I got my new books catalog from Dover this afternoon. They now carry four of
Eric Sloane's books, the newest (for them) being "A Reverence for Wood". Go
looking and you'll also find "A Museum of Early American Tools", American Barns
and Covered Bridges", "American Yesterday".

They also have reprinted "Ancient Carpenters' Tools" by Henry C. Mercer.

Dover has the greatest reprint program in the world, IMO.

No connection, etc., but if you don't get their catalogs, check out
www.doverpublications.com

Charlie Self
"The function of posterity is to look after itself." Dylan Thomas

On 31 Mar 2004 23:24:36 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
brought forth from the murky depths:

I got my new books catalog from Dover this afternoon. They now carry four of
Eric Sloane's books, the newest (for them) being "A Reverence for Wood". Go
looking and you'll also find "A Museum of Early American Tools", American Barns
and Covered Bridges", "American Yesterday".

All good, Reverence my fave. He had a knack for letting us
relive the past through his detailed explanations on all
his pages. What a wonderful author!


They also have reprinted "Ancient Carpenters' Tools" by Henry C. Mercer.

Dover has the greatest reprint program in the world, IMO.

Yes, and it's widespread as far as interests go. Zouptanuts.


No connection, etc., but if you don't get their catalogs, check out
www.doverpublications.com

Check Half.com and Ebay.com for used copies first. I received
Tangerman's "Design and Figure Carving" book today for half
the new price, including shipping. (3 books, $11.08 delivered)

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Larry Jaques responds:

No connection, etc., but if you don't get their catalogs, check out
www.doverpublications.com

Check Half.com and Ebay.com for used copies first. I received
Tangerman's "Design and Figure Carving" book today for half
the new price, including shipping. (3 books, $11.08 delivered)


Well, yeah, but check Dover to see if they even publish the book you want. Then
check the used book places.

Charlie Self
"The function of posterity is to look after itself." Dylan Thomas

Wed, Mar 31, 2004, 11:24pm (EST+5) otforme
(Charlie=A0Self) says:
I got my new books catalog from Dover this afternoon. snip

Hehehehe Somewhere around here, I've got several Sloane books. If
I recall right, I've got, "A Reverence for Wood", "A Museum of Early
American Tools", and "American Yesterday". I've got a book on covered
bridges too, so might even have "American Barns and Covered Bridges".
If he put out one on blacksmithing, I've got that one probably.

I didn't get any of them from Dover. Got 'em from the used
bookstore I visit in the "big city". The cost of all of them together
probably isn't as much as Dover is charging for just one. I've had mine
for couple years minimum. Heh heh, I keep telling you guys to hit some
used bookstores. Hell, I' pretty sure I've got more woodworking books
than the county library has.

JOAT
Don't e-mail me while I'm breathing.

JOAT says:

If
I recall right, I've got, "A Reverence for Wood", "A Museum of Early
American Tools", and "American Yesterday". I've got a book on covered
bridges too, so might even have "American Barns and Covered Bridges".
If he put out one on blacksmithing, I've got that one probably.

I didn't get any of them from Dover. Got 'em from the used
bookstore I visit in the "big city". The cost of all of them together
probably isn't as much as Dover is charging for just one. I've had mine
for couple years minimum. Heh heh, I keep telling you guys to hit some
used bookstores. Hell, I' pretty sure I've got more woodworking books
than the county library has.

Yeah, well...I've had Sloane's books so long he probably was young enough to
enjoy the royalties my purchases paid.

I know I've got more woodworking books than the Bedford County Library has. I
was going to claim I had written more than they had, but then I realized that
for the last 20+ years, I've given them a copy or two of each of my books,
though not all of those were on woodworking subjects.

Charlie Self
"The function of posterity is to look after itself." Dylan Thomas

On 31 Mar 2004 23:24:36 GMT, otforme (Charlie Self)
wrote:

if you don't get their catalogs, check out
www.doverpublications.com

There is no _way_ I can afford to even sniff at a Dover catalogue.

Crack Valley sending me their cats is enough !


--
Smert' spamionam

Andy,
I don't know about that.

I have a copy of a Edwin Monk re-print -'How to build WOODEN BOATS . . with
16 small-boat designs' that cost me all of $7.95. List price, printed right
there on the back cover.

'course it was 'republished' in 1992 . . .

Think I'll 'drop in' to their website & see how much things have changed . .
.. I have to go in for another cardiac ablation on Monday anyway.

Regards,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop

"Andy Dingley" wrote
SNIP

There is no _way_ I can afford to even sniff at a Dover catalogue.