Auchonvillers Posted 15 January , 2011 Share Posted 15 January , 2011 Hello to all, I have just opened a package of a belated xmas gift given to me by my wife. To my delight it was a mint copy of Michael Young's book. As an A.S.C. researcher it will be an invaluable source of reference material. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 15 January , 2011 Share Posted 15 January , 2011 I have a feeling that you are going to wish that you hadn't mentioned it Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchonvillers Posted 15 January , 2011 Author Share Posted 15 January , 2011 OOOPS!!!!! I think I shall retire to the dugout and wait for the time "When The Barrage Lifts" LOL!!!! Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 15 January , 2011 Share Posted 15 January , 2011 I got mine last year, very good reference material. Hope you enjoy your copy Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggoner Posted 15 January , 2011 Share Posted 15 January , 2011 An excellent book! I have had my copy for many years and use it on a regular basis. Given that it has become difficult to find a copy of it, maybe it is time for a reprint? All the best, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted 15 January , 2011 Share Posted 15 January , 2011 I have been trying all over the world for that book, everyone says it is unobtanium. Half your luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted 17 January , 2011 Share Posted 17 January , 2011 Just had another look at ama**n uk and they have two used copies of the book for a cool 260 odd pounds. Have decided I don't really need the book after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 18 January , 2011 Share Posted 18 January , 2011 Just had another look at ama**n uk and they have two used copies of the book for a cool 260 odd pounds. Have decided I don't really need the book after all. I purchased my copy for £105 include post last July & three days after it arrived,I saw 1 on ebay so watched it but did not bid & when it finished I checked it out to find that only 1 bid had been made & it sold for £50. I could have kicked my self. But I am more than happy with my copy as it was mint Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 22 June , 2012 Share Posted 22 June , 2012 I've just had an email from the author saying that a reprint has been issued with extra illustrations. Check it out on Amazon - and if you do buy a copy please do so via the Forum. (I think the simplest way to do this is via the "Donations" link at the top left of this page.) Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 22 June , 2012 Share Posted 22 June , 2012 Can't see paperback ed. on Amazon or Abebooks. Kath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 23 June , 2012 Share Posted 23 June , 2012 Can't see paperback ed. on Amazon or Abebooks.Kath. Kath, It's not available in paper-back as far as I can see See - http://www.amazon.co.uk/ARMY-SERVICE-CORPS-1902-1918-2nd/dp/1858186382/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1340463279&sr=1-1-spell 2nd Edition 2012 Hard Cover = £47.50 Good luck Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 23 June , 2012 Share Posted 23 June , 2012 The author himself is a little embarrassed by the price the publishers are asking, and I infer from Kath's "sad face" that she wishes there was a paperback edition at a lower price. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted 23 June , 2012 Share Posted 23 June , 2012 Happy morning, finally managed to get a message from Amazon that an order I placed yesterday has been shipped. It has taken some years to finally snap up one of the rare copies. For once the price was secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 24 June , 2012 Share Posted 24 June , 2012 When you think that second hand copies of the original edition were rare to find and selling for hundreds of pounds,fifty pounds for the new edition sounds quite reasonable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 24 June , 2012 Share Posted 24 June , 2012 Thanks, all. Seeing the word 'reprint' I jumped to the conclusion it would be paperback. No, it's an understandable price. Will have to start hinting to nearest & dearest. Kath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connaughtranger Posted 25 June , 2012 Share Posted 25 June , 2012 When first published in 2000 it obviously had little impact because then were selling copies off at £15, £10 off the original price of £25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 25 June , 2012 Share Posted 25 June , 2012 A great deal of the same narrative information can also be found in Col R H Beadon's history of the RASC, Vol. II, (pub. 1930 and available as a recent reprint) Where Col Michael Young has outshone his predecessor is in the detail which he has packed into his Annexes; pages 195-391, or about half the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hannah0904 Posted 29 June , 2012 Share Posted 29 June , 2012 I've just had an email from the author saying that a reprint has been issued with extra illustrations. Check it out on Amazon - and if you do buy a copy please do so via the Forum. (I think the simplest way to do this is via the "Donations" link at the top left of this page.) Moonraker Hi Moonraker, I'm trying to get hold of the author of the A.S.C. book Michael Young and wondered whether you would mind putting me in touch (you mentioned you were in email contact in your post quoted above). I'm doing some research for the BBC genealogy series "Who Do You Think You Are?" in the hopes of possibly featuring a section about the Royal Army Service Corps and understand that he might be the best person to speak to! Do you think he would mind me contacting him? Best wishes, Hannah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 29 June , 2012 Share Posted 29 June , 2012 The RASC is one of the proceedings Corps of the Royal Logistic Corps, here is the contact for the museum: The Royal Logistic Corps Museum The Princess Royal Barracks Blackdown Road Deepcut, Camberley Surrey GU16 6RW (GU16 6SL for Sat-Nav and online maps) 01252 833371 I'm sure they will be able to help you out, however , tomorrow is the Corps opening-day so they could be very busy, bear this in mind if you are trying to contact them today. Best of luck with your research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 30 June , 2012 Share Posted 30 June , 2012 Hi Moonraker, I'm trying to get hold of the author of the A.S.C. book Michael Young and wondered whether you would mind putting me in touch (you mentioned you were in email contact in your post quoted above). I'm doing some research for the BBC genealogy series "Who Do You Think You Are?" in the hopes of possibly featuring a section about the Royal Army Service Corps and understand that he might be the best person to speak to! Do you think he would mind me contacting him? Hannah PM sent, Hannah, though Michael points out that his area of interest is the Army Service Corps, ie up to 1918, when it was granted the "Royal" prefix. Mooonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 30 June , 2012 Share Posted 30 June , 2012 If you can get to the National Archives the source forthe data base in the book can be found in WO 95/5494. Beware though, the pages have been preserved in a fibre glass type material which irritated my skin somewhat. TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted 2 July , 2012 Share Posted 2 July , 2012 Whoopee - finally it has arrived - a 2nd edition of the Michael Young book. Only took 8 days from order placement to arrive in Oz and delivery. Needless to say there will be plenty of reading to catch up on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 August , 2012 Share Posted 11 August , 2012 Have just placed my order £47.50 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David B Posted 11 August , 2012 Share Posted 11 August , 2012 It's well worth it Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 12 August , 2012 Share Posted 12 August , 2012 That's not a bad price, and would probably pay a bit more. I wouldn't pay some of the prices that appear to have been asked. I wonder what percentage the author actually gets? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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