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Offline Les Symonds

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WOOD - Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
« on: November 06, 2015, 06:18:16 PM »

This promising tome arrived yesterday. I've had a quick scan and have to say that it looks very informative.

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Re: WOOD - Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2015, 07:18:02 PM »
I got his a week ago, having seen some of the collection at Birmingham Museum I had to get a copy.

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Re: WOOD - Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2015, 07:34:19 PM »
Ah....interesting book, Bryan. I understand that Pinto wrote a few books about treen, but have never come across any of them. Is it a good read?

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Re: WOOD - Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2015, 07:43:04 PM »
Les,

So far a very it's a interesting read, lots of spindle work and ideas.

More than that a good rescue. While looking for it I discovered that the American Library has declared it a 'Book of Historical Importance' and have reproduced it. However I was able to find an American selling a 1949 first edition copy at what I considered a very good price with a near pristine dust jacket, so I freed it from it's impose exile and brought it back home.

As an aside, the image on the front is of the a Scottish Tulloch Mazer. I've no idea what that means unless it's what we now call a Tazza.
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Re: WOOD - Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2015, 08:39:08 PM »

This promising tome arrived yesterday. I've had a quick scan and have to say that it looks very informative.

Les


received my signed copy this morning and am delighted with the content of the book and how well it is put together, i think eric has done a fantastic job and hope he gets asked to go for a re print as only 2000 have been run so far.

did you get yours through amazon les or did you request a copy when they were finished?

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Re: WOOD - Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2015, 09:12:36 PM »
eric has already sold 1400 copies so if you want one get to amazon quick...

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Re: WOOD - Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2015, 09:27:20 PM »
did you get yours through amazon les or did you request a copy when they were finished?

....I was on the mailing list, mine came direct
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Re: WOOD - Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2015, 09:45:10 PM »
cracking book isn't it, nearly a decade of work has gone into that...

i never thought that i'd see my name in print let alone a wood book. i'll have to get a load more samples over to him for when he does the revised edition...