I'm afraid that I'd quite forgotten about that "mailto" link; I thought I had deleted all the "treasurer" ones when we changed servers a few months back and rationalised the email addresses. My fault, then, that your email didn't get to Ron. Glad to hear that Hobgoblin still have a few copies. I wouldn't be surprised if there were quite a few unclaimed "sale or return" copies kicking about out there. Peter himself may well have a box of the things in storage somewhere.

It's an unfortunate fact that some book dealers are a bit greedy, and inclined to ask inflated prices for books they can represent as rare (even if they are not). Equally unfortunately, it is sometimes necessary to grit your teeth and stump up. I still shudder at what I paid for the two-volume Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, though I actually got quite a good deal; sometimes a high price is genuinely justified by the market.