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[StartQuote] David . . . The Knights of the Sea Book was published back in 1982 and had a very heavy hard bound cover with a silver embossment. The book has just over 500 pages printed mainly in black and white with a few color pages in the front. The book is divided into sections: Dedication Introduction Section 1 - Patches,Boats,Bases,Tenders,Training, page 9 Section 2 - P.T. Boats Inc-The Organization, page 69 Section 3 - Sea Stories, page 93 Section 4 - US P.T. Boaters, Then and Now (short Bio's), page 139 Section 5 - With Our Allie, Their histories and Tales, page 431 Section 6 - Biographies of Allies, Other Friends and Supporters, page 459 Section 7 - Ron Composition, PT Losses, PT Nicknames, KIA, Members, Glossary and Charts, Page 473 I bought my copy in 1999 from a used book dealer for $175.00 in excellent condition, however I was never able to find one that had been numbered. I had searched for a couple of years seeing a few on eBay at time going for $300 to $400 dollars and were numbered, although I bided on them they just simply ran above my price range. Fortunately back then, most of the used book dealers weren't selling yet on eBay and was able to purchase the one I have at a fairly reasonable price. Sadly it is no longer in excellent condition - see photos below! Occasionally the book was mentioned or talked about on this message board and sellers on eBay selling the book for well over $300. So I decided in 2009 to sacrifice my book and scan, ocr, reassemble as a book, generate a searchable PDF and record it to CD disks and donate it to HQ to sell for operational fundraising, suggesting they sell it for $65.00. At first I tried to scan the book as a whole, but the text margins were to close to the inside gutter resulting in the text being cut-off. Next I built a scanning frame and glass plate and planned to used a digital camera to shoot each page as the book was pressed tightly in the glass frame. Although a little better results, it still wasn't good enough to republish. After those attempts failed, I was forced to dismantle the book, cutting off the bound cover, slicing each 16-page signature away from the wax and Smith sewn stitched inner binding, then cut apart each signature into individual pages. As I did this, my wife, Mary Ann likes to joke "she could hear me bawling throughout the whole procedure", Although I seriously doubt it! However, I did go thru a box of tissues. Now that it is in 500-plus pieces, maybe I should sell it page by page [:-bigeyes2-:] [:-laughing-:] [:-unhappy-:] Dick . . . If you're a PT fan, you should consider buying the CD (contains a computer readable / 90% searchable Adobe "PDF" file - its not a image or movie file). Ship's Store: [url]http://www.ptboats.org/08-0-05store-01-books.html[/url] [image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Webmaster/KOS-03.jpg[/image] [image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Webmaster/KOS-02.jpg[/image] [image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Webmaster/KOS-01.jpg[/image] [EndQuote]
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