I thought I was paying a lot two years ago when I got a soft cover copy for C$40! On Amazon I see it for US$249.88. AbeBooks listings range from US$81.14 to US$600. If you are only interested in a few vessels Edie, why don't you send me the names off list and I will transcribe the information for you. John -------------------------------------------------- From: "Edie McArthur" <ediemc@bigpond.com> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 8:29 PM To: "Mariners Rootsweb" <mariners@rootsweb.com> Subject: [MAR] Charley Man by Eileen Marcill > Hi Folks, > Can I ask what the going price is for the above book please. Was in the > process of buying a paperback copy. My local bookseller looked for a > copy and thought she had found one outside of their usual suppiers. Cost > she gave me was 29.95. I was told they were actaully more like 795 pounds > sterling from a lady in Englaqnd. checked back again with the bookseller > who was absent but the chap ho looked at his suppliers on computer thought > there was one in Ameicaabout $37 dollars so I thought it must be okay. > Late in the afternoon he rings o say, The first girl salelady who had > told me she had located a copy, says there were none availabe. > > What is the cheapest price you could hope to pay for a paperback version > of this book, does anyone know. At 795 pounds sterling it is out of my > reach. I would imaine the more expensive book would be on much better > quality paper and leather cover. > Edie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >