Frank Hagan Posted February 16, 2003 Report Share Posted February 16, 2003 I'm playing with the script to display a selection of boat building books on our Bookstore Page. Its not pretty yet, and certainly not finished, but when I entered a search for the long-out-of-print Amphora by Peter Stevenson, I got a page of 6 dealers selling the book, from $3.00 to $150.00. $150 :!: Now, its a fun book, and it does have a very young Mike Stevenson pictured in it, but $150! I also searched for "Sailboats You Can Build," Peter's book that includes the first Skipjack, and its available used from $8.95 to $23.53. So its worth checking the "used" links when you're looking for books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Jones Posted February 16, 2003 Report Share Posted February 16, 2003 any of those books have "Caliban" in them? That was one of the first, if not THE first design from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeStevenson Posted February 16, 2003 Report Share Posted February 16, 2003 $150!! that's crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Jones Posted February 17, 2003 Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 lol- you should have seen my wife when she saw a copy of "Case for the Cruising Trimaran" by Jim Brown for $250. She picked our copy up off the floor and slid it back into the bookcase:) Shame on Caliban. I have a scale model packed away at our farm up in east Texas. Maybe I can get it sometime and shoot a pic. Wasn't that article done in a Rudder mag? I had fun with the boat. Used a jib off a San Juan 21 for a sail. Eventually gave the boat to a boy's camp in Florida- they used it as a row boat. Somewhere around I have pictures of the boat- if they aren't with my ex-wife:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hagan Posted February 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2003 $150!! that's crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeStevenson Posted February 18, 2003 Report Share Posted February 18, 2003 Wow, you guys are well-stocked. Most of the books were sold to libraries. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted February 19, 2003 Report Share Posted February 19, 2003 I managed to get 'Sailboats you can build' for about $9US (nice copy too) off course by the time it got to New Zealand it was $35NZ but worth evry cent. Its a fabulous book not just building ,but sailing and the whole Stevenson Philosphy. We also have the Amphora and Buffy Porson in our libary, (I'm putting together an Anphora as a Tender to the Weekender) I saw one copy on the internet for $70!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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