Looking for an out-of-print book

[merithyn]

I'm trying to find an out-of-print book titled, "The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding" by J.A. Szirmai. It's retailing for roughly $200 at the moment, but I was hoping that one of you brilliant individuals out there might have a suggestion on getting hold of this book at a much lower cost.

Anyone?

[grumbler]

Good luck!  It isn't out of print, per se.  It is just a very expensive book.  I'd check things like Craig's List.

[Richard Hakluyt]

It's available on Amazon.UK (new) for a mere £99.25............secondhand copies seem to be going for at least £130.

Hmmm......these chaps charge £99.25 and have worldwide delivery for free :

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780859679046/The-Archaeology-of-Medieval-Bookbinding

so $160....

[The Brain]

I'm trying to find an out-of-print book titled, "The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding" by J.A. Szirmai. It's retailing for roughly $200 at the moment, but I was hoping that one of you brilliant individuals out there might have a suggestion on getting hold of this book at a much lower cost.

Anyone?

Legally?

[Sheilbh]

bookdepository.com's the best I'd be able to suggest

[Caliga]

What do you need that book for? 

[Ed Anger]

How about a library copy?

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39217049&referer=brief_results

You are near Univ of Illionis? There is a copy there.

[Syt]

Have you checked abebooks.com?

EDIT: Starts at 190$ there. 

[Richard Hakluyt]

It's one of those books, anyone seriously interested in medieval bookbinding has to have it and the rest of us are not interested (not >£20 interested anyway). The only cheap copies are probably when some old fellow dies and his gormless relatives flog his books off in a garage sale for a pitiful price, I don't think we'll be able to find a bookseller who would sell it cheap 

[Barrister]

How about a library copy?

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39217049&referer=brief_results

You are near Univ of Illionis? There is a copy there.

I think that's exactly where she is (or Champagne, Ill, anyways).

But if I'm wrong there are always inter-library loans.

[Ed Anger]

Noticed my spelling error. 

[Josephus]

It's not in my "Book of the Month Club Catalogue".

[CountDeMoney]

Bookbinding? Medieval? The fuck, man.  Twine and a needle, and presto.  So easy even a monk could do it.

[merithyn]

The library here does have it, but I would like my own copy. Apparently, it's the bible of bookbinding, which would be nice, since learning how to sew the damn things is NOT an easy process, despite those damn monks. (Though, to be honest, while thousands of monks wrote and drew on paper, only a scant few hundred actually made the pages into books.)

I'm not willing to spend that much on it, though. I'm just too cheap. 

Oooooh, but today I went to the Rare & Unique Books section in the University library... holy cow, I nearly creamed myself. They had a book on display published by B. Franklin, several pre-17th century books in their original covers and bindings, and a Bible written in "Indian" (Native American) in 1640 for "the purpose of conversion of the native savages."  Poor Max had to listen to me geek out about the books all through our dinner out tonight. He's really a very patient man.

[Ed Anger]

Women that read. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO MY AMERICA?