I have recently bought a number of out of print Lace books through the
Lace Guild in the UK, they have second hand books with a catalogue
online (ie you can download it from their web page). The prices
including postage to Australia was quite reasonable and the service was
super excellent. Also I have bought other second hand books from the NSW
Branch of the Australian Lace Guild (they run a trading table at Lace
days where members recycle their lace equipment and books) and a few
books from the estates of deceased lacemakers whose families sell the
books through the group to which the lacemaker belonged.
I have also found the odd lace book in second hand book shops. I must
admit that I never go past a second hand book shop without going in.
All of these second hand books have been in excellent condition in some
cases I doubt if they were ever used.
Why don't you try your local lacemakers groups and IOLI to see if they
sell second hand books.
Anna in Sydney where the sun is now shining
On 18/06/11 8:24 AM, Witchy Woman wrote:
The Arachne archive has been an amazing treasure trove of lacemaking
information for me. I was so glad to see that the list is still active. I
subscribed last week and already picked up a few good tips.
I live in Fairview Park, Ohio...a suburb of Cleveland...and have been making
lace since the mid-90's. The first time I saw bobbin lace was at a Crafts
from Around the World fair at the May Company in Cleveland in the mid-70's. A
woman named Deb Hietarinta was demonstrating it. Things didn't work out at
the time to learn (she moved out of state), but almost 20 years later I was
finally able to take lessons. While the kids were growing up lacemaking fell
by the wayside, but 3 years ago I took it up again. It's a testament to my
teacher, Lynn Swedenborg, that I remembered so much.
One of my biggest frustrations in lacemaking is the availability of reasonably
priced books...as in under or around $20. Lace books are printed in short
runs and sell out quickly. When they show up on sites like Alibris, Half.com
or Amazon, they're usually at least 2 to 3 times the cover price. Some are
just plain outrageous...i.e. today, Amazon.com has a copy of Rosemary
Shepherd's INTRODUCTION TO BOBBIN LACE MAKING for $372.33...no, that's not a
typo.
I borrow a lot of out of print books from the IOLI Library, but I feel funny
copying patterns out of them. I don't like to infringe on copyrights, but I
also don't have a lot of money to spend on overpriced second hand books. And
I would like to see the authors get the money for the books, not the second
hand owners.
I wish more of the authors of lace books would consider, once the first run of
the book goes out of print, selling them in either a .pdf format or through
one of the print-on-demand sites like Lulu.com. BTW, Lulu currently has 7
bobbin lace titles available and 19 lacemaking titles.
I look forward to reading the digest every day. Can't wait to read more.
Thanks!
Peg
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D: Freedom...
to want nothing...
to expect nothing...
to depend on nothing.
from THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
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