Trying to buy copy of out-of-print book
Posted: February 17th, 2022, 4:04 pm
(Note: I am not interested in pirating this book. I would rather purchase it through legal channels.)
When I was a kid, I remember the school library having a book called "World of Origami." It was easily 2-300 pages long, and had multi-square models, and even models from regular hexagons and equilateral triangles. The book was definitely older than me, probably from the 50s or 60s. I specifically remember it having several different breeds of dog, each made from 2 crane bases. I also remember it having a crab that actually had 8 legs, instead of the usual from-a-square crab which has 2.
I know it's impossible to find such an old book new, since origami books tend not to be reprinted as often as other reference books, but the used-book market isn't really helping me much either.
The only book I'm finding with that title from that time period is by Isao Honda and is much smaller (only about 150 pages). From what I can tell via the contents page (which is usually free to sample, as it doesn't contain the patterns themselves), it doesn't have most of the special models I remember. I want to buy a copy specifically because of those special models, and while I know it's been a good quarter-century since I last saw the book, what I'm finding just doesn't seem to match what I'm looking for.
Does anybody have any leads I might use to find this book? I am even willing to get a Japanese copy from Japan, as the directions for origami usually rely more on visuals than on words.
When I was a kid, I remember the school library having a book called "World of Origami." It was easily 2-300 pages long, and had multi-square models, and even models from regular hexagons and equilateral triangles. The book was definitely older than me, probably from the 50s or 60s. I specifically remember it having several different breeds of dog, each made from 2 crane bases. I also remember it having a crab that actually had 8 legs, instead of the usual from-a-square crab which has 2.
I know it's impossible to find such an old book new, since origami books tend not to be reprinted as often as other reference books, but the used-book market isn't really helping me much either.
The only book I'm finding with that title from that time period is by Isao Honda and is much smaller (only about 150 pages). From what I can tell via the contents page (which is usually free to sample, as it doesn't contain the patterns themselves), it doesn't have most of the special models I remember. I want to buy a copy specifically because of those special models, and while I know it's been a good quarter-century since I last saw the book, what I'm finding just doesn't seem to match what I'm looking for.
Does anybody have any leads I might use to find this book? I am even willing to get a Japanese copy from Japan, as the directions for origami usually rely more on visuals than on words.