For you collectors out there...

Ottor 246 · #1 12-20-2006, 11:33 AM

What do you get for the Lambda Chi Alpha collector who has everything?

How about a copy of Gentlefolk in the Making by John E. Mason, Copyright 1935.

http://cgi.ebay.com/John-E-Mason-193...QQcmdZViewItem

I'd buy it myself, but I'm saving for a new guitar.

In ZAX,
Mark

JonoBN41 · #2 12-20-2006, 12:25 PM

Ottor,

Buy the book now and get the guitar later. Original editions are rare and sell for a lot. I paid 10X the starting price of this one for mine.

ZAX,
Jono

john1082 · #3 12-20-2006, 12:54 PM

I imagine that Indy has one of these but if they do not I will endeavor to pick this one up as a gift for them.

Trey_P-I_47 · #4 12-20-2006, 01:20 PM

Just our of curiosity, what is so special about this book, other then the fact that it was wrote by John Mason. Oh and dont get me wrong, that in itself is an excellent enough reason to go after it, but is there anything else special about it.

Ottor 246 · #5 12-20-2006, 01:27 PM

I don't know...I think it's based on Mason's doctoral thesis. I just happened to be reading through a section of the LXA history book that discusses it, and I decided to see if there were any available.

Jono, have you read the book? Is it any good? Or did you just buy it for it's "Jack Mason Value?"

Ottor

john1082 · #6 12-20-2006, 02:53 PM

This book amounts to the published version of his dissertation.

JonoBN41 · #7 12-20-2006, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ottor 246

Jono, have you read the book? Is it any good? Or did you just buy it for it's "Jack Mason Value?"

Yes (to both), and it's a pretty tough read. My copy is signed, "To Peg, From Jack", although I don't know if it's the same Jack.

Supposedly the book is still used in some college courses and was reprinted in 1971. Print-on-demand versions are also available. All of them are pricey.

A good 1935 edition with dust jacket can easily run $200 or more.

Alibris lists one that includes a letter from Mason for $225. I called the seller many months ago asking to buy just the letter, but she wouldn't sell it.

docroc67 · #8 12-20-2006, 04:31 PM

Brothers,

Bid has been placed....

Yours in ZAX,

Mike Raymond, Z-U Zeta
Docroc96

john1082 · #9 12-22-2006, 02:16 PM

JOHN1082 with a bid of $58.00; with tax and shipping of $3.75 for a total of $61.75. Don't wait, operators are standing by . . .