GDG- If I could only keep one!

[waltermolly at earthlink.net]

BJ's in NC has had some great finds for me too. Several volumes of the OR -
Series 1, nos 1-3 - at 3 dollars a book!


> [Original Message]
> From: Linda J. Guy <lindajguy at embarqmail.com>
> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>
> Date: 9/4/2007 9:00:37 PM
> Subject: Re: GDG- If I could only keep one!
>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Yes, I was visiting my daughter in VA Beach and went to "BJ's" They had 
> a two or three vol. set of all photo's. I love collecting the books on 
> photography and photo's. Many in these volumes I have never seen in 
> print were of soldiers etc. I didn't have the money to buy them (about 
> $50 a vol) and have never seen this set anywhere since! As I remember 
> they were like 500 pages each, real thick books. Maybe someday I will 
> see them again. ;>)
>
> Linda
>
> waltermolly at earthlink.net wrote:
> > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> >
> >
> > RE out-of-the way sources for CW books: check some of the salvage,
closeout
> > and surplus stores like Ollie's, a chain in MD, PA and DE.  Ollie's is a
> > veritable treasure trove of CW materials at great prices.  In New
England,
> > Building 19&1/10th - weird name - can be a good source if you take the
time
> > to root through their disorganized book areas. (Ollie's is much better
> > organized!)
> >
> > Walter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: <Batrinque at aol.com>
> >> To: <gettysburg at arthes.com>
> >> Date: 9/4/2007 8:25:04 PM
> >> Subject: Re: GDG- If I could only keep one!
> >>
> >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> >>
> >>
> >>  
> >> In a message dated 9/4/2007 3:19:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> >> tommygeebassman at yahoo.com writes:
> >>
> >> one of  my favorite CW memories was in 1980, I was in New Orleans and
I 
> >> wandered into  one of those musty little book shops they have down
there,
> >>     
> > and I 
> >   
> >> found a  beat-up single OR volume for sale ($3) .. I didn't care what
> >>     
> > volume it 
> >   
> >> was, to  me it was like finding gold  
> >>
> >>
> >>  
> >> Perhaps 20 years ago I was fortunate enough to run across a source (I
> >>     
> > can't  
> >   
> >> remember what it was) that had essentially all the volumes of the OR
> >>     
> > available 
> >   
> >>  for mail order purchase.  I ended up buying all the volumes that
covered
> >>     
> >
> >   
> >> the AOP campaigns.  They are mismatched -- some volumes going back to
the
> >>     
> >
> >   
> >> original printing, others from modern reprints -- but they were a
> >>     
> > wonderful  
> >   
> >> resource in those pre-CD days.  I wish I had enough available
bookshelf 
> >>     
> > space to 
> >   
> >> keep them at hand all the time, but alas I do not, so rely upon  the CD
> >>     
> > version 
> >   
> >> for ordinary use (and detailed research).  
> >>
> >> Bruce  Trinque
> >> Amston, CT
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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