Makes the soft cover my wife bought for me at a garage sale for a quarter
look pretty good.
John Dunn
<Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 4:49 AM Subject: Re: [CR]Rare book!
> Yes, Hardcover! Each summer while vacationing up in Maine with my family,
> we stop in used book stores. Just this past summer, I picked up an
> apparently never read hard copy of said book for $15. Seems quite rare
and
> the hardcover does lend some sense of durability and permanence to the
book.
> That said, the paper quality and picture quality is not as good as the
> original soft cover version I have.
>
> $100 seems an awful lot of money for a book that is pretty easily found in
> the soft cover version for $10-15.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric Elman
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
> To: <youngc@netreach.net>; <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 9:59 PM
> Subject: [CR]Rare book!
>
>
> > A year and a half ago (at least!), just for fun and because some folks
> were
> > looking for copies of this book, I put in a request to Amazon.com to
look
> for
> > The Custom Bicycle by Denise de la Rosa and Michael Kolin. (I had
already
> > gotten a replacement copy for myself from a lovely lady on this list!)
> > Anyway, I got this notice tonight from Amazon.com... Thought it would
> create
> > a few smiles when you read it:
> >
> > _________________________________
> > Hello from Amazon.com.
> >
> > We have new information about your order and need to hear from
> > you before proceeding.
> >
> > We have excellent news from our out-of-print book buyers. They have
> > been successful in searching for the item you ordered and
> > think you will be interested in what they have found.
> >
> > Ordered item: Michael J. Kolin "The Custom Bicycle : Buying, Setting
> Up,
> > and Riding the Quality Bicycle"
> >
> > Price: $94.99
> > Shipping & handling charge: $4.48
> > Total charge for item: $99.47
> > Binding: Hardcover
> > ___________________________________________________________
> >
> > "Hard cover?"
> > Before I cancel the order, does anyone want it for a mere "C Note?"
> >
> > Dale Brown