Clarification of Answer by
fugitive-ga
on
25 Jun 2002 08:34 PDT
stampbaron,
You are looking for an incredibly devious, hard to find title! I can
understand your desire to spend as little as possible, but my
follow-up searching hasn't turned up anything more. Note that only 3
US libraries (Smithsonian, Florida, Texas) have this title and thus we
see a red flag regarding availability. Hey, if this were easy you
wouldn't have posted this question on Google Answers. I searched on
Foreign language Google's in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy,
Spain, and the UK and could only come up with the katalog I cited in
my original answer.
I also searched for the publisher, Sulser, in the 25th edition of the
PUBLISHER'S INTERNATIONAL ISBN DIRECTORY vol. 3 (Alphabetical Index),
as well as the current BOOKS IN PRINT publishers index and found no
listing. I was hoping to at least be able to give you a contact for
the publishing house. They are either out of business or have been
swallowed up over the years by a larger concern. Note that H.
(Heinrich) Sulser is the publisher, and Hans-Ulrich Sulser is the
author. Possibly they're related and this was a labor of love by a
single family, perhaps the work of an entire lifetime.
You might want to consider purchasing this at the higher price (higher
than you paid for volume 2) for the set I found in Switzerland to
avoid inconvenience. This book just isn't easily found! I, personally,
enjoy the ongoing chase for things like DIE SOLDATENMARKEN DER SCHWEIZ
and am usually in no hurry to pay a higher price for convenience. I
just keep my eyes open and eventually, get what I want at the price I
want.
Here is another set of approaches to consider should you not wish to
shell out the 150 Swiss Francs (not including S/H) and assuming it's
the correct work (I'd be surprised if it's some "other" Sulser
katalog!).
First, if you're not already connected to the stamp collecting
community in Switzerland, the following site should get you started.
Equipment for Stamp Collecting - Switzerland
http://www.stamps.ch/CH/CH_EN/e_lit.htm
This is an excellent window into the Swiss philatelist community. I
Recommend opening a correspondence with individuals and companies
inquiring about DIE SOLDATENMARKEN DER SCHWEIZ .
An excellent site for understanding how to find out of print books
(the general process) is at:
http://marylaine.com/bookbyte/getbooks.html
The following is the "ultimate" out of print book finding site. It
will allow you to search all of the major out of print sites in one
place, as well as place "wants." It also points to foreign language
sites.
Books and Book Collecting
http://www.trussel.com/books.htm
It has an excellent interface where you can submit your terms once,
and it will automatically fill out search forms on the rest of the
site. When you execute a search for each of the finding services, it
will open the search in a new window, allowing you to easily cycle
through all of the choices.
I did not find your work via this route, but since these catalogs are
dynamic
you would likely use them periodically to see if your title has become
available.
More likely to lead to success would be to place several "want"
requests for your title and when they become available you will
receive an email informing you.
I'm still looking and am finding out that the site I found a copy at
may be one of a kind. This is definitely a rare work (rare does not
necessarily equal expensive - but it is a contributing factor).
fugitive-ga
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