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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2749622, member: 19463"]My wife is a librarian. We found it interesting that they shelve four sets of Cohen with all the volume VI's together etc. despite the fact they were not all the same editions rather than as four sets of all eight volumes as units. Babelon shows why you don't use sticky labels on leather. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some are now free online but some are not cheap. Some OOP books like BMC Greek are available as photo reprints at low prices but you might avoid the ones that use photos rather than line drawings since many photos reproduce as blobs. I bought two volumes (Sicily and Alexandria) but neither offers anything to those who own any more recent catalogs. Alexandria was 1892 and made worthless when Dattari came out. Now we have Emmett. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back when I was an ANA member (1964, I believe), I tried to borrow a book that I wanted very much but was told that their copy was in too bad condition to mail. That was the last year I was a member. Back then the ANA made very little effort to attract people interested in ancients. Has that really changed?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2749622, member: 19463"]My wife is a librarian. We found it interesting that they shelve four sets of Cohen with all the volume VI's together etc. despite the fact they were not all the same editions rather than as four sets of all eight volumes as units. Babelon shows why you don't use sticky labels on leather. Some are now free online but some are not cheap. Some OOP books like BMC Greek are available as photo reprints at low prices but you might avoid the ones that use photos rather than line drawings since many photos reproduce as blobs. I bought two volumes (Sicily and Alexandria) but neither offers anything to those who own any more recent catalogs. Alexandria was 1892 and made worthless when Dattari came out. Now we have Emmett. Back when I was an ANA member (1964, I believe), I tried to borrow a book that I wanted very much but was told that their copy was in too bad condition to mail. That was the last year I was a member. Back then the ANA made very little effort to attract people interested in ancients. Has that really changed?[/QUOTE]
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