I’ve been looking for a decent copy of the original printing of this book for a while; I first borrowed it from the library when I was a teenager but tidy copies are fetching £70+
When Kepis showed us his ’Indian Spoons’ and a photo taken from the book it rekindled my desire. I found that the book has been reprinted last year (2018) and priced at £16. It says ‘2018 Reprint of 1939 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software’. However, as I have said before I have been very disappointed in reproductions of older books.
So, I decided to take one for the team and see what it was like.
In summary, I am very pleased. The writing is clear and legible, the drawings are also clear and look as I remember them in the original with no detail missing. The photograph reproductions are poor but discernible and not really necessary to enjoy the book (I seem to remember they’re not brilliant in the original editions). The pages are all printed straight with no distortion (some repro books I have they are not!).
I’ll continue to look out for a 1939 edition but at least I have a ‘working’ copy for now
Here’s the same page as Kepis reproduced – it has exactly the same layout and page numbering.

When Kepis showed us his ’Indian Spoons’ and a photo taken from the book it rekindled my desire. I found that the book has been reprinted last year (2018) and priced at £16. It says ‘2018 Reprint of 1939 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software’. However, as I have said before I have been very disappointed in reproductions of older books.
So, I decided to take one for the team and see what it was like.

In summary, I am very pleased. The writing is clear and legible, the drawings are also clear and look as I remember them in the original with no detail missing. The photograph reproductions are poor but discernible and not really necessary to enjoy the book (I seem to remember they’re not brilliant in the original editions). The pages are all printed straight with no distortion (some repro books I have they are not!).
I’ll continue to look out for a 1939 edition but at least I have a ‘working’ copy for now

Here’s the same page as Kepis reproduced – it has exactly the same layout and page numbering.
