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Re: 1962 Practical Navigator
From: Dan Allen
Date: 1998 Oct 26, 12:22 EST
From: Dan Allen
Date: 1998 Oct 26, 12:22 EST
I bought my second copy of a 1962 last month for $16. I paid one year earlier for my first copy of a 1962 $15. I have seen this a lot as well. A common one is for the 1977 edition to be in the $45-$75 range. Although it was not printed in great quantities it is nevertheless easy to find and can be had for $20 if you look around a bit. A bit stranger is that I have found absolutely mint condition 1918 and 1937 Bowditches -- on numerous occasions -- for $7! What it tells me is that many of these book dealers have no idea as to a book's worth and they will try and get what the market will deliver. Dan Allen danallen@XXX.XXX Navigate, Calculate, Communicate -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Talge [mailto:gtalge@XXX.XXX] Sent: Sunday, October 25, 1998 4:50 PM To: navigation@XXX.XXX Subject: [Nml] 1962 Practical Navigator Wonder if anyone on the list has run into this. I was at the "Book Baron's" in Fullerton today, looking for a copy of the "Practical Navigator" and found a 1962 edition for $95.00. I talked to the girl that worked there and she tried to tell me that that was the going price. Needless to say, I went down street to another used book store and picked up a 1966 corrected reprint of the 1962 edition for $15.00. How is it that some used book dealers that that 35 year old PNs go for $95.00? Were not talking 1862 now. -- Gordon ,,, (. .) +-----------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo----------------------+ | Gordon Talge WB6YKK e-mail: gtalge@XXX.XXX | | Department of Mathematics QTH: Loma Linda, CA | | Notre Dame High School Lat. N 34? 03.1' | | Riverside, CA 92506 Long. W 117? 15.2' | | http://www.pe.net/ND | +--------------------------------------------------------+ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-=-= navigation =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-= =-= TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send this message to majordomo@XXX.XXX: =-= =-= navigation =-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=