[h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books

2008-04-25 Thread Robin Netherton
This seems like a good time to make my periodic request: Hope Greenberg wrote: >> What is the worse costume book that you own? I know Robin has a collection! >> > I hate to say: I gave them away (I hate to admit to foisting them off on > some unsuspecting person) but they included Norris and

Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books

2008-04-25 Thread Pixel, Goddess and Queen
Do you by chance have a list of the ones you already own, so you don't end up with duplicates? Jen On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Robin Netherton wrote: > This seems like a good time to make my periodic request: > > For those of you who want to dump your Bad Old Costume Books, no need to foist > them of

Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books

2008-04-25 Thread Robin Netherton
Pixel, Goddess and Queen wrote: > Do you by chance have a list of the ones you already own, so you don't end > up with duplicates? I ask people to e-mail me first before sending, and then I can check. They're all one one bookcase together, about 30 of them, so it's easy to see what I have. --R

Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books

2008-04-26 Thread Zuzana Kraemerova
If you, however, made by chance such a list, post it here so that I know what not to buy... You cannot look inside books when you order them through amazon. I've already purchased quite a number of very disappointing books... Robin Netherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pixel, Goddess and Queen wr

Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books

2008-04-26 Thread Robin Netherton
Zuzana Kraemerova wrote: > If you, however, made by chance such a list, post it here so that I know what > not to buy... You cannot look inside books when you order them through > amazon. I've already purchased quite a number of very disappointing books... My "bad" might be someone else's useful

Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books

2008-04-27 Thread Zuzana Kraemerova
Yes, I agree, it is always important to say what's your point of interest when judging books. I always tend to judge books with practical instructions like how to make something etc. better than vast theory-based books, even though both can be of the same value. Still, I think that some can be

Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books

2008-04-28 Thread Rickard, Patty
Also, so we could avoid (or purge) them? Patty -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pixel, Goddess and Queen Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 2:13 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books Do you by

Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books

2008-04-28 Thread Rickard, Patty
Thank you! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Netherton Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 11:33 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] The Home for Wayward Bad Costume Books Zuzana Kraemerova wrote: > If you, however, made