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    1950willys New Member

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    The WWI/WWII era British Monitor

    I have been looking for some detailed info regarding this ship, i have googled as much i can stand to (is it just me or has google become increasingly useless over the last year or two?) and havent really found what i would call a good source of info. Can anyone direct me to a good source, book, website..etc.
     
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    Big Gun Monitors
    by Ian Buxton
     
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    Thank you very much

    Wow..only $190 US on Amazon, Time to start searching the used book stores LOL
     
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    Wont be much cheaper. Atleast if seller knows what he/she is selling :D
     
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    Thats what I am hoping for LOL, A few years back I picked up an old naval photo book actually made by the US Navy in 1916, The "latest and newest" ship pictured in the book is the USS Arizona, its a nice hard back, got it for 5 dollars at a second hand bookstore, never know till ya try
     
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    I was so desperate to get a copy of my own that I contacted the author. He didn't have any either. At least, none to spare.
    I recently heard that a copy was selling at a sane price. Someplace in Britain.
    This is why we have Inter-Library Loans. Seriously, this is a great tool, and it has netted me many rare titles.
     
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    That's a lot for a book, I think. Is it really worth so steep a price?
     
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    The question of worth depends on need, I think the ships are an interesting concept, and would like to learn more about them, but not for $190
     
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    That's hardly an unusual price for books of this sort. Try finding a copy of British Destroyers by March; even a lousy copy is about $250. Or British Battleships or British Cruisers by R&R. Before they reprinted Campbell's Naval Weapons, it was routinely priced at $500.
     
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    Im aware that its not unusual, but as usual its above my means :eek:
    If i had the dispoasble income i wouldnt hesitate to buy it. Can never have enough books
     
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    What really bugs me is when a publisher prints up a few copies of a book with limited illustrations and mediocre production quality, then charges a hundred bucks for it. (Yes, this means you, Routledge!) French publishers are all terrible in this same way, but at least they provide much more elaborate production quality.
     
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    Picked up a copy of Big Gun Monitors by way of inter library loan, the closest library that would actually loan theirs out was almost 600 miles away, havent had a chance to read yet, just skimmed thru a little bit, looks quite interesting
     
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    Inter-library loans are a wonderful thing; I've used them myself several times to get books that my own local library doesn't carry on its shelves. :cool:
     
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    So far its a great read, lots of info on these unique ships, im going to hate having to return it, I would highly recommend it to anyone interested naval history.
     
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    I think there should be international library loans. There is no single copy of that book in any of Finnish libraries. Same goes with other interesting naval books :(
     
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    Given what it costs to ship something overseas, I don't think that's likely to happen anytime soon. Which is too bad, as that's not a bad idea.
     

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