I just bought, a few days ago, two copies of Edward W. Haile's book ,
"Jamestown Narratives", at the APVA Preservation Virginia Museum Store.
Just go to their website, click on Museum Store, then click on Books, then
click on "Jamestown" and then scroll down until you see the book.
It's there. But you have to dig.
Deane Mills
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From: "Tom Reedy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: Jamestown Narratives
>> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 09:34:08 -0500
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: VA-HIST Digest - 30 Dec 2006 to 31 Dec 2006 (#2007-1)
>>
>> The following is Edward Haile's comments on the availability of his book.
>> I
>> snatched this off of the amazon page that lists his book for up to
>> $500.00:
>>
>> Dear Reader, This is an excellent book whose virtues I cannot begin to
>> cite
>> except to say that it is good and cheap. Namely, it is here terribly
>> misrepresented in price and availability. It is in print, has never been
>> out
>> of print, and the list price new is thirty-four fifty. If the dear chaps
>> at
>> Amazon have not got the point after seven or eight years of listing it,
>> despite years of advisories, be advised for your part that it can be
>> ordered
>> at the correct price through various Jamestown related websites of the
>> Jamestown APVA or Jamestown Settlement or Colonial Williamsburg, or the
>> Library of Virginia gift shop, and so on, or even through the publisher
>> itself. Why then is it listed here? My friend, a book not listed here
>> does
>> not exist in the lexicon of literature. And who knows. There may be a
>> turnaround. The information did correct itself for a whole week I believe
>> back in 2002. Yours, Th' Pres't of the Co'cil of Virg.
>>
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>>
>> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:33:10 -0500
>> From: Bess Haile <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Jamestown Narratives
>>
>> JN is readily available, regularly reprinted, and same price as always.
>> EWH
>
> Thanks to every one who replied to my query. If it is still in print, the
> marketing strategy seems mysterious to me. It was not listed on the web
> sites of Amazon or B&N, except as used books, nor did the gift shops of
> the
> Library of Virginia, Jamestown APVA or Jamestown Settlement list it on
> their
> Web sites, but of course I could be just not finding it. I finally was
> able
> to purchase a copy from the Colonial Williamsburg gift shop.
>
> I used if for research on a project through interlibrary loan, and it is
> well worth owning.
>
> Tom Reedy
>
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