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Re: Two books on Sextants.
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2008 Dec 14, 21:07 -0600
From: Ken Gebhart
Date: 2008 Dec 14, 21:07 -0600
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. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---