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what second-hand book services are there on-line which are good?

(my mum has been chivvying me to track down a book by peter fleming — ian's brother — called "nettlebed", or possibly ABOUT nettlebed, which is the village he lived in when not travelling the world)

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 8 November 2002 16:05 (twenty-three years ago)

j00 can get 2nd hand stuff off amazon now, though watch for them delivery charges

― DG (D_To_The_G), Friday, 8 November 2002 16:06 (twenty-three years ago)

e-bay is quite good for 2nd hand books mark!

― katie (katie), Friday, 8 November 2002 16:11 (twenty-three years ago)

No mention of a book called Nettlebed here: http://www.catharton.com/authors/816.htm

I find http://www.abebooks.com to be pretty great.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 8 November 2002 16:17 (twenty-three years ago)

abebooks (which i second the recommendation of after finding out of print ira levin book there) has this:

My Aunt's Rhinoceros and other reflections.

which is the only thing that sounds autobiographical (all the others are 'journey to...' or 'operation...')

(slow day at work...)

― koogs, Friday, 8 November 2002 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.alibris.co.uk/ looks quite good.

― Sam (chirombo), Friday, 8 November 2002 17:06 (twenty-three years ago)

I like the sound of Peter Fleming.

Fleming appears to have been a remarkably good-natured person. Instructions for his funeral read: "If there is a memorial service, I would like it to be at the Guards Chapel; the parking facilities are unrivalled."

― Sam (chirombo), Friday, 8 November 2002 17:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I 2nd Alibris recommendation, but think it's dot com. Have used this for many years, esp. to get out-of-print Gary Indiana - easily 'greatest' US writer of recent years.

― ds, Friday, 8 November 2002 20:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Powell's.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 8 November 2002 20:59 (twenty-three years ago)

half.com isn't bad, either.

― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 8 November 2002 22:52 (twenty-three years ago)

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