merch-books-msg - 9/2/04 Directory of book merchants. Reviews. NOTE: See also the files: info-sources-msg, merchants-msg, paper-msg, parchment-msg, early-books-msg, cookbooks-msg. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the originator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THLord Stefan li Rous Stefan at florilegium.org ************************************************************************ From: DRS%UNCVX1.BITNET at MITVMA.MIT.EDU ("Dennis R. Sherman") Date: 3 Jul 90 11:53:00 GMT Amanda Walker requested a source of Dansyre. Assuming you mean the one by Tielman Susato (the only one I know of), both volumes are available by mail from Kelischek Workshop Rt. 1 Brasstown, NC 28902 704-837-5833 I've been quite pleased with the service I've gotten from Kelischek, and they seem to have their entire catalog in stock. Robyyan Torr d'Elandris Dennis R. Sherman Kapellenberg, Windmaster's Hill Chapel Hill, NC Atlantia drs at uncvx1.bitnet From: folo at prairienet.org (F.L. Watkins) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Scholar's Bookshelf Info Needed Date: 25 Mar 1994 01:47:29 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana We have a virtual infestation of these catalogs (mainly because we keep buying so much stuff from them), so it's fairly easy to find one and tell you the address is: The Scholar's Bookshelf 110 Melrich Road Cranbury, NJ 08512 Highly recommended. Yrs, Folo -- Damin de Folo - F.L. Watkins - Folo at Prairienet.edu Baron Wurm Wald (MK), SCA - Commander Baldwin's, NWTA From: Beth.Appleton at f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Beth Appleton) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Calligraphy Book Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1993 22:20:14 (this post is also on Fido_Medieval.... ) Here's a good book for those of you who are interested in calligraphy: _Medieval_Calligraphy_, by Marc Drogan It's available from Barnes & Noble, catalog no. 1782143 for $10.95 + $2.50 shipping & handling. Barnes & Noble 126 Fifth Ave NY, NY 10011 (201)767-7079 I also noticed in the blurb that it's now printed by Dover, so those of you with the Dover address can order it directly, or get it from a willing bookstore. * W * A * R * N * I * N * G * Being on B&N's mailing list can be fatal to the delicate budget. Members of Book Buyers Anonymous should NOT get on their mailing list. I ran a quick total of books I'd like to have, and quit when I got to $200. They're like Publisher's Clearing House, only with a far better/more extensive medieval history section. I don't have the address handy, but Edward Hamilton is very similar. When I got both catalogs (EH drops you quicker & doesn't take plastic), I always checked availability and pricing. There might be a $2-3 difference, which wasn't always going the same way (sometimes EH was cheaper, sometimes B&N). Oh, and EH tends to have some even harder to find and more expensive books. The highest priced book in my $200 total above was $14.98, and they very rarely have a book priced over $30. EH, OTOH, has some books priced $50-100, which you *won't* find in B&N. I bought my copy of _Hortus_Deliciarum_ from them quite a while back ($60). Enjoy! Gwenllian Cwmystwyth From: pat at lloyd.com (Pattie McGregor) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Old Books available; email address of vendor Date: 14 Jul 1994 19:57:25 -0700 Organization: Lloyd Internetworking, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Keywords: old books, antiquarians I ran across this on the Early modern culture mailing list: >> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 22:38:47 -0400 (EDT) From: BREEBOOKS at aol.com Subject: Informational Question -------------------------------------------------------------------- We would be very interested in participating in this mailing list. Would it be acceptable for us to occasionally offer a book from our stock that we feel is potentially of interest to members? We sell old, rare, scarce, sometimes antiquarian books in science, political science, radical feminism, anarchy, natural history, etc. Thank you for your response. Shoshana >> siobhan =========================================================================== Siobhan Medhbh O'Roarke / Pat McGregor Sharing her time between Crosston & 3331 Kimberly Road Mountain's Gate/Golden Rivers Cameron Park, CA 95682 pat at cygnus.com (916) 677-6607 siobhan at lloyd.com (415) 903-1448 (days) From: 0003900943 at mcimail.COM (Marla Lecin) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: