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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 16/7/2016: a proper bookshop
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:52:46 -0700
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> On Jul 18, 2016, at 4:28 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> WOW! 
> Now that's a super browsing book store.  :-) 
> You didn't happen to find any of mine in there did you?  :-)
> 1/ MEN of the SADDLE: working cowboys of Canada:
> 2/ REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOOT BLACK &                     WHITE... sometimes 
> colour.
> 3/ WOMEN in MEDICINE: a Celebration of their work.
> 4/ DOCTOR'S WORK: The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
> 5/ THIS IS OUR WORK: The Legacy of Sir William Osler
> 6/ Joe Clark: the emerging Leader.
> 
> No? I didn't think so. :-)
> Oh well there is a USED book store in Vancouver  BC. CANADA that I picked 
> up two new copies of "DOCTOR'S WORK" for $50.00 per copy and later that 
> afternoon sold them for $100.oo a copy! Not a bad deal when the buyers 
> were both doctors. Oh yeah they are subjects in the book in the OR doing a 
> "cutting job!"  :-)
> The two medical books were excellent sellers in North America and quite a 
> number of the LUG crew purchased copies some years ago.
> I rummage used book stores wherever I find them looking for any of my 
> books or others. Most certainly LEICA and old photography books. My own 
> home library has over 300 photography related copies from ancient to 
> modern day.
> We never stop learning no matter whomever you are!



I own your books Ted, and in a book store, when they don?t have them, it?s 
likely cause they are sold out.




Steve




> cheers,
> Dr. Ted Grant OC
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: July-18-16 1:40 PM
> To: Leica Users Group; Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 16/7/2016: a proper bookshop
> 
> On Saturday afternoon I was walking around the shopping district in 
> downtown Le Mans, and I happened on a second-hand bookshop. I first took 
> some pictures from the outside, and then the owner came out and politely 
> scolded me for not asking. I apologised, and the result was that he told 
> me to come inside and that I could photograph to my heart?s content. So I 
> did:
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> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kRgGX9V/A
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> And of course I did not walk away empty-handed; I bought a collection of 
> short stories by Doris Lessing, a Kurt Vonnegut novel and a couple of 
> other books. It is nice when you drive rather than fly :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> YNWA
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