On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:15:50 +0000, Holden McGroin <holden.mcgroin@dsl.pipex.com> wrote: | Thanks for the info. I've really wanted to read Ibn Batuta for a while | now so perhaps this is the golden opportunity to finally get a PG | version in motion. So, does anybody have any experience ordering copies | of whole books from the British Library? I'd love to do it (obviously, | depending on price) if it's at all possible :-) It all depends where the copy is stored. If it is in London, forget it, you can not borrow it, you must get readership permission and consult it there. If it is in Boston Spa, you can consult it at Boston Spa but it takes some time to get it from storage so organize yourself first. It is far easier to get things via your local library. Fill in a request form, and they will first look for an ordinary local library copy, and failing this they will get a copy from Boston Spa. ************ BEWARE THE BL FINES SYSTEM THEY ARE HORRENDOUS ********** -- Dave F