source for books Date: 12 Oct 1994 16:40:12 -0400 Greetings, from Jessa d'Avondale! One of the books recommended on the Rialto recently by Master Arval, "Tournaments: Jousts, Chivalry and Pagents in the Middle Ages" (Barber & Barker), is available from Daedelus Books. They sell it for $12.98; it lists at $29.95. Daedalus Books can be contacted at 800-395-2665, Mon-Fri, 9-6 Eastern time. They carry remainders offered by commercial publishers and university presses. Jessa From: zoeholbr at rs6a.wln.com (M Zoe Holbrooks) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Scholar's Bookshelf Date: 21 Apr 1995 02:42:52 GMT Organization: WLN I have just received the Spring Fine Arts Books catalogue from Scholar's Bookshelf, 110 Melrich Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512. It has **wonderful** things for the illumination folk! They *don't* have an 800# but do now take visa/mc/access-eurocard/personal checks. Over the years, I've been happy with everything I've obtained from them. And once you get on their mailing list, you'll get all their catalogues (the history one is spiffy, too). Asahla From: WJMICHALSKI Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: Re(2): Chainmail Automation Date: Wed, 31 May 95 23:18:55 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info at delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) RE: purchasing "Best of the Hammer" Centaur Forge used to carry the series, but they may be out of stock. Their phone # is 1-800-666-9175; you can call & see what volumes they still carry. Mikhail From: Bill McNutt Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Company for Ordering Out-Of-Print Books, was Re: HELP WITH BOOKS NEEDED Date: 11 Oct 1995 15:56:26 GMT University of Tennesee at Knoxville vezeau at ctron.com (Michael E. Vezeau) wrote: >I have attempted to acquire the following books without success: I use a company called the "Printer's Mark Bookstore," and they have had slow, but very successful results every time I have asked them to hunt up and out-of-print book. The Printer's Mark Bookstore 30 Market Square Knoxville, TN 37902 (423) 524-1259 I have no association with PMB other than satisfied customer. From: Gerekr at aol.COM Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: HELP WITH BOOKS NEEDED Date: 9 Oct 1995 20:04:14 -0400 "Mike" requested information on Shire Publications (among other things). Their address is Shire Publications Ltd, Cromwell House, Church Street, Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP17 9AJ, UK. If you haven't looked at their publications, I highly recommend them. They have at least two series: Shire Archaeology and Shire Albums. Meistari Gerekr Gerekr at aol.com From: medievalbk at aol.com Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: BOOKS: G.F. Amoury Books Date: 22 Nov 1996 18:37:07 GMT I'm here. This is my e-mail address: medievalbk at aol.com This is the number of used books I can search through: 1,700,000 This is how many used bookstores there are on Interloc: 1,500+ This is how many titles I am currently searching: 5,100 And this may be how much I know about your interests: 0 Vilyehm the Merchant From: medievalbk at aol.com (Medievalbk) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Re: help! looking for arthur books Date: 7 Jan 1997 22:00:17 GMT The best of the Arthurian bibliography has been placed into my wants. See my web page for details. http://www.interloc.com/~medieval G. F. Armoury Books medievalbk at aol.com From: wgv at rci.rutgers.edu (William Vincenti) Newsgroups: rec.org.sca Subject: Finding Rare/Out of Print Books Date: 4 Apr 1997 14:53:23 -0500 Organization: Rutgers University http://www.bibliofind.com/ Bibliofind Bibliofind is the largest site for the sale of books on the World Wide Web. In our database, hundreds of booksellers from around the world list and describe the books which they have available for sale. Folks, this site has the potential for being great for finding stuff, but really bad for our wallets. Looks really worth using if you happen to have a book buying budget. Bill From: rengraph at ix.netcom.com Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 17:57:40 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: SC - cookbook web site Well I suppose I had to put my two cents worth in eventually. I am Lady Constanza of the Friendly Shire of Wyrmgeist in the Kingdom of Meridies and I have been watching and reading intently for a while. In answer to the above question the correct address for Food Heritage Press is: http://www1.shore.net/~foodbks/ or Food Heritage Press P.O. Box 163, Ipswich, MA 01938-0163 USA 508-356-8306 or e-mail: foodbks at shore.net and yes, they have a wealth of books any cook would be interested in. Below is an snip from their webpage intro: "Welcome to the Food Heritage Press web site. The Food Heritage Press makes available serious books on the history and culture of food to professional and armchair cooks and historians. Our printed catalog contains over 150 titles from over 40 university presses, museums, and other quality publishers, from both the USA and Canada. To request a copy of our print catalog please send $1.00 to the address above. Food Heritage Press titles can be divided into the following broad overlapping areas: Facsimiles and Reprints of Classic Cookbooks More new titles for the collector. 19th Century American Recipes Food and Culinary Links of interest to the serious cook Important Reference Books for the Culinary Historian More new titles. Medieval Cookery Important USA Regional Cookbooks Ethnic Cookbooks - From Armenia to the Ukraine 2 new books on the food of Iran Mushrooms Books Out of Print Food and Culinary Books Anyway visit the site. Yours in Service to Meridies and the dream Lady Constanza della Oriente Connie Pettus-Duquenne From: renfrow at skylands.net (Cindy Renfrow) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 21:03:07 -0400 Subject: Re: SC - Poison Pen Press >Does anyone have a contact number or web page for Poison Pen Press? I >used to order books from them in the past but lost their number. I won't >be at Pennsic so shopping at their stand there is out. > >meadhbh Poison Pen Press 951 Coney Island Ave. Suite 111 Brooklyn, NY 11230 USA Phone: 718-853-8121 HTH Sincgiefu a.k.a. Cindy Renfrow renfrow at skylands.net http://www.alcasoft.com/renfrow/ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:28:24 -0400 From: renfrow at skylands.net (Cindy Renfrow) Subject: SC - list of book merchants Hello! I think you mean Mlodin the Merchant. Does anyone have a current address for him? Here are the addresses of some other book merchants who carry period cookbooks: Poison Pen Press, 951 Coney Island Ave., Suite 111, Brooklyn, NY 11230. Tel: 718-853-8121. JMH Jewelry, c/o Julia Hamann, 6200 N. Oracle #151, Tucson, AZ 85704. Francesco Sirene the Spicer, c/o David Dendy, RR#2, Site 38, Comp B.O., Peachland, B.C., Canada V0H 1G0. Potboiler Press, c/o Ted Eisenstein, 3940 Hwy. H, Fayette, MO 65248, alban at delphi.com Scholar's Bookshelf, 110 Melrich Rd., Cranbury, NJ 08512. Tel: 609-395-6933, books at scholarsbookshelf.com, http://www.scholarsbookshelf.com (At the moment, they only have their military history catalog online, but their print catalog is well worth having.) David Brown Book Co., dba Oxbow Books, P.O. Box 511, Oakville, CT 06779. Tel: 800-791-9354, oxbow at patrol.i-way.co.uk, http://www.oxbowbooks.com (They also have an enormous print catalog.) Chivalry Sports, 7718 E. Wrightstown Rd., Tucson, AZ 85715. Tel: 1-800-730-king. Dover Publ., Inc., 31 East 2nd St. Mineola, NY 11501. Green Duck Designs, 731 Los Robles Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306-3160. Tel: 415-493-7756, theducks at greenduck.com, http://www.greenduck.com Food Heritage Press, P.O. Box 163, 15 Kimball Ave., Ipswitch, MA 01938. Tel: 508-356-8306, foodbks at shore.net, http://www.shore.net/~foodbks SCA Marketplace, PO Box 360789, Milpitas, CA 95036-0789. Tel: 800-789-7486, 408-956-5444. Cariadoc's Miscellany http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/recipes_introduction.html G. F. Armoury Books, http://host.interloc.com/~medieval/ Amazon.com Books, http://www.amazon.com Amanda Anderson, Bookseller, 830 W. Main #150, Lake Zurich, IL 60047. acanthusbk at aol.com Krystar, c/o J.A. Low, 2500 Fontaine Rd., Greensboro, NC 27407. Cindy Renfrow, 7 El's Way, Sussex, NJ 07461. http://www.alcasoft.com/renfrow/ (only 2 titles: Take a Thousand Eggs or More (currently available only through SCA Marketplace) and A Sip Through Time.) Sincgiefu aka Cindy Renfrow renfrow at skylands.net Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1997 17:13:02 GMT From: "Kirsten Garner at Archaeology" To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu Subject: Source for unusual books I've been using this place for a while to get books from France and the rest of Europe. Just so you know..I don't get anything from this - it ain't an ad for me. Just thought I would share the info if anyone feels they need something from Europe. Most things are not in English but they're still really