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  • #891
    coolowl2001
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    Good morning "shipmates" 😉

    Just re-bought the book by Alison McLeay 'the World of the Onedin
    Line' being the historical background woven around the series. When I
    bought it originally, perhaps in the early 1980s, it was a remainder
    then. This copy I bought online via Biblio.com and the seller is in
    Australia. I didn't expect to find it! Who knows, there might be more
    out there, lurking on the internet. Thor original of course, went
    west when I had a clean-out. Oh dear! There were no DVDs then and I
    did not imagine I would ever see Onedin Line again so why keep the book?

    Details for those wanting to hunt it down …

    ISBN: 0 7254 0385 3, copyright Alison McLeay 1977, published in
    Australia 1977 by Ure Smith, Sydney (a division of Paul Hamlyn Pty
    Ltd).

    It's well illustrated, well written and contains a wealth of
    knowledge about the history of the times and the cast and crew. It's
    well recommended for those keen to search it out.

    Best regards to you all – oh, and I had written to Memphis Belle
    asking if they were going to digitise the remainder of the series.
    Well, I don't write in Dutch so maybe they couldn't understand me or
    perhaps they just don't respond to email requests. So writing to them
    might be a waste of time – on the other hand … if enough people
    write, it might jerk them out of their lethargy. Just now starting
    disk 1 of series 4 and *finally* they have got the episodes named and
    available for choosing rather than the Biblical system they used
    previously.

    Best regards to you all …

    Elaine in Brisbane, Australia

    #892
    beboheinz1
    Member
    — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, Elaine de Saxe <coolowl@…>
    wrote:

    >
    > Good morning "shipmates" 😉
    >
    > Just re-bought the book by Alison McLeay 'the World of the Onedin
    > Line' being the historical background woven around the series. When

    I

    > bought it originally, perhaps in the early 1980s, it was a

    remainder

    > then. This copy I bought online via Biblio.com and the seller is

    in

    > Australia. I didn't expect to find it! Who knows, there might be

    more

    > out there, lurking on the internet. Thor original of course, went
    > west when I had a clean-out. Oh dear! There were no DVDs then and

    I

    > did not imagine I would ever see Onedin Line again so why keep the

    book?

    > Details for those wanting to hunt it down …
    >
    > ISBN: 0 7254 0385 3, copyright Alison McLeay 1977, published in
    > Australia 1977 by Ure Smith, Sydney (a division of Paul Hamlyn

    Pty

    > Ltd).
    >
    > It's well illustrated, well written and contains a wealth of
    > knowledge about the history of the times and the cast and crew.

    It's

    > well recommended for those keen to search it out.
    >
    > Best regards to you all – oh, and I had written to Memphis Belle
    > asking if they were going to digitise the remainder of the series.
    > Well, I don't write in Dutch so maybe they couldn't understand me

    or

    > perhaps they just don't respond to email requests. So writing to

    them

    > might be a waste of time – on the other hand … if enough people
    > write, it might jerk them out of their lethargy. Just now starting
    > disk 1 of series 4 and *finally* they have got the episodes named

    and

    > available for choosing rather than the Biblical system they used
    > previously.
    >
    > Best regards to you all …
    >
    > Elaine in Brisbane, Australia

    Hi Elaine,
    I bought 2 copies of the wonderful book at Amazon.com, they were used
    but in good condition. Too tell the truth I haven't read them yet.
    The ISBN from the 2 books is 07153 73986. A good place to trade books
    is at http://www.bookcrossing.com or the german version http://www.bookcrossers.de.
    Check out the fritos bookshelf or others from all over the world.
    Greetings from Germany,
    Barbara

    >

    #893
    coolowl2001
    Member
    On 12/05/2007, at 8:26 PM, Barbara Stiegler (Fritos) wrote:

    > The ISBN from the 2 books is 07153 73986.

    Are there more books then? Or do you mean the Cyril Abraham books?

    > A good place to trade books is at http://www.bookcrossing.com

    My understanding is that books are just left in places for people to
    pick up and pass on with the details being logged on the website.
    It's a matter of luck what books you might pick up – unless there is
    some formal arrangement for trading that I missed when I looked at
    the bookcrossing website recently.

    > Check out the fritos bookshelf or others from all over the world.

    What does this mean?

    Regards from Brisbane Australia

    Elaine

    #894
    beboheinz1
    Member
    — In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, Elaine de Saxe <coolowl@…>
    wrote:

    >
    > On 12/05/2007, at 8:26 PM, Barbara Stiegler (Fritos) wrote:
    >
    > > The ISBN from the 2 books is 07153 73986.
    > Are there more books then? Or do you mean the Cyril Abraham books?
    >
    > > A good place to trade books is at http://www.bookcrossing.com
    > My understanding is that books are just left in places for people

    to

    > pick up and pass on with the details being logged on the website.
    > It's a matter of luck what books you might pick up – unless there

    is

    > some formal arrangement for trading that I missed when I looked at
    > the bookcrossing website recently.
    >
    > > Check out the fritos bookshelf or others from all over the world.
    > What does this mean?
    >
    > Regards from Brisbane Australia
    >
    > Elaine

    Hi Elaine,
    The ISBN number 07153-73986 is for my 2 copies of " The World of The
    Onedin Line". Wondered why your ISBN was different than mine, since
    it's the same book?
    At "Bookcrossing" there are planned releases and controlled releases,
    where someone writes me a PM and requests a booktrade or viceversa. I
    also have a few friends where we just send each other any books we
    have read, and hope they will be sent on later or left someplace. You
    can trade anything, there arn't any rules. I've traded bookmarks,
    interesting bookcrossing labels and even a bag of fritos for a book,
    DVD or CD. Depends what a member has listed on his bookshelf. A list
    of my registered, released,found or permanent books collection can be
    viewed at my fritos bookshelf.
    Tschüss,
    Barbara

    >

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