Does anyone know were to buy this Frigate Essex book?

[uss frolick]

"My Model of the Essex" by Walter Zimmerman was privately printed, in hardcover, but not very long. I would like to pick up a copy, since it would be a good companion to the AOTS book. I especially like the author's stern-carvings reconstruction. Nothing on eBay nor Amazon.

 

It was recently reviewed on Olha Batchvarov's YouTube channel:

 

 

 

[rcweir]

I couldn't find it at bookfinder.com, either (which is generally the best place to start when looking for used or out of print books).

[amateur]

It’s a very long shot: Walter actually is on the membrtlist: he made one pist, on the day he registered. (April 2020)

https://modelshipworld.com/profile/35985-walter-zimmerman/

you may try to PM him, perhaps he notices the email alert for the PM…….

 

Jan

Edited November 9 by amateur

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

  You can find something uncommon on Amazon or eBay by looking every day ... takes a schedule, and may take weeks or months - but don't you know, in time what you're looking for may pop up (on eBay more likely - but with books , second hand sellers do log new items as they get them ... otherwise they'd run out of books to sell).

  Case in point:  I needed to find a hat band sewing machine - the kind with a very HIGH throat to accommodate the wide brim of 'old time' hats.  This is because I took on piecework to make repro Colonial soldiers' hats (tricorns), and was having a heck of a time sewing linen sweatbands inside the crown on a regular sewing machine.  Since a lot of hat manufacture went overseas, so did a lot of the machines to to the work ... and those still in the U.S. are closely held.  A classic Singer would have been preferred, but a Wilcox and Gibbs chain stitch machine would do (with going around twice incase someone wanted to monkey with either 'loose' thread at the beginning or end, which are needed to 'lock' the stitching.  Pull the wrong thing and a whole line of sewing can come undone, explaining why some Civil War soldier uniform components that were not mended promptly would come apart ... blamed on 'shoddy' work, but procurers contracted with low bidders who bought loop machines that cost half of what lockstitch machines were going for.

 

  Anyway, I looked faithfully for over a year, and finally - on eBay ... a small concern way out on Long Island N.Y. was selling off two chain stitch machines.  I bought one and drove up immediately to pick the better one.  Even then, I had to do a lot of work on it to go into production.  The moral is that patience can pay off ... sort of like fishing on a slow day.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 9 by Snug Harbor Johnny

[thibaultron]

On Ebay, you can save a search, and they will send you an Email when the subject is listed. I wanted a certain model of a railroad station, that had a limited run. It took a couple of years but a kit was finally listed. I paid too much for it, but not an unreasonable amount.