hello
 
I have had great success in getting out of print biiks at either
abebooks.com who will maintain a want list for you or bibliocity.com.
 
These are both on line inventories of worldwide used book dealers.
 
 
At 10:43 AM 1/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Fellow Folks,
>
>This is off the current topics.
>
>Some weeks ago I wrote to the list asking for information about
>availability of the edited volumes of William McDowell--The Journal of
>the Commissioners of the Indian Trade (2 vols.) and Documents Relating
>to Indian Affairs.
>
>Several people responded, some gave me hope of locating these
>out-of-print works, others reminding me that they are out of print.
>Amazon had one of them listed, but by the time I ordered even they were
>posting it as out of print.
>
>I did take Carl Steen's advice and tried the South Carolina Archives and
>History. Their publications website is
>http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/nativeam.htm.  They have all the volumes,
>and the price (some you will eat your hearts out) is $10 per volume.  I
>downloaded their order form, faxed it, and had my books within a week.
>I am one happy historian.
>
>Just want to thank those who responded to my initial request and inform
>others if they want these books.
>
>Jane
>
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Industrial Archaeology Program
Michigan Technological University
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