Joe Nicholson wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 -=> Quoting Roy J. Tellason to Charles Angelich <=-

 RJT> Then I have some hardcover stuff where the publication dates
 RJT> go back to the 1930s and 40s,  and these are in like brand
 RJT> new condition.

 JN>  I have hardcover books from the 1880's (Buffalo FD and
 JN>  others), up through some engineering texts from 1906-07
 JN>  about the San Francisco earthquake.  The covers of some
 JN>  are worn, but the pages are in excellent condition.

Ain't old "tech" books great?  These ones I have here,  they aim
to cover a specific subject,  and they cover it well,  in writing that
could serve as an example to some of the so-called tech writers today...

The quality of the drawings and such is right up there too.

I just wish I could find some more of this stuff where people weren't
asking so much money for it.  I used to have a few books like that that
formerly belonged to my grandfather,  wish I still had them.

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