useful references for those of us with good linguistic / dictionary skills. :) The web page is: http://www.arisitum.org/librarch She primarily handles books on archaeology (pre- and proto-history) but she's got a fair range of Medieval stuff too. :) Julian Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:42:21 -0600 From: Mike Lambert Subject: Re: SC - Re: SC- Books May I suggest the following merchant. She is, I believe, SCA and her list is very extensive and her service excellent. Small Churl Books: http://users.neca.com/scbooks/index.html Gwilim de Glamorgan Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 16:58:41 -0500 (EST) From: ALBAN at delphi.com Subject: SC - Potboiler Press (c'est moi) I've gotten copies of certain recent posts about what I carry and don't carry. . . No, I don't carry Constance Hieatt; Poison Pen Press does, in addition to other cookbooks published by mundane people, like Terence Scully and (I think I bought it there) Elizabeth David. And An Ordinance of Pottage, too. I _do_ carry Cariadoc's Cookbooks and Miscellany. I also carry Falconwood Press reprints (Digby, Platina (On Honest Indulgence), Le Viandeir de Taillevent), and a smattering of other cookbooks. Unfortunately, I do not do mail order; so anyone interested would have to catch me at either Pennsic or at Calontir's Kris Kinder market on the second weekend of December. Poison Pen's a good place. Buy from them. I have. Alban St. Albans, proprietor of Potboiler Press, Shire of the Standing Stones, Calontir (mundanely, Columbia, Missouri) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 13:41:27 -0500 (EST) From: "Greg Lindahl" To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu Subject: Re: Out of Print Booksellers > I am currently searching for a number of books on leatherwork that are now out > of print. I have been able to find these books listed at amazon.com but > wanted to do some comparison shopping (Also I'm not really excited with the > idea of giving my credit card number before i know they have the book). Can > anyone recommend any out of print/rare booksellers that are availible on the > internet? First off, you can always use www.acses.com to comparison shop for any book. You'll find that Amazon often isn't the cheapest. I suspect there are other similar services... www.addall.com, for example. Second, there's a database for trading out-of-print books that Amazon uses. Amazon is often charging much more than other people for the same books. www.interloc.com allows you to search this database, but I think there are many other places which allow you to access it. -- gb Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 14:32:10 -0500 (EST) From: Jenne Heise To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu Subject: Re: Out of Print Booksellers Try: * Bibliofind at * Antiquarian Book Exchange at Jadwiga Zajaczkowa (Shire of Eisental; HERMS Cyclonus), mka Jennifer Heise jenne at tulgey.browser.net Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 02:43:55 -0500 From: Melanie Wilson To: "INTERNET:sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu" Subject: Out of Print Books If you can't find what you want via those excellent internet search engines, may I humbly suggest an Out of print search such as I conduct, UK based so UK titles usually found quite quickly Mel Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 09:52:17 +0100 From: Anna Troy To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu Subject: Re: Out of Print Booksellers Here are four comparision shoping browser some are for older books some are new but they're all good to use :-) Anna de Byxe http://www.bibliofind.com/ http://www.interloc.com/bookdata.htm http://www.mxbf.com/ [note:MX Bookfinders is now BOOKFINDER.com http://www.bookfinder.com/ -Erik Button] http://abebooks.com/ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 01:03:00 -0600 (CST) From: To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu Subject: Irish books source With all the discussion lately about Irish personnas and such, and due to the fact that I just got their new releases list in the mail yesterday, I thought I would mention a source for books. It's a publication house in Dublin called Four Courts Press. Their web page is http://www.four-courts-press.ie I'm not affiliated with them in any way, so no worries there. :) They tend to have lots of *scholarly* works on Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Scandinavia (in the context of its relationship with these countries). The latest list I just got includes: