Graphhis Diagrams Book 1974
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I was a happy person, until now. I moved houses with a moving company, but when I unpacked the boxes, I notices that one book is missing! It's this one...
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Graphis/Diagrams; the graphic visualization of abstract data.
Zurich, Graphis Press, 1974.--
I got this one from my grandad and means alot to me. Who knows where I can get a new one or who is willing to sell theirs?
cheers...
- mattyd0
why would the moving guy want that book? and if you got a knew one, wouldnt it lack the sentimental value that made it so special?
- reaction0
2 of the many boxes cracked... I checked it and I saw some stuff was missing. Not very important, but this book is very valuable for me. Now they offered me money to cover the loss as an insurrance risk.
A new one wouldn't have the same sentimental value, but still I am missing it for that special moment.
- elms0
you can buy second hand books online too. just looked for that book in one estonian online bookstore, they claim that they can get it second hand for 54€
- reaction0
Elms, can you send me the name of that bookstore you're looking at?
Thank you
- elms0
ah, just noticed:
Pub. Date: 01-Oct-1984
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Publisher: Hurtig Publishingthis a different book then?
- elms0
that bookstore ships unfortunately only to Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania... and also im not sure thats the book you're after, because the release year for that book is 1984, but you mentioned 1974. but i guess then its possible to get it thru some bigger online bookstore also, for example http://www.bargainstrike.com/bar…
they have the same book (release date 1974) in their list but currently unavailable...
- vburo0
no shit but i have been looking for a neat copy of it for years. it's no.1 on my wannahave booklist.
i have seen some being sold on ebay for over 400$.
But if you keep googling for it you may find some on obscure sites, like antique bookstores..
perhaps the movers knew about the value of it..
that book is pure gold when in a good condition.
- tuig0
get it back from them.thats quite unheard of..movers who steal thats just really low of them.
try sueing them!i'd do anything to have that book.dang
- elms0
[i have seen some being sold on ebay for over 400$]
well then its def a different book in that estonian store list...
- reaction0
tuig, I don't know if they stole it. But it's so odd that 2 boxes are damaged. It looked like it fell off a pile and got damaged. Not only that book is missing, also some clothes and not really valuable stuff. But my first concern was that book, because I knew I had it in that specific box. I can't sue them, they can give me a small refund for the damage, but they told me I have to proof that that book was in there :(
This is Holland, not the States. A refund of a couple of hundred euro's, not more...
ELM, where did you see it on EBAy? I wanted to make a screenshot and email it to the company who did the moving... I am so angry, you don't want to know.. it feels like a conspiracy.
- build0
Abe Books.
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/serv…
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- elms0
nah, i didnt see it on eBay, vormburo/janne did.
got you mail too, but had some issues with mailbox, couldnt answer. sorry. but yeah, that shop had a different book in their list...
if you cant get it back, search for secondhand or antique bookstores, im quite sure that some copies are available somewhere
- donal0
its on amazon second hand. i was actually going to buy it but felt bad.
- vburo0
well i once spoke to a collector who confirmed what i stated here. that book is very valuable and was sold out immediatly when it came out back in the day.
this is really sad.
hey, i did not know you were from the netherlands, what moving company did you have?
you may go to the police if you think it is theft, if it's only the very valuable stuff that is gone i'd most certainly do something about it.
For real, take action, man!!
- delilah0
i just looked for that book on amazon out of interest... they had no results for that title. so instead they showed me results for the title:
"death"
how did they get 'death' from 'the graphic visualization of abstract data'? i think the book is cursed...
- vburo0
"i just looked for that book on amazon out of interest.."
haha.....hahahahahahahahahaha!!!
- brianbrooks0
They got it at my local library.
I've been very tempted to keep it and just pay the small fine....
but, then I think... What about the kids?.....and then I return it.
- vburo0
haha, same here, brianbrooks.
i felt it should belong there for the other kids to see some graphic design.
but i felt really tempted to keep it indeed..
(but the library here put these ugly stickers on it.. boohoo..)
- mevsthem0
you got mail janne :)
- vburo0
yeah, saw it.
and i'd really want to help and all.. but that's a little over the top, it's got quite a few pages, na meen?