Member: mansfieldreading

Thank you for accepting my friends invitation. I hope my profile gave you some new insights into Volney, Jefferson and Franco-American history. I will be glad to answer any questions you might have regarding Volney, his views, or book purchases. All Zee Best, TCW

posted by ThomasCWilliams at 11:29 pm (EST) on Apr 11, 2009

i am soooo sorry for not getting back to you earlier, but i have had great problems with this new techology, specifically windows new VISION program. seems it won't take any of the current aol programs such as 9.0 optimized, but needs aol 9.1 or another even newer, and aol says they dont send discs to pute dealeers anymore (remember when you couldn't go to the mailbox or to stores without picking up a free aol disc???) and they would send me a disc within 7 to 10 business days. well, the first time they promised that it was last december, and still, aftger 3 phone calls and threateningb to cancel their service, it is still not here. im using an old technology pute i just b ought from a frfiend for $90. end of rant. i get my books bound by Dave Berry at the below address. He does an excellent (actually, perfect) job and i pay $150 for a 7x9 book complete with gold lettering on the spine, raised spine bumps (3 of tghem) and a rib bon that usually complements the color of tghe cover. Sometimes (if you request it) if he has complementary end papers, he will insert them and you will hav ed a super looking opening and ending forf tghe book. also, he has engraved some patterns on the front cover for me (without me asking but once). Example, I wanted the circle and triangle of AA on the front and he said it would be costly to pitch it into the leather. i suggested his use a compass and plane and simply lay it in. well wshat he did that wasnt coswtly to him or me was to take extra leather of the same color for the circle and of a slightly darker color for the triangle and laid it in, thereby bypassing the rendering. anyhow, i swear by him, not at him, and highly recomme3nd him at:

Griffing Bookbinding LLC
Studio 35
1600 4th street south
SaltCreek Artworks
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701

please, please mention my name as a reference to you. He deacidifies a book for $35.00. ask for a certificate of completion. again. sorry it took so long. to get back.

posted by andyray at 8:08 pm (EST) on Feb 6, 2009

Hi Mansfieldreading -

The State Street press was the "in-house" hardcover classics from BGI(Borders/Waldenbooks), so these may involve used bookstore/site searching.
I like their size(kind of like the old Everyman's Library titles), and the paper is smooth with very readable type - I hate classics where you're reading one page and seeing the type from the other side!

Sense and Sensibility 0 681 218 908
Pride and Prejudice 0 681 218 916
Persuasion 0 681 220 570
Northanger Abbey 0 681 220 678
Mansfield Park 0 681 220 66x
Emma 0 681 218 894

Good Luck!
Ann_Louise

posted by Ann_Louise at 9:48 pm (EST) on Jan 18, 2009