looking for the book "The Todd's of Virginia"

[tho...@utah-gr.uucp]

(net.books readers - I am cross posting from net.roots because of
overlap of interest. The original query concerned finding a book, seen
in a library, that is now out of print.)

Another method for buying a copy of an out-of-print book is to go to a
bookstore that does "book searches" and ask them to get you a copy.
They will usually require a deposit (you will get most of it back after
some specified period, if they don't find your book). I have done this
successfully for a couple of books I couldn't find, and that were out of
print. You should expect to pay more than the original price of the
book, if they find a copy (and it will generally be a used copy, to
boot). But it does (usually) work, and requires only patience on your
part (making it a good method for those of us who are terminally lazy).

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=Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, tho...@utah-cs.ARPA)