Max Poilu Posted 19 September , 2007 Share Posted 19 September , 2007 Has anyone had a catalogue from George lately? Cannot remember seeing anything for ages... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_J Posted 19 September , 2007 Share Posted 19 September , 2007 Got one for August, Auction on 1st September, and have had one for several months before. I suspect he takes names off his list if they have not bid for a while....could that be a possibility? If so, a phone call will get you back on again. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 19 September , 2007 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2007 Ahhh, thanks Alan, I will drop him a line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 20 September , 2007 Share Posted 20 September , 2007 Yes, I had one from him last month, though I suspect my sub has expired. George doesn't seem to send out reminders, allows a few months' grace, then catalogues fail to arrive, leaving you to contact him. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 24 September , 2007 Share Posted 24 September , 2007 My latest copy arrived this morning; bids close at noon on Saturday. (I've sometimes felt that George could allow a few more days for bids, five days being about his norm. I suppose one can phone or fax them through, but he doesn't publicise any email address.) Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_J Posted 24 September , 2007 Share Posted 24 September , 2007 I'm not sure George knows what an e-mail address is! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 24 September , 2007 Share Posted 24 September , 2007 He does have a word-processor, because he saves the blurbs and re-uses them word-for-word when books recur in his catalogues; but he still addresses envelopes by hand. A few years ago he did "have a girl in" to help with his admin; she deleted me from the mailing list. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Poilu Posted 24 September , 2007 Author Share Posted 24 September , 2007 Yep, George sure is one of the old school. As I posted earlier have not had a catalogue for ages - presume his ongoing feud with the N@twest is still alive and kicking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 24 September , 2007 Share Posted 24 September , 2007 It certainly is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 24 September , 2007 Share Posted 24 September , 2007 But in the latest catalogue he seems to have mellowed a little about newcomers to our shores, though he can't resist a dig at our gallant German and French allies in Afghanistan. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 9 July , 2014 Share Posted 9 July , 2014 Out of the blue - well, through the letterbox - has come the latest catalogue from George, who appears to be still ticking along nicely without a website and email address. And yes, there's another dig at NatWest. The 338 entries include some interesting - and unfamiliar - WWI titles, not least Smith-Dorrien's Memories of Forty-Eight Years Service. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 9 July , 2014 Share Posted 9 July , 2014 For the uninitiated - who is George, what does he sell & how do I get his Catalogue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 9 July , 2014 Share Posted 9 July , 2014 Write to him at Armchair Auctions, 98 Junction Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3JA. George usually has a long and very mixed list of titles (all wars, but a good hunk being WW1 - regimental histories, memoirs, modern books, etc etc). It is a postal auction, run roughly monthly. You send in your best bid for any title you fancy. If you outbid others, you then pay up. Over the years I have bought stacks of stuff from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 9 July , 2014 Share Posted 9 July , 2014 umm...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 9 July , 2014 Share Posted 9 July , 2014 Umm, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 9 July , 2014 Share Posted 9 July , 2014 I have had some great purchases from George (including some rare memoirs in jackets) over the years, I was off his list for a long while, I suppose because having found nearly all my 'wants' I had not purchased much from him.But recently out of the Blue I must have gone back on his list, I have only purchased one book so far in the last few months so may well go out of favour again but even though his recent catalogues contain mostly new titles I still enjoy browsing through them and I even like to read his un-PC jokes and don't mention Nat West or The Royal Mail / Post Office to him ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 9 July , 2014 Share Posted 9 July , 2014 Thanks Chris, I'll drop him a line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 9 July , 2014 Share Posted 9 July , 2014 ummm...nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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