In reply to LastBoyScout:
> Hi,
> I'm looking to find a first/early edition of a book for a friend's birthday - I'd rather not say the book here, just in case, but it's a partly historic, partly engineering treatise.
> Can anyone recommend a source for such things? I've found it on AbeBooks, but seems quite expensive there and all copies listed are in the US - I was wondering if I could get it somewhere UK based.
If it's an American book, it may be that the book was never actually published in the UK, in which case you'd be very lucky to get a UK sourced copy.