Ireland and Scandinavia in the early Viking Age, Women in Rennaissance and Early Modern Europe, & Ireland and her Neighbours in the Seventh Century, just to name a few. They have an outlet in the US, so there's no problem there. ;) I got one of their new books a while back on medieval horse-breeding and I'm really happy with it. :) Julian ferch Rhys Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:07:52 -0800 (PST) From: "Mark A. Sharpe" Subject: SC - book searches The next time you are looking for a cooking or any type of book check out http://www.acses.com You enter in the title or author of the book you're looking for and the site will check 25 online book sellers and return a chart that lists the name of the 'store', the price of the book, the discount from the suggested price and shipping charges. You can then click on the cheapest price and be linked to that seller. No, I don't work for these guys. Just thought I would pass this along and save my friends some money. Terrendon the Wanderer Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 03:14:22 -0500 From: Marilyn Traber Subject: SC - great website on books castle books http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/fe63/index.htm Welcome to the Castle Bookshop Web Site. We are a specialist bookseller dealing mainly in books about Archaeology, Local History, Architecture, Wales, Celtic Studies and linguistics. just about says it all, except-what is the L-$ conversion? and how do you get drool out of a keyboard! margali Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 21:15:50 EST From: Acanthusbk at aol.com Subject: Re: SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #1313 - Amazon.com - ot Find urls for hundreds of independent booksellers at the American Bookseller's Association home page at www.bookweb.org. University Press titles can be purchased online at the American Assoc. of Univ. Presses web site, www.press.uchicago.edu. Or you can check out my new website, www.acanthus-books.com. I have a lot of the books SCA cooks are always looking for. Amanda Acanthus Books www.acanthus-books.com Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 14:17:05 PST From: "Bonne of Traquair" Subject: SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #1313 - Amazon.com - ot> CorwynWdwd at aol.com writes: > A few urls would be helpful if anyone has them. My brother's used bookstore is listed with Advanced Book Exchange. http://www.abebooks.com His store, Interim Books, specializes in military history, but carries books on other topics including cooking. He is SCA as well, so I'll plug his site in particular. http://www.abebooks.com/home/IBOOKS/ Bonne de Traquair Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:40:34 +0100 From: Thomas Gloning Subject: SC - Apicius In my earlier years I followed a maxim that can be traced to the 16th century humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam; it goes something like this: "In the first place buy important books. If there is anything left, you can buy clothes and food." (Not a good quotation for a cooks' list, agreed...) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:45:56 EDT From: allilyn at juno.com Subject: Re: SC - middle ages, renaissance for historical reenactment, SCA (http://users.neca.co>>has anyone used these guys? Are they reliable? < Subject: [Sca-cooks] (no subject) Some have already asked about the Early English Text Society and Currye on Inglische and other cookbooks. The EETS is agailable from: Boydell & Brewer PO Box 41026, Rochester NY 14604 P: (716) 275-0419 * F: (716) 271-8778 www.boydell.co.uk email: krispayne at compuserve.com (although this may be a person who handles only commercial accounts.) You may also want to try FOOD WORDS Johan & Kay Mathiesen foodword at spiritone.com -- 503-232-3470 Box 42568, Portland, OR 97242-0568 They're the ones who handle Prospect Books, which publishes Petits Props Culinaires, the Oxford Symposia on Food off-prints, and other good cookbooks. Alban From: Drucilla Meany-Herbert Date: Fri May 9, 2003 2:27:09 PM US/Central To: stefan at florilegium.org Subject: Book Merchants I was wondering if you could add me to your list of book merchants. I have been doing business as The Haunted Bookshop for 20 years and at Pennsic for the last 6 years. Thanks! Gwyneth (Drucilla Meany-Herbert) The Haunted Bookshop 370 Worcester St. West Boylston, Ma 01583 bookshop at charter.net webpages.charter.net/bookshop/home - still under construction, some things listed but not all Edited by Mark S. Harris merch-books-msg