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| Thread ID: 64286 | 2005-12-09 21:56:00 | Literature question (Books!) | Thomas01 (317) | PC World Chat |
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| 411545 | 2005-12-13 21:22:00 | Terry you must have quite a collection there. I'm envious although I have to admit we have far too many books already in the house. But I think you are on to something. Yes the book I had was I believe red in colour though even then a bit faded. I think it was also a CHUMS Annual. My memory did a flip flop when I read your letter so I think it could be it. I feel that the book was actually older than me but I could be mistaken -the aerodrome planes I seem to remember were pretty modern looking seaplanes. But hey I may be confusing books - my wife reckons I get confused over things that happened yesterday. I'm now in hopes that you can find something for me and am very grateful for your help already. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 411546 | 2005-12-15 21:24:00 | Well. I have searched through 1920 to 1941 Chums Annuals except for 1923 which I don't have, and there is no sign of that story Tom. The story does sound a little young for Chums, so it may have been in one of the many other boys annuals that used to be published before the war. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 411547 | 2005-12-16 06:33:00 | Check out this site, it looks rather interesting. loganberrybooks.com |
xxll (5902) | ||
| 411548 | 2005-12-17 23:22:00 | Thomas... I put your query to my missus who's a librarian, and she suggested: re. the book - if the person read it in the forties then it will no doubt be out of print. However, if it was published in the uk then your poster could try searching for it in the british library catalogue. www.bl.uk They have literally millions of books in their catalogue. Without any information on the title/author it's a bit difficult. The poster can limit his/her search to approximate year of publication and subject. Was it a children's book? If so, they could limit their search to something like "fiction - juvenile". I had a small go in my tea break but this search would take a while. If the searcher can remember any word from the title that will help. Please tell them that they will need to use the advanced search feature in the integrated catalogue. If the searcher gets really stuck they could even search the library of congress catalogue - they have heaps of stuff in there. www.loc.gov Actually securing a copy could be real challenge but there are places on the Internet which specialise in procuring rare and/or out of print books - Alibris is one www.alibris.com I'll let you know anything else I can come up with. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 411549 | 2005-12-18 05:21:00 | Another big source for second-hand books is www.abebooks.com. Its not a single seller but a conglomeration of booksellers world-wide. There's even an abebooks.nz (even if it is shared with oz). Martynz |
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