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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2859003, member: 74968"]I ordered a copy from Spink last week and it arrived a 3 days. I have really enjoyed this book. I only have 6 Anglo-Gallic coins, but I was eager to read about them in this book. I was not disappointed. the level of detail is great and I love the way the book is organized. I must be a snob too because I completely agree with your comment concerning the formality of language employed by the authors. I found this off-putting and inappropriate. It is, however, a small issue when the importance of the information contained in the book is considered. I completely agree with your grade for the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will add one more thing however. I was not expecting the book to be so large. The image you display makes the book look compact, it most certainly is not. I guess this had to do with my own expectations as well. I figured that this was a collecting niche, a small or limited area. As a result I did not expect the amount of material written on these coins to be as extensive as was demonstrated in this book.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have spent several hours with this book and I can imagine spending many more. thanks for the great review.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2859003, member: 74968"]I ordered a copy from Spink last week and it arrived a 3 days. I have really enjoyed this book. I only have 6 Anglo-Gallic coins, but I was eager to read about them in this book. I was not disappointed. the level of detail is great and I love the way the book is organized. I must be a snob too because I completely agree with your comment concerning the formality of language employed by the authors. I found this off-putting and inappropriate. It is, however, a small issue when the importance of the information contained in the book is considered. I completely agree with your grade for the book. I will add one more thing however. I was not expecting the book to be so large. The image you display makes the book look compact, it most certainly is not. I guess this had to do with my own expectations as well. I figured that this was a collecting niche, a small or limited area. As a result I did not expect the amount of material written on these coins to be as extensive as was demonstrated in this book. I have spent several hours with this book and I can imagine spending many more. thanks for the great review.[/QUOTE]
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