In a message dated 4/25/2008 3:24:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What was your most recent purchase? Most recently I replaced my Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion 1560. I was stupid enough to lend my original copy to someone who was very careless and allowed it to be trashed. Good thing it was one you could easily replace! I don't let my books out, ever. Don't want to risk the loss of a long out-of-print book that would cost $100s to replace, if available. And, speaking of that, the most I ever spent for a book is the Ackermann's furniture one. Don't remember the title, as it lives at my office. Bought it used for about $300--a friend of mine was fortunate enough to get a copy in England many years ago, and I had to have one, too. First book I ever bought was Wilcox's "Mode in Costume." Yes, I know now that it is terrible, but it was one of the few costume books in my high school library, and it really got me started. So, when I saw it for $10 in Florida, many years ago, I bought it. Still have it, too, for sentimental reasons. I've run out of room for books, so I'm being pretty good about new one in, old one out--passing on books on eras or topics I figure I'm pretty much done with--either to individuals who can use them, or to the Costume Society of America silent auction every year. Ann Wass **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
