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  • 10 May 2011 02:46
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    Hey Maddog, that's amazing! I did manage to get my copy back several years ago, but it certainly hadn't been reprinted then.  It has the most amazing woodcut illustrations and the one of Mugford Tickle conjures up its grandeur better than any photo I have ever seen.  I put it on my 'must have' list if you are at all interested in small boats, high latitudes or the Labrador.  And particularly if you have been to the latter.  The description of the Button Islands was our inspiration for going there.
  • 09 May 2011 16:44
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    Gary King wrote:
    Alan "Maddog!" MacBride wrote: I'm going to have so many books aboard, I'll have to find a recipe for making paper soup. ;-)

    Get a Kindle, 2nd best invention for cruising (after the mp3 player). Although, too many highly sought after (by me specifically) sailing books haven't been converted to ebook form yet.

    Sure you could but have you ever tasted mobile device soup?
  • 09 May 2011 12:55
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    Alan "Maddog!" MacBride wrote: I'm going to have so many books aboard, I'll have to find a recipe for making paper soup. ;-)

    Get a Kindle, 2nd best invention for cruising (after the mp3 player). Although, too many highly sought after (by me specifically) sailing books haven't been converted to ebook form yet.
  • 09 May 2011 12:27
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    Annie Hill wrote: Hek, I knew I'd be able to find it through Abe books: the only issue was the cost.  I have used Abe books a number of times and the only book they never managed to find for me was Arctic Lights by Desmond Holdridge.  I have told so many people about Abebooks that I reckon I should be on commission, but they are brilliant to deal with.

    You mean this book, Annie? Northern Lights [Paperback] Desmond Holdridge (Author)

    Product Description     A true account of three young men and their six-month voyage along Labrador's graveyard of a coast. One of the greatest sea stories ever written.

    Abe's wasn't even the cheapest place to find it. I'm going to have so many books aboard, I'll have to find a recipe for making paper soup. ;-)
  • 08 May 2011 23:14
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    Hek, I knew I'd be able to find it through Abe books: the only issue was the cost.  I have used Abe books a number of times and the only book they never managed to find for me was Arctic Lights by Desmond Holdridge.  I have told so many people about Abebooks that I reckon I should be on commission, but they are brilliant to deal with.
  • 07 May 2011 23:38
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    Here's a source of copies of Erik the Red - but you still need a very deep pocket:

  • 07 May 2011 16:42
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    I don't know anything about Erik The Red's author, but if the book is out of print and the author is dead, why doesn't someone scan a copy and put it on the internet?

    It would almost certainly be illegal if the book is still copyrighted, but I don't see how there's any loss for anyone.
  • 07 May 2011 05:14
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    I found that copy of Erik the Red in a bookshop in Fowey.  In a moment of madness, I gave it to the JRA, never thinking that Pete and I would go our separate ways and that he would end up with E the R.  Had I known it was going to become a rare and expensive 'collectable', I might have wrapped it up and put it in a safe place, just in case ...
  • 06 May 2011 22:54
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    Alan "Maddog!" MacBride wrote:
    Jeff McFadden wrote:
    Gary King wrote:
    Alan "Maddog!" MacBride wrote: Amazon wants $150 for it in OK condition ($160+ for "collectible"). Sheesh! I'll have to mull that over some more.
    The Australian library system has a copy. I borrowed it, special order from the other side of the country, ** but it came with conditions!**. It was for only 28 days and cannot leave the library. Yep, I had to sit in the library to read it.. sheesh is right!
    I only got through first 40 pages or so, and the 28 days were up and it was gone, as I couldnt find enough time to be down there  :(
    According to the Junk Rig Library page on this site, the Association has a copy of Erik the Red, contact the Hon Sec to arrange a loan.  Yes / no?

    Too late. I scored a copy yesterday for nearly half off. Besides, I was given to understand the Hon Sec only lends within the UK.
    I suggest that anyone outside the UK who wants to borrow from the JRA library emails the Hon Sec and attempts to persuade him that being a foreigner doesn't necessarily mean that you won't return the books -  and let's see what the response is.
  • 06 May 2011 17:32
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    Jeff McFadden wrote:
    Gary King wrote:
    Alan "Maddog!" MacBride wrote: Amazon wants $150 for it in OK condition ($160+ for "collectible"). Sheesh! I'll have to mull that over some more.
    The Australian library system has a copy. I borrowed it, special order from the other side of the country, ** but it came with conditions!**. It was for only 28 days and cannot leave the library. Yep, I had to sit in the library to read it.. sheesh is right!
    I only got through first 40 pages or so, and the 28 days were up and it was gone, as I couldnt find enough time to be down there  :(
    According to the Junk Rig Library page on this site, the Association has a copy of Erik the Red, contact the Hon Sec to arrange a loan.  Yes / no?

    Too late. I scored a copy yesterday for nearly half off. Besides, I was given to understand the Hon Sec only lends within the UK.
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