atw: Re: austechwriter Digest V6 #303
- From: HILCHER <hilcher@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:37:26 -0800
why not just ask the State Library for a copy if you just want to reference
the book? They have sourced everything I have ever needed!
Dave
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> austechwriter Digest Sun, 30 Nov 2008 Volume: 06 Issue: 303
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> In This Issue:
> Re: Book wanted
> Re: Book wanted
> Re: Book wanted
> Re: Book wanted
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> From: "Stephen Nason" <snason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Book wanted
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:19:54 +1100
>
> Geoffrey,
> Sixteen copies available via online book agency www.abebooks.com. Not
> cheap. Prices from $US165 plus shipping (various options). Several other
> titles by the same author also listed.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Geoffrey Marnell
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, 30 November 2008 1:11 PM
> Subject: atw: Book wanted
>
>
> Hi austechies,
>
> Does anyone have a copy of Randolph Quirk's A Comprehensive Grammar of the
> English Language (Longman, 1985) that they would like to flog?
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoffrey Marnell
> Principal Consultant
> Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd
> T: (+61 3) 9596 3456
> F: (+61 3) 9596 3625
> W: http://www.abelard.com.au
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> From: Peter Martin <peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:25:28 +1100
> Subject: Re: Book wanted
>
> Stephen Nason:
> You should know that someone using your name wrote:
> > Geoffrey,
> >
> > Sixteen copies available via online book agency www.abebooks.com. Not
> cheap. Prices
> > from $US165 plus shipping (various options). Several other titles by the
> same author
> > also listed.
> >
> Actually, that's cheap ! These things must be printed on gold leaf, at a
> RRP of $375AU on one site.
>
> I think Geoffrey's decided to launch into antiquarian collecting.... :-)
>
>
> -Peter M
> peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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> From: "Stephen Nason" <snason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Book wanted
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:19:38 +1100
>
> Randolph Quirk's 1987 book 'Words at Work: Lectures on Textual Structure is
> available for "limited preview" on Google Books.
>
> The book Geoffrey is after, 'A Comprehensive Grammar of the English
> Language', is also available but only by "snippet view".
>
> And yes, the price of Quirk's grammatical and linguistic works seem to be,
> how should I put it, almost beyond comprehension.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Martin
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, 1 December 2008 9:25 AM
> Subject: atw: Re: Book wanted
>
>
> Stephen Nason:
> You should know that someone using your name wrote:
> > Geoffrey,
> >
> > Sixteen copies available via online book agency www.abebooks.com. Not
> cheap. Prices
> > from $US165 plus shipping (various options). Several other titles by
> the same author
> > also listed.
> >
> Actually, that's cheap ! These things must be printed on gold leaf, at
> a RRP of $375AU on one site.
>
> I think Geoffrey's decided to launch into antiquarian collecting.... :-)
>
>
> -Peter M
> peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:17:14 +1100
> From: Hedley Finger <hfinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Book wanted
>
> Stephen:
>
> > And yes, the price of Quirk's grammatical and linguistic works seem to
> > be, how should I put it, almost beyond comprehension.
>
> Even $160 for a work that has been out of print for ages seems high, but
> I suppose it does have 1800 pages, if you like that sort of thing. In
> any case, it has been superseded by another more recent work.
>
> For excessive pricing, try looking up //Indexing, the art of// by
> Gilfred Norman Knight. On some so-called used-books sites it has been
> priced at around $400! Still, if the typography of a book has been
> designed by a prime minister of England (Harold Macmillan), I suppose
> you have to expect to pay.
>
> Regards,
> Hedley
>
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