Re: Gum problem(s)

Oh, then all this talk about it being only available at enormous prices
wasn't accurate? Thanks for clarification,
kt

On Nov 24, 2005, at 9:33 AM, John Brewer wrote:

>> if the book has become so hard to find that it has become for all
>> intents and purposes unavailable to most alt photo workers, then it
>> sort of makes sense too.
>
> Biblio.com certainly had 4 copies all around $30 last week. I've just
> ordered a copy.
>
> Cheers
>
> John.
>
> www.johnbrewerphotography.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katharine Thayer"
> <kthayer@pacifier.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Gum problem(s)
>
>
>> On Nov 24, 2005, at 4:42 AM, MARTINM wrote:
>>>
>>> Being active in a somewhat different area (www.polygrama.com)
>>> mainly, I
>>> don't quite feel qualified to answer your question. I assume Kosar
>>> would be
>>> a good starting point. "Kosar" would imply not only his book but
>>> both the
>>> literature he quotes from and the patents he refers to.
>>> By the way I scanned the whole book to my computer (resulting in a
>>> slightly
>>> messed up pagination). So I might be in the position to send out the
>>> whole
>>> thing to those interested. That would be two multi-paged TIF files
>>> (5.8MB
>>> and 4.6MB large)...
>>
>>
>> Actually, the chapter on dichromated colloids is probably the only
>> part that would be useful to folks here.
>>
>> I'm ambivalent about the copying and share Yves' concern about
>> copyright but at the same time, if the book has become so hard to
>> find that it has become for all intents and purposes unavailable to
>> most alt photo workers, then it sort of makes sense too. The book is
>> 40 years old, so the copyright is still in effect. Does anyone know
>> if Kosar is still around; could he be contacted for permission to
>> copy?
>> Katharine
>
Received on Thu Nov 24 12:17:12 2005