On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:47:27 +0100, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:
pruned

Ah - took me a couple of reads through to work this out.
So this is a book about gardening by the editor of Garden Life :-)

However you just used the word 'cost' which always scares me.

Anyone know any free resources?

Thanks for the information and the pointer.

Cheers

Dave R

There are two items in the listing, one is for the periodical and the
other is for a book by the editor. Searching the listings is free and
these could give you a fair idea of what is possibly available (such
things as pointers to search on publisher, writers and so on) and the
history of the publication.

Seeing it had been incorporated into another title, I tried a search
on that and found http://tinyurl.com/3jpgkfh for example.

British Library charges for supply of a printout comprise cost of
printing something you want (yes - really steep!) and possibly an
additional copyright fee (this doesn't apply to anything over 100
years old). Alternatively you can apply for a reader's ticket and if
you're lucky go and see the "original" item at the Library's reading
rooms. AFAIK, this is free and by appointment but demand for readers
tickets always outstrips supply.

I've just tracked down an old 78 RPM record I needed to complete a set
starting from an online collector's listing (he wanted £28 to copy the
record to a CD). Using a pressing number in his list I located a good
specimen of the record for 75p (though plus a bomb for shipping) and
now have a complete opera.

Cheers
Jake
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Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

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