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Research Materials - UK Help Needed

Miss Whiplash

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I'm having problems getting material on Sean Manchester as none of his books were published in the US. To buy one, I'd have to pay $50 to $100 and that's a bit too much. Chatter on the internet says his mighty tome, "The Highgate Vampire" can be found in used bookstores for a few quid. If any of you run across this book, please let me know. I'll pay your for the book and the shipping.

I'm also looking for a book of Ramsey Campbell's articles called "Ramsey Campbell, Probably." This contains Campbell's own analysis of the Right Rv'd called "The Madness of Sean Manchester."

Thanks in advance!
 
I suggest you try to get someone to bring it across the ocean on their way to TAM. Even if you are not going to TAM, the in country shipping will be a lot cheaper.

Brodski, I could act as a courier if you would like. That is assuming you and I have another chance to meet up between now and Monday morning.
 
Thanks for the link and all the help. I can always depend on people here for help.

You guys rock! :D :D I will certainly be at TAM next year!
 
Books and their availability

The Vampire said:
I'm having problems getting material on Sean Manchester as none of his books were published in the US. To buy one, I'd have to pay $50 to $100 and that's a bit too much.
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Which book are you trying to buy?

If you buy via the United Kingdom it will be a lot less expensive.
 
Found these from AbeBooks.co.uk who I have always found rather good.

You could deliver to a willing pack-animal that is going to TAM :D



The Vampire Hunter's Handbook: A Concise Vamprological Guide (ISBN: 1872486029)
Sean Manchester Bookseller: Revaluation Books
(Exeter, DEV, United Kingdom)Price: £ 13.08
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£ 2.75
[Rates & Speeds]Book Description: Gothic Press. Book Condition: Brand New. Bookseller Inventory # zk1872486029
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The Grail Church: Ancient Tradition and Renewed Flowering (ISBN: 1871151015)
Sean Manchester Bookseller: Revaluation Books
(Exeter, DEV, United Kingdom)Price: £ 19.62
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£ 2.75
[Rates & Speeds]Book Description: Holy Grail. Book Condition: Brand New. Bookseller Inventory # zk1871151015
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Highgate Vampire (ISBN: 1872486010)
Sean Manchester Bookseller: The Book Depository
(Gloucester, GLO, United Kingdom)Price: £ 21.38
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£ 2.33
[Rates & Speeds]Book Description: BERTRAMS 01071991. Book Condition: New. **** Brand New **** Unmarked. -- --. Bookseller Inventory # U1872486010
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The Highgate Vampire: The Infernal World of the Undead Unearthed at London's Highgate Cemetery and Environs (ISBN: 1872486010)
Sean Manchester Bookseller: Western Front Books
(Ware, HE, United Kingdom)Price: £ 62.25
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£ 3.35
[Rates & Speeds]Book Description: Gothic Press, London, 1991. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Chrissie Demant (illustrator). 1991 Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 190pp. Black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine, illustated with lblack and white photographs and line drawings. Probably the most remarkable contemporary acount of vampire activity and infestation and cure. Sean Manchester's story is truly extraordinary. Book and dust jacket are both in near fine condition. Bookseller Inventory # 007672


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Ramsey Campbell Probably - 20 years of essays and articles (ISBN: 1902880404)
Ramsey campbell - S. T. Joshi (editor) Bookseller: Fantastic Literature Limited
(Rayleigh,, ESS, United Kingdom)Price: £ 30.00
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Quantity: 1 Shipping within United Kingdom:
£ 3.35
[Rates & Speeds]Book Description: PS Publishing, 2002. Binding is paperback. Book Condition: as new trade paperback copy. 1st edition, one of just 500 signed and. Bookseller Inventory # FD0208/001
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Ramsey Campbell, Probably: ..On Horror and Sundry Fantasies by... (ISBN: 1902880404)
Bookseller: Maher The Bookseller BA
(Welwyn Garden City, HE, United Kingdom)Price: £ 30.00
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£ 3.35
[Rates & Speeds]Book Description: Paperback. Description: Brand New Books and Maps from our shelves delivered promptly and reliably. Isbn 1902880404. Bookseller Inventory # 0X6661902880404
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Ramsey Campbell Probably - 20 years of essays and articles (ISBN: 1902880412)
Ramsey campbell - S. T. Joshi (editor) Bookseller: Fantastic Literature Limited
(Rayleigh,, ESS, United Kingdom)Price: £ 65.00
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Quantity: 1 Shipping within United Kingdom:
£ 3.35
[Rates & Speeds]Book Description: PS Publishing, 2002. Binding is hardback. 1st edition, one of just 200 numbered sl. as new hardcover edition in slipcase. Bookseller Inventory # FD0208/002a
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Myth Buster said:
Which book are you trying to buy?

