Harry Palmer » Books http://www.ipcress.net/blog It isn't usual to read a B-107 to its subject, but I'm going to set you straight. "Insubordinate. Insolent. A trickster. Perhaps with criminal tendencies". Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:46:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Scootering by Jon Stevens – Penguin Books 1962 http://www.ipcress.net/blog/scootering-by-jon-stevens-penguin-books-1962/ http://www.ipcress.net/blog/scootering-by-jon-stevens-penguin-books-1962/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:09:17 +0000 ben http://www.ipcress.net/blog/?p=199 Received this from Ian in London.

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I made this conversion chart to list all three in a range of values suitable for a Lambretta engine build. I’ve stuck it inside the front cover.

Click the image below for a .pdf

UPDATE : Awww crap! I just found a very similar chart in the Appendix of Stickies book!

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I’ve been hunting for the three original Han Solo books for years, not looking on eBay of course as that just spoils the fun. I’ve only ever found one :-

This is an odd Terry Pratchett “Book Proof” I found in Pele Mele. It’s in the American large paperback format with none of the “other books by” pages at either end :-

My small but growing shelf of Graham Greene BODLEY HEAD first editions, although http://www.booksellerworld.com says

“He is one of the most collectable literary authors with his early books being much sought after, later titles in jacket are not considered rare, though collecting the early firsts is a matter of great patience and expense.”

Notice how the experts wrongly spell collectible!

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