Rare book

[NW Mailing List]

Another recommended site for books is www.campusi.com.

On 7/12/07, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

>

> I see them regualrily on eBay and Amazon.com.  The first printing is

> difficult

> to find though.

> Ed Painter - Narrows, VA - Currently Russellville, AR......

>

> Quoting NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>:

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> >        I DID NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HEARING MR. MCCLURE\'S

> > PRESENTATION, NOR DO I KNOW THE BASIS FOR HIS CONCLUSIONS, BUT I

> > QUESTION WHETHER H. REID\'S THE VIRGINIAN RAILWAY (KALMBACH

> > PUBLISHING, 1961) IS REALLY ALL THAT RARE.  A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN I

> > BOUGHT IT, I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE, BUT I SEE IT ALL THE TIME AT

> > RAILROADIANA MEETS, OCCASIONALLY AT LOCAL USED BOOKSTORES, AND UNDER

> > MULTIPLE (AND QUITE REASONABLE) LISTINGS WITH BOOKSELLERS REGISTERED

> > WITH ABEBOOKS.COM, BOOKFINDER.COM, ETC.   NOW HERE IS A BOOK THAT IS

> > TRULY RARE AND/OR IN HIGH DEMAND:  MASON Y. COOPER\'S NORFOLK &

> > WESTERN\'S SHENANDOAH VALLEY LINE.  THAT SUCKER IS SCARCER THAN

> > HEN\'S TEETH AND PRICEY WHEN YOU CAN FIND IT.   - ROB WIMBISH  -----

> > ORIGINAL MESSAGE -----  FROM: NW Mailing List  TO:

> > NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org  SENT: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:37 PM

> > SUBJECT: Rare book

> >  When I attended the Convention in Bluefield this year, Bill McClure

> > mentioned how rare the Virginian Railway book by H. Reid is. After

> > listening to his talk on the Virginian,  I thought I would like to

> > get one, so I checked on a site I was told about that has all kinds

> > of out of print books available. Sure enough, they have not just one,

> > but several! The site ishttp://www.abebooks.com/.    Rick Musser

> >

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