Rare books (..)

[pevampire.livejournal.com]

A lot of the websites about Saint-Just highly recommends Eugene Curtis's biography of Saint-Just.
But it was published in 1935~! Is it possible to get a copy today? I mean, like 80 years have passed
I suppose university libraries might have one but our high school library certainly doesn't (all it has 
is stupid prep books) 

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[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

It's excellent, but it's really expensive - generally over £100! I got one on Amazon.com (U.S. Amazon) used books for £40 after a long, long wait, but you may get lucky if you look regularly, because used book prices vary wildly (yesterday I found a book for £10 that is usually listed at £50-100). I don't know what the situation is where you live, but some small local libraries in the UK can order rarer books up from the main central library, so you may have a similar facility where you are, or maybe you could try a university library. It is well worth reading, though - Curtis is meticulous in his detail, tracing Saint-Just's career almost day by day through letters, speeches etc, which allows his character to emerge. Good luck!

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[pevampire.livejournal.com]

*sigh* I haven't got lucky yet. Amazon doesn't have them now... and I can see how used book prices vary (last time I had no money, i found one for $180 and now I have $180, the prices have risen to $300...it's very sad)

I live nearby the national library and national museum library and neither of them seem to have the copy. Or it may be inaccessible to public. For museum library it was disappointing because they had some books from 19th century...I thought they might have Saint-Just biography...

[just-marzipan.livejournal.com]

University libraries probably do have some copies, though tracking down which libraries will be incredibly annoying (oh the hours I have spent trying to get the librarians at my own uni to help me track down books).

The other option, I'm guessing, is to see if you can buy a copy. Which is obviously problematic. When I really want a rare book I tend to resort to abebooks.com - doing a quick search there now they do have some copies but even the cheapest is £80. So, um, I guess if you have any money to spare then shop around.

Um, I hope that was helpful? My brain is not fully engaged yet due to lack of coffee :p

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[pevampire.livejournal.com]

I don't exactly have money to spare but I can skip few meals and give up my daily coffee if it's for a nice book >_<
Or I can wait till I go to a university and hope whereever I go has the copy.
thanks anyway ////

[bib-specialist.livejournal.com]

Does your public library have interlibrary loan? If so, maybe they can order it from a university library.

[livviebway.livejournal.com]

In the US, at least, it seems that nearly every university library has a copy of that book. It is nearly impossible to find outside of them, though, and is extremely expensive. If you are willing to shill out a lot of money, go to abebooks.com

Try worldcat.org to locate what libraries have the book. It includes the entire US system and some international libraries. You are in Korea, though, right? Which I presume will make things a little harder.

Good luck.