If you buy via the United Kingdom it will be a lot less expensive.
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The two I mentioned in the first post, the Highgate Vampire and Ramsey Campbell, Probably.


It will still be expensive buying from the UK. The US $ has fallen against the UK £. One UK £ is worth nearly 2 USD - and then I'd have to pay shipping and duty.

H3LL:

Thanks for the lists and pricing. Some of those are still in the 60 to 100 USD range, though. :(
 
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Avoid Amazon.com where ridiculous prices come up for books published in the UK.

Go to Amazon.co.uk where you can obtain new copies of The Highgate Vampire for just £19.
 
Myth Buster said:
Avoid Amazon.com where ridiculous prices come up for books published in the UK.

Go to Amazon.co.uk where you can obtain new copies of The Highgate Vampire for just £19.
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Which with sipping at this exchange rate would still push the book into the $50 range.

Vampire, I looked in my local 2nd hand bookshops, and no joy. I have however asked the owners to keep an eye out for a copy for me (for you).
 
I smell an agenda

The Vampire said:
Thanks but no. I would not give this company five cents, much less my address.
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Any particular reason why you would not buy from Gothic Press a book you are trying to find, but will join a message board run by David Farrant which exists for the sole purpose of posting malicious fabrication about the author of the book you want?
 
Myth Buster said:
Any particular reason why you would not buy from Gothic Press a book you are trying to find, but will join a message board run by David Farrant which exists for the sole purpose of posting malicious fabrication about the author of the book you want?
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Because joining a message board is free?
 
Books are not free

brodski said:
Because joining a message board is free?
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That doesn't make sense. "The Vampire" says she wants to buy a copy of the book but when told about the publisher replies: "Thanks but no. I would not give this company five cents, much less my address."

Message board membership might be free, but books are not. Does she want the book to be delivered to her for nothing? What is so wrong with that particular company? If she buys a copy it comes originally from them anyway. So either way they will be paid.
 
Myth Buster said:
That doesn't make sense. "The Vampire" says she wants to buy a copy of the book but when told about the publisher replies: "Thanks but no. I would not give this company five cents, much less my address."

Message board membership might be free, but books are not. Does she want the book to be delivered to her for nothing? What is so wrong with that particular company? If she buys a copy it comes originally from them anyway. So either way they will be paid.
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The Vampire asked me (or anyone here) to try and pick up a copy 2nd hand, which would cost a couple of quid, shipping would have been essentially free as I know people travelling the sates shortly. That is a far cry from spending £20+ as well as shipping.
There is also the fact that gothic press makes its money from promoting the "paranormal" (possibly amongst other things), so there is an ethical consideration for sceptics as to whether we should financially support such an endeavour- buying the book 2nd hand dispenses with that ethical decision, as well as saving money.
 
Myth Buster said:
Any particular reason why you would not buy from Gothic Press a book you are trying to find, but will join a message board run by David Farrant which exists for the sole purpose of posting malicious fabrication about the author of the book you want?
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I've said this before in email and my blog, so I'll repeat this slowly once more:

1. Ordering a book from Gothic Press is too expensive.
2. As it appears Manchester makes his money off this wild tale, I have no intention of fatting his wallet anymore.
3. And to put it very plainly - I do not give nutters my contact information. I dislike receiving strange parcels in the mails.

Why are you so obsessed with my having registered at David Farrant's forum? I received an invitation and I was seeking information. I've only posted there once. Why is this your business? Why do you keep following me around on the internet? Had you not stirred things for no reason on my blog, no one's curiosity would have been aroused. Why poke at a skeptic and then offer nothing to back up you claims? Now you're stamping your tiny feet on a forum for the largest and smartest group of skeptics on the internet. That's a bit like swimming with sharks.

That said, you really need to find someone else to pester. Are you ok? You seem tense. I'd suggest getting a girlfriend. I don't find your attention flattering and you are far too old for me.
 
