"I have been looking for two
books that are out of print. Both are by LaPlantz, Plaited Basketry: The Woven Form and
The Mad Weave Book. Does anyone know where these can be obtained? "
BASKETERRI Visit The Forum
Sometimes finding a basketry related
book or other publication can be a very difficult thing to do. Often this type of
publication is originally self-published or published by a small press. In many cases the
book was published in a small run to begin with and fell out of print rapidly. Trying to
find some of these books may end up being an elusive search, but if you are patient and
persistent you will probably be successful in the end.
Let me share with you some of my favorite online book search utilities and other
strategies for locating that basketry book that you may have thought you would never find.
Online Book
Search Utilities
Abebooks.com Free international book search specializes in finding rare, scarce and out-of-print
books.
Bibliofind
One place to look if you are trying to find an out of print or hard to find
title. Search individually on basket, basketry, baskets or any other keyword which
may apply.
eBay MarketPlace-New & Used Basketry Books
Dealtime Book Search Select what to search by
(title, author or ISBN). Then enter a search term and press "Search". Allows a
comparison of several sources including shipping.
ElephantBooks.com Unique and independent online bookseller in out-of-print, rare, and used books. All books are in stock and are guaranteed to be shipped to any destination in the world within 24 hours.
Basketmaking eTexts
- Digitized eBooks of Historic
Basketry Books
Don't buy CD copies of out of print or public domain historic basketry texts on
auction sites or other places online until you check to see if they are
available free of charge. The linked page lists online articles, books, ephemera, illustrations, manuscripts, monographs,
patents, periodicals, webdocs and other historic e-texts of interest to
basket weavers. Spread these resources around so that it is widely
known that they are available for your personal use without charge.
Come and Join in the
BasketMakers Forum. Lots of friendly basketweavers are
gathered there. Click on "Guest" to
enter and read-only or join
if you want to post (it's free).
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