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Ernest Bramah - English Regal Copper Coins

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A copy of this sold on eBay today. I missed out yet again, by bidding too low then not being around at the auction end. If anyone has a spare copy for sale, let me know?

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I've been looking forever.Good luck.I missed that one today. :(

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I've been looking forever.Good luck.I missed that one today. :(

I bid on that one today, but I do already have a copy.

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I've been looking forever.Good luck.I missed that one today. :(

I bid on that one today, but I do already have a copy.

It was sitting at a fiver, so I thought £45 would be bound to get it. I keep underestimating eBay bidding!

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I paid £100 for the only copy I could find last year!

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I paid over £50 about 6 years ago.

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A copy of this sold on eBay today. I missed out yet again, by bidding too low then not being around at the auction end. If anyone has a spare copy for sale, let me know?

Sorry I sold my spare copy 20 years ago for £60

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A copy of this sold on eBay today. I missed out yet again, by bidding too low then not being around at the auction end. If anyone has a spare copy for sale, let me know?

Sorry I sold my spare copy 20 years ago for £60

Clearly someone got a bargain with the eBay copy for £46! Anyway, I've managed to locate a copy, but at a more hefty £120 (inc. carriage) so I'm happy.

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I ordered a copy of this book today at what appears to be a bargain price ($26.40). The particulars are:

Bookseller: Better World Books Ltd

AbeBooks Purchase Order No.: 120891457

Purchase Method: Visa

Estimated Delivery Date: November 6, 2015

Approximate Shipping Speed: 11 - 21 business days

Title: A guide to the varieties and rarity of English regal copper coins, Charles II-Victoria, 1671-1860

Author: Bramah, Ernest

Quantity: 1

Book Description: Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

Book Price:US$ 21.88

Shipping Price:US$ 4.52

To find a seller, I entered the author and title into the search dialog box on the website bookfinder.com. If you want this book, give this method a try. Perhaps you'll be as lucky as I was. (Assuming that my order is successful!)

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Yes thats a really good buy .

I paid £100 for mine and havent seen one since.

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John (Chingford) sent me a spare copy a couple of years ago.

A nice read.

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Just managed to get one for £75 (best offer on e bay). Been trying to get one for several years, on and off.  

After I'd stumbled across mine, quite by chance as it happened, I did some extensive googling (out of curiosity) and discovered that there are 4 more specimens going:-

From Amazon:-

£343.90 - USA

£346.71 - UK

From other sources:-

£99.99 - Abe Books (UK) (ex library)

$295.00 - USA

Given that they're obviously in demand, this might be an additional opportunity for someone else, if they haven't got one. Clearly very expensive, although the ABE books one seems a decent enough offer.   

 

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Hi Mike,

Wish I had known you wanted one.

I have a spare copy in better condition than the one which was on ebay which I could have let you have for not much more.

Looking for £100 inc. postage for mine, but would have done for a little less for you

Bramah Book Regal Coins.jpg

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I can't remember what I paid for mine. How much was it Pete? :D

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1 hour ago, alfnail said:

Hi Mike,

Wish I had known you wanted one.

I have a spare copy in better condition than the one which was on ebay which I could have let you have for not much more.

Looking for £100 inc. postage for mine, but would have done for a little less for you

Bramah Book Regal Coins.jpg

Thanks, Ian. Yours is certainly less tatty than the one I've bought.

 

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Bramah certainly was an interesting and unusual character, in the best possible senses of those words. Rare too, in that he wrote both fiction and non fiction. Not a combination you find very often in a writer. The literary equivalent of ambidexterity.

I must catch up on Kai Lung and Max Carrados at some point........

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Quite by chance when searching for something else, I've found some old articles relating to Bramah, which some may find of interest.

Listener Article part 1

Listener Article part 2

Obituary (from 1942)

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Wow. I never knew he'd been a writer of Chinese fiction, for which he was apparently better known.

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31 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:

Wow. I never knew he'd been a writer of Chinese fiction

Much like many Ebay sellers.................

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22 hours ago, secret santa said:

Much like many Ebay sellers.................

I am pleased to award you 'Blakeyboy's Line of the Month'.

Not bad, seeing it's only just the 16th....

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2 hours ago, blakeyboy said:

I am pleased to award you 'Blakeyboy's Line of the Month'.

Not bad, seeing it's only just the 16th....

It might be in contention for Best Line of the Year...

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