DougCornwall
15 years ago
My copy was bought in 1968 in a bookshop in Truro and cost me what was then a very expensive £5 5s 0d. There must be older copies out there still in use.

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Peter Burgess
15 years ago
Ah - that makes sense now. The rampant inflation from 1968 to 1975 makes my purchase cheap in comparison, even though the cover price was the same. Mine is a Second edition, so anyone with a First edition is going to be older. The second ed was 1969 wasn't it? So a 1968 purchase will be a First edition?
DougCornwall
15 years ago
Mine would perhaps be a first edition then because it does not say anywhere what edition it is. Just has HMSO 1956 and the price printed.
Also I see the latest version on Amazon has over 900 pages whereas mine has only 794. Maybe the newer versions have more info in them although I guess the original survey material is the same.
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15 years ago
I have the same one Doug .... I bought my dirty well used copy for the princley sum of £1 in an old Tat shop in Great Torrington in 1978 .... same shop had some old railway totem signs from West Country locations for £10 each... how I wish I'd known then what I know today!!

I bought a new reprint circa 1986 which I generally use.
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15 years ago
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I have an original boxed set of Dines (1956) with the price on the box. (£5. 5s od). The maps in the back are still bound together, and have never been opened. I don't think the books have been opened either. I have no idea really what they're worth. I have many other unique collections like this. 🙂
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Tezarchaeon
15 years ago
"Moorebooks" wrote:


I have able new copies of Dines (latest reprint) for £32

http://www.moorebooks.co.uk/shelves/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16665&substring=dines 

Mike



Is that price for just the one edition or a package of both?
Moorebooks
15 years ago

that is for the two volumes

Mike
Penrhynman
15 years ago
"Daz" wrote:

I have an original boxed set of Dines (1956) with the price on the box. (£5. 5s od). The maps in the back are still bound together, and have never been opened. I don't think the books have been opened either. I have no idea really what they're worth. I have many other unique collections like this. 🙂



Clevedon Books have one for sale at a mere £100 :blink:
Moorebooks
15 years ago
"Daz" wrote:

I have an original boxed set of Dines (1956) with the price on the box. (£5. 5s od). The maps in the back are still bound together, and have never been opened. I don't think the books have been opened either. I have no idea really what they're worth. I have many other unique collections like this. 🙂



To a real collector who wants it in that condition you could name your price but for those who seek the imformation they will buy mine

Mike
carnkie
15 years ago
That seems a good price Mike. I've weakened. 🙂
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unregistered user
15 years ago
I'd rather have the hard covers every time. The bloody thing is very heavily used.

I'd pay extra for it too.

I paid £100 for my first ed set, which was like new. It's looking tired now.

Can anyone compare what's new with the latest edition. I may have one off you, mike.
DougCornwall
15 years ago
A quick net search is showing a 1988 reprint edition for sale for £135.
I just don't get this concept of collecting things just for the sake of it. What is a 'collector' but a fancy name for a hoarder of old junk.
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carnkie
15 years ago
"DougCornwall" wrote:

I just don't get this concept of collecting things just for the sake of it. What is a 'collector' but a fancy name for a hoarder of old junk.



I have a problem with this statement. Many people may consider what we all consider well worth preserving or collect 'old junk' but so what, that's a person's perogative.

The danger I think is sometimes forgetting that 'old junk' has a social history.
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Dolcoathguy
15 years ago
I borrowed a copy from the work library in the late 1980's.
When I started to get more interested in mining, I found that the 1960's copy (both volumes with maps) had been put in a pile of old books for anyone to take away for free (late 1990's). I knew books were being given away at the time, but didn't think a Dines would be in that pile....and I missed getting the free copy...grrrrrr! (It had gone by the time I found out!)
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15 years ago
My hardback set of Dines were given to me as a Christmas Gift in 1969. They were brand new and carry the marked price of five guineas for the set. Needless to say, they are a cherished possession.


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15 years ago
Bought my hardback copies of the 1069 second impression from Martyn Rowes auction in Truro for £34 in '92. On getting it home discovered that although in good condition, the previous owner had underlined (in ink aaarg) any reference to site or mines that had recorded radioactive minerals such as Wheal Edward etc etc. Also a nice piece of headed note paper with scribbles on it marked Wheal Concord.

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