Amateur Telescope Making - Ingalls

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Book Title
Amateur Telescope Making - Books 1, 2, and 3
Book Author/s
Albert G. Ingalls, Editor
Book Publication Date
1972
Book Condition
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Pages are in excellent condition, lettering on cover is faded, name and date purchased written inside front cover (20 Aug 1974). These books convinced me that I could make a telescope, but that it was a larger task than I really wanted to tackle. Make an offer, preferably enough to at least cover postage.
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I used these books to build a 6" telescope when I was in high school. Your brother and I should sit down and have a beer!
 
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phinds said:
Just FYI, Amazon is now selling this set (used) for $87.50 so asking for "best offer" is pretty generous. :smile:

https://www.amazon.com/Amateur-Telescope-Making-Complete-Volumes/dp/B000H4LWMO?tag=pfamazon01-20

OR, you could get them for $123 from this outfit
https://reticulum.online/products/a...2XMP_LKqD5ZmqYMkFBuOw9izOd3kBc2VaRiJdfAeUkGdf

That's bizarre, it's only 55 dollars for me!
There's also 1 in stock at that price, so that's more like a price that nobody has bothered thinking it's worth paying for. It doesn't necessarily tell you what the book is actually worth
 
Office_Shredder said:
It doesn't necessarily tell you what the book is actually worth
Correct. The amount anything is worth is exactly what you can get someone to pay for it, no more, no less.
 
And, judging by the lack of response, my books are worth less than the cost of shipping.

BTW, I got a copy of A Brief History of Time last week for free in excellent condition. I found it at the local dump. I'm halfway through it.
 
Clearly, we need an emoji for bad puns. Something like a person running away screaming while holding their nose (bad puns are stinkers).
 
jrmichler said:
Clearly, we need an emoji for bad puns. Something like a person running away screaming while holding their nose (bad puns are stinkers).
Well, we always have this
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