer have access to. The cheaper option would have been to 'lose' the Uni's copy, declare it lost and then they would have charged me £10 for the book (which was the issue price), however i'm a] honest and b] someone else might need this in future. So i've had no choice but to cough up another £65. Of course i could have photocopied the whole thing but that's illegal, so i won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostDutchman Posted October 1, 2005 Report Share Posted October 1, 2005 1932 "The Star Rare Coin Encyclopedia & Premium Catalog" I love the old coin books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Oli Posted October 2, 2005 Report Share Posted October 2, 2005 I've just ordered my first book from Amazon and having read that i'm hoping like hell they don't lose it! £75 is alot to go missing... only another six weeks to wait before they can get hold of it and send it. You needn't worry. Both myself and my postman were shocked that Amazon lost a package - it's never happened to either of us before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josemartins Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Catalogue of Portuguese emergency banknotes, published in 1982 (1600 copies printed), only edition and sold out for over 20 years, it took me some time to finally find one... Jose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted October 8, 2005 Report Share Posted October 8, 2005 I just got a signed copy of the Complete Guide to Mercury Dimes, Second Edition by David Lange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 A book on the banknotes and coins of modern Estonia 1992-2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 The Electronic Numismatist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goetzdude Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Das Kabinett 4 Das Münzkabinett und die Förderung der Medaillenkunst Künstlerbriefe 1900-1914 von der Jahrhundertwende bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg Das Kabinett 5 Das Münzkabinett und die Förderung der Medaillenkunst Künstlerbriefe 1914-1918 Medaillenedition im Ersten Weltkrieg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 I just received Art Forms and Civic Life in the Lare Roman Empire by H.P. L'Orange. This was recommended on the Byzantine yahoo group. I was inquiring about the reasons of the change from realistic portraits done in profile to the more abstracted facing portraits used in the later Empire. So hopefully this will shed some light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2coins Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 I got the NEW book on "Red book of Moran silver dollars" by Q. David Bowers, I must say a must for the Morgan collector!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 A bunch of magazines from Blackhawk. Also included was a 1982 Krause. I like it because it includes coins from the 18th, 19th, and 20th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Numismatist's Traveling Companion, Numismatist's Topside Companion, Numismatist's Downtown Companion, and Numismatist's Countryside Companion To go along with my Numismatist's Bedside Companion and Numismatist's Lakeside Companion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 50cents Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 The 6th Edition ANA Grading Standards for US coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 The 6th Edition ANA Grading Standards for US coins. So what do they say? Mail all your coins to NGC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2coins Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 If thats the case... we should start our own gradeing service! think we would do better?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangbang Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Photograde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I just got a 2006 spiral bound Red Book and a 2005 special edition leather bound Red Book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCM Nut Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 I received in the mail Saturday " The Fantasitic Story of the 1965 Canadian Dollar Varieties", which is a pamphlet-size reprint of an article from the Oct. 6, 1965 issue of Coin World. It has as about a dozen photos of the various diagnostics for the three known (at the time) varieties. I saw that book on eBay and would have bid if the other books weren't included with it. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 I have received Byzantine Coinage by Philip Grierson, he was a former advisor to the Dumbarton Oaks for Byzantine Numismatics. It's a very nice little volume with a basic overview of Byzantine coin types and some very helpful notes. Only 68 pages in total so it's a nice intro for Byzantine coins. I don't have the Berk so I'm not sure how they compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 I just got a 2006 spiral bound Red Book and a 2005 special edition leather bound Red Book. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I didn't know they made them leather bound. Never seen one, in fact. What do they run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 I didn't know they made them leather bound. Never seen one, in fact. What do they run? I think I remeber those from Barnes and Noble last year. I may be wrong, but I thought it was around $16.95. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 I didn't know they made them leather bound. Never seen one, in fact. What do they run? I think the leather bound Redbooks run around $70.00. Also, they are larger than the regular redbooks. Page has wide margins. Info and pics are the same size as the regular redbook. They're very nice. I'm hoping to win one someday in one of our club thingys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlueke Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 I think the leather bound Redbooks run around $70.00. Also, they are larger than the regular redbooks. Page has wide margins. Info and pics are the same size as the regular redbook. They're very nice. I'm hoping to win one someday in one of our club thingys. You are correct, $70 http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?P...ctID=0794819524 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Wow! Pretty cool. Never seen one before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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