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It would be interesting to know why the price is set so high for a  
book which should not cost more than �15 to print, even in small  
quantities.

Ken Gebhart
On Dec 14, 2008, at 9:20 AM, George Huxtable wrote:

>
> The second work on sextants isn't out yet, but is promised for  
> February.
> It's "Sextants at Greenwich", by W F J Morzer-Bruyns, and will be  
> published
> by Oxford University Press, hardback, 336 pages. Willem has been  
> working at
> Greenwich on their sextant collection for a couple of years, since  
> retiring
> from the Amsterdam Maritime Museum. It's the biggest and best  
> collection in
> the World, and Willem is well qualified to tackle it, describing each
> object. I'm looking forward to its appearance, but (here's the bad  
> news) the
> publisher's price is �120, so I may have to read it in a library.
>
> George.
>
> contact George Huxtable, now at george@hux.me.uk
> or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
> or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
>
>
> >


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