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<pre wrap="">On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 20:27 (+0100), Philip Taylor wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I bought all five via Abebooks, Jim, typically paying just over £20 for each.
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<pre wrap="">That's not bad. Amazon.ca would like to extract $182 from me for it.
For a paperback. Bah!
Not that I am am Amazon fan (sort of the opposite), but since google
likes them so much, I went there first.
I guess I need to expand my searches a bit.
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In fact, I posted in haste — that "just over £20" turned out to be
for <i>two</i> of the SvBs, not just one ! Volume one cost me the
princely sum of £0.80 [sic], and volume four cost me £13.99.
P&P accounted for the difference between the total and the "just
over £20" quoted. And both were hardback, of course (I never buy
anything else if the hardback version exists). My <i>Advanced
TeXbook</i> is paperback (I don't think it ever appeared in hard)
but I can't locate the order or invoice as I write; however, it is
currently available from £22.83 upwards.<br>
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** Phil.<br>
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