Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] used photo books.
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Sun May 9 08:08:57 2004
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Ted,

Ted Grant wrote:

> Hi folks,
> This isn't off topic because it's about used photography books. You know
> from yesteryear when the world was all film and Buck Rogers was a space
> cowboy.

He is isn't he? ;-)
> 
> I'm a consummate used book store miner, always digging in them searching for
> photography book nuggets, like from the 1900's, the earlier the better. 

If you can find one look for Peter Fleming's (Ian's brother) books about the far 
East in the thirties. The beauty of them is that the pictures were all captured 
on early Leicaa. I really recommend "News from Tartary".

Peter Dzwig
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