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From: "George Huxtable" 
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Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 8:35 PM
Subject: Buying secondhand maritime books. Was: How was GMT originally
established ?


It would be interesting to learn about the experiences of other maritime
bookworms, with any hints and tips.

George.

I have not found many s/h bookstores here in Australia with books on
navigation. Envy you your "browsing" sources!

Most of my purchases have been on Ebay. Great source for books from 20's to
90's, at moderate cost. Somebody on the list recently asked about
navigational texts....well the good, recent editions of Bowditch, Dutton's,
Hobbs, etc.(60's to 90's) are all on Ebay for about $10US or thereabouts. I
recently purchased the 15th edition of Dutton's (December 2003 edition) for
15.50. Some time ago I paid full price for Peter Ifland's great book on
sextants, through a bookseller,  only to see it sold shortly afterwards for
a song on Ebay.

The "gems", 1800's editions of Bowditch, Norie's, etc. appear on Ebay, but
tend to be chased...not many bargains there I'm afraid.

Some select texts, Leckie, Cotter...have been sourced through the usual
online bookseller sources, at reasonable, but significant cost.

Everything I have bought has arrived in good condition, often a lot better
than anticipated. Freight has always been a significant  consideration in
purchase, especially as many of the books are heavy, particularily the 2
volume sets of Bowditch.

Lee Martin

   

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