Hello all -

I'm trying to get a copy of Rails Through The Clay by Croome & Jackson
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...93545-2550834),
since it's by all accounts the definitive Tube book. However, I can't find a
copy online for less than £75, which strikes me as a bit steep. Indeed, if
demand is so strong that people are willing to pay £75 for it, it sounds
like time for a 3rd edition...

Anyone got any leads on how to get a copy (1993 edition ideally) for a more
sensible price?

Cheers,

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John Band
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John Band wrote:
Hello all -

I'm trying to get a copy of Rails Through The Clay by Croome & Jackson
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...93545-2550834),
since it's by all accounts the definitive Tube book. However, I can't find a
copy online for less than £75, which strikes me as a bit steep. Indeed, if
demand is so strong that people are willing to pay £75 for it, it sounds
like time for a 3rd edition...

Anyone got any leads on how to get a copy (1993 edition ideally) for a more
sensible price?

Cheers,

--
John Band
astic - delete iastic to reply


Yeah, me too. I put in a request on Amazon, and it expired with
nothing matching. Maybe my price was too low.

MIG wrote:
John Band wrote:
Hello all -

I'm trying to get a copy of Rails Through The Clay by Croome & Jackson
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...93545-2550834),
since it's by all accounts the definitive Tube book. However, I can't find a
copy online for less than £75, which strikes me as a bit steep. Indeed, if
demand is so strong that people are willing to pay £75 for it, it sounds
like time for a 3rd edition...

Anyone got any leads on how to get a copy (1993 edition ideally) for a more
sensible price?

Cheers,

--
John Band
astic - delete iastic to reply

Try the search on http://used.addall.com. checking today I can see 3
copies, cheapest about 33USD - in Denmark......


Yeah, me too. I put in a request on Amazon, and it expired with
nothing matching. Maybe my price was too low.

There's also a view via www.bookinder.com :-
http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac...02 5904_1:1:2

John Band wrote:
Hello all -

I'm trying to get a copy of Rails Through The Clay by Croome & Jackson
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...93545-2550834),
since it's by all accounts the definitive Tube book. However, I can't
find a copy online for less than £75, which strikes me as a bit
steep. Indeed, if demand is so strong that people are willing to pay
£75 for it, it sounds like time for a 3rd edition...

Anyone got any leads on how to get a copy (1993 edition ideally) for
a more sensible price?


www.abebooks.co.uk is a good site. Lots of secondhand dealers, no
guarantees.

wrote:

Try the search on http://used.addall.com. checking today I can see 3
copies, cheapest about 33USD - in Denmark......


Unfortunately that is the 1960s edition, which may not be of much use
to the OP.

Tony Polson wrote:
wrote:

Try the search on http://used.addall.com. checking today I can see 3
copies, cheapest about 33USD - in Denmark......


Unfortunately that is the 1960s edition, which may not be of much use
to the OP.

A fair point; I'll try reading the original message properly next time
:-/.......

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:27:55 GMT, "John Band"
wrote:

I'm trying to get a copy of Rails Through The Clay by Croome & Jackson
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...93545-2550834),
since it's by all accounts the definitive Tube book. However, I can't find a
copy online for less than £75, which strikes me as a bit steep. Indeed, if
demand is so strong that people are willing to pay £75 for it, it sounds
like time for a 3rd edition...

Anyone got any leads on how to get a copy (1993 edition ideally) for a more
sensible price?

Have a search on http://www.abebooks.co.uk/

There are two copies on there at present both from overseas sellers.

(One copy in Denmark at £18.66 plus shipping and one in Chicago at
£35.46 plus shipping) Shipping rates are usually reasonable.

Also try searching http://ukbookworld.com/

One copy listed at present (£17.50 plus shipping).


Wivens
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E.D. Wivens http://www.katzphur.co.uk/

Putting the fun back into fundamentally flawed.

E.D. Wivens wrote:

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:27:55 GMT, "John Band"
wrote:

I'm trying to get a copy of Rails Through The Clay by Croome & Jackson
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...93545-2550834),
since it's by all accounts the definitive Tube book. However, I can't find a
copy online for less than £75, which strikes me as a bit steep. Indeed, if
demand is so strong that people are willing to pay £75 for it, it sounds
like time for a 3rd edition...

Anyone got any leads on how to get a copy (1993 edition ideally) for a more
sensible price?

Have a search on http://www.abebooks.co.uk/

There are two copies on there at present both from overseas sellers.

(One copy in Denmark at £18.66 plus shipping and one in Chicago at
£35.46 plus shipping) Shipping rates are usually reasonable.

Also try searching http://ukbookworld.com/

One copy listed at present (£17.50 plus shipping).


These are all 1962 editions, which may not be of value to the OP.

In article , Tony Polson wrote:

These are all 1962 editions, which may not be of value to the OP.

Well I never. I now know what to pawn if I fall on hard times g. Two editions
of Rails Through the Clay plus Atkinson's Telephony vols. I and II should pay
for a few months in a nursing home.

Seriously, I can't remember where I got my second edition (new). I suspect it
was a Christmas or birthday present.

--

Jock Mackirdy
Bedford