Book geek question

[mizarchivist]

I need to find (if possible) a copy of John Robinson's The Works of John Robinson. Copyright 1851. It may be impossible, but where would the serious book nerds look? I've looked at Bookfinder.com, alibris, and Amazon- all a bust.

Alternatively, perhaps getting a microfilm copy of it is not such a bad idea, if print version is not available. Finding out of print books is really not part of my usual job, so assume I know little-to-nothing. Thanks.

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[keyne.livejournal.com]

I'd look at abebooks.com (http://www.abebooks.com) (a consortium of thousands of used booksellers), and did -- they don't currently have it, though their member bookstores' stocks change daily, so you might want to keep trying.

Anyway, WorldCat (http://www.oclc.org/) has ten copies listed -- is this something you're willing to interlibrary loan, or did you need to buy one for your own library?

In case you need more complete information for future searches, complete title is The works of John Robinson, pastor of the pilgrim fathers, and listed authors are John Robinson, William Allen, John Waddington, and Robert Ashton. It appears to have been published simultaneously in Boston (Doctrinal Tract and Book Society) and London (J. Snow).

Good luck.

[zzbottom.livejournal.com]

Have you tried ABE.com? You might want to scour ebay, too.

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

One of my classmates is a rare book dealer. Let me ask him. I'll drop him an email.

Thanks

[mizarchivist]

Thanks for the pointers. It has to be an owned copy- This set of books is one of the critical (although rarely referred to here, I guess) historical works re: Congregationalism.

I'll keep looking, although I'm wondering if we could manage to get Harvard Imaging to make a microfilm copy from our battered copy. Given it was published in 1851, the likelihood of it being on crap paper and said paper not successfully passing the test of time anywhere is very high. I suspect putting it through the tortures of microfilming will be the books' last act, though :( We shall see. This isn't my call to make, so not my stress.

[mizarchivist]

Thanks- I'll look both places

I got bored at work...

[trouble841.livejournal.com]

http://www.exorthodoxforchrist.com/purit%20bks.htm

Re: Thanks

[keyne.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Maybe University Microfilms (http://www.umi.com)?