Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Gunter Osterloh "Leica M, the Advanced School of Photography"
From: "Russell Fox" <rsfox@armour.softnet.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 19:15:32 -0000

Collectable?
I'm told (on good authority) to beware of Russian 'fakes' of this book ;-)

Regards
Russell Fox
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From: Nigel B Watson <n.b.watson@juno.com>
Date: 01 December 1998 14:13
Subject: [Leica] Re: Gunter Osterloh "Leica M, the Advanced School of
Photography"

>Good grief!  DOes this mean that Leica *books* are now become collectors'
>items?  My 1986 edition (which was in perfect condition including the
>jacket...until I began reading it and the pages started to fall out!) was
>purchased about six months ago from my local camera store's "used book"
>bin for US$15.  I guess this is the first bargain I've ever got on Leica!
>
>
>Regards,
>Nigel
>
>On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:12:42 -0000 "Russell Fox"
><rsfox@armour.softnet.co.uk> writes:
>>A few months ago I asked Amazon books to trace the above book for me.
>>
>>They found one today, a 1986 edition, yours (not mine!) for only 627
>>U.S.
>>dollars, plus postage.
>>
>>Feel free to contact Amazon and steal this "bargin".
>> The last one I saw for sale was around 250 dollars on a U.S.
>>booksellers
>>website, I also just missed one last year at 50 pounds sterling in the
>>U.K.
>>
>>I don't think I'll try Amazon.
>>
>>Regards
>>Russell Fox 
>>
>>
>