The hunter's guide is on Amazon uk for £5.50. That's not including postage.

Also, my sister works for a shop that often gets second hand books. I'l ask her to keep an eye out.
 
Happy New Year

The Vampire said:
I've said this before in email and my blog, so I'll repeat this slowly once more:

1. Ordering a book from Gothic Press is too expensive.
2. As it appears Manchester makes his money off this wild tale, I have no intention of fatting his wallet anymore.
3. And to put it very plainly - I do not give nutters my contact information. I dislike receiving strange parcels in the mails.

Why are you so obsessed with my having registered at David Farrant's forum? I received an invitation and I was seeking information. I've only posted there once. Why is this your business? Why do you keep following me around on the internet? Had you not stirred things for no reason on my blog, no one's curiosity would have been aroused. Why poke at a skeptic and then offer nothing to back up you claims? Now you're stamping your tiny feet on a forum for the largest and smartest group of skeptics on the internet. That's a bit like swimming with sharks.

That said, you really need to find someone else to pester. Are you ok? You seem tense. I'd suggest getting a girlfriend. I don't find your attention flattering and you are far too old for me.
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There is no need to be patronising. Incidentally, I have not been following you around. You are discovered wherever antipathy toward Sean Manchester is evident.

I am not obsessed with you joining a forum run by someone who has claimed to hunt and raise (by occult means) vampires, but it does concern me that you might place reliance in such a person for the purpose of disseminating his malice elsewhere. For example, this is what you posted on David Farrant's message board:

"Thank you for the warm welcome! The holidays are officially over and I'll be around more. Mr. Farrant, I will most certainly PM you soon. I'm sure I'll have a few questions as the week progresses! Happy New Year to you and The Guv'ner and thank you for the invitation to join you here!" Posted by vampire406: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:12 am

Post subject: Thank you!

Posted at: http://davidfarrant.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=89

You certainly appear more receptive to this convicted felon who has threatened people down the years with black magic (resulting in a two years' prison sentence for attempting to pervert the course of justice) than you perhaps ought to be. I might be wrong and you possibly wished Sean Manchester a Happy New Year as well.

But, somehow, I doubt it.
 
Myth Buster said:
I am not obsessed with you joining a forum run by someone who has claimed to hunt and raise (by occult means) vampires
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You seem to belive that the fact that Farrant has claimed to hunt vampires is, in your mind, enough evidence to doubt his honesty, or grasp of reality, in relation to other matters (a position in which I am in agreemnt with you), but the fact that Manchester also claims to have hunted vampires does not similarly discredit his version of events?
Why is that?
 
Myth Buster said:
There is no need to be patronising. Incidentally, I have not been following you around. You are discovered wherever antipathy toward Sean Manchester is evident.

I am not obsessed with you joining a forum run by someone who has claimed to hunt and raise (by occult means) vampires, but it does concern me that you might place reliance in such a person for the purpose of disseminating his malice elsewhere. For example, this is what you posted on David Farrant's message board:

"Thank you for the warm welcome! The holidays are officially over and I'll be around more. Mr. Farrant, I will most certainly PM you soon. I'm sure I'll have a few questions as the week progresses! Happy New Year to you and The Guv'ner and thank you for the invitation to join you here!" Posted by vampire406: Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:12 am

Post subject: Thank you!

Posted at: http://davidfarrant.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=89

You certainly appear more receptive to this convicted felon who has threatened people down the years with black magic (resulting in a two years' prison sentence for attempting to pervert the course of justice) than you perhaps ought to be. I might be wrong and you possibly wished Sean Manchester a Happy New Year as well.

But, somehow, I doubt it.
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Perhaps I was more receptive because Farrant and his board members were friendly in answering my inquiries. Manchester and is mob did nothing but cause trouble and communicate empty threats for no reason at all.

As for wishing Seannie a Happy New Year, why should I? He or one of his multiple personalities was too busy making a jackass of themselves on my blog on Xmas Eve. Was he wishing me a Merry Xmas?

BTW-Don't play coy chambermaid. You are far too old and it annoys me to no end. Take responsibility for your mistakes and move on. If anything, the Sean Manchester story this is a testament to why people should remain firmly planted in reality, instead of wallowing in paranormal fantasies.
 
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