Post #160323 by Trader Woody on Fri, May 20, 2005 9:37 AM

On 2005-05-18 12:45, tikibars wrote:
...and I guess your old copy, that crappy, insignifigant, lil' itty-bitty, nothing, the one that you don't need any more, the one that is just collecting dust, should probably be discarded. Or you can just post it to me. I'll give it a good home.
:)

Nice try :wink:, but I went through more getting the insignificant copy than the new one. It seems another world now in the days of Amazon & Bookfinder, but in the old days if you wanted an out of print book you had to just keep asking at second-hand bookshops. For literally years I went around asking for Lono & also 'The Book of Tiki' which was mentioned in a BBC documetary. Unfortunately, 'The Book of Tiki' only existed in Sven's mind at the time! So, it's odd to find that many years later Taschen has published them both.

Original copies unfortunately are also collectors items, going for $80-90 and up, so reading copies may be few and far between. Saying that, there are rumours of a Lono movie (which would undoubtably have a book tie-in) and I understand there is a whole host of stuff from HST that may be published. A major work like Lono would seem to be near the front of the line.

And finally, the new edition has already hit eBay (Not my auction!)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2232&item=6961512938&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
Worth a look for some more photos, but woah, what a price hike.

Trader Woody