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Lots of folks apparently don't read or pay attention to the Cornell offerings, and then complain that they didn't get what they thought they were getting. Cornell states very plainly that they offer COPIES of original catalogs, etc., but apparently some people think they're going to receive an original or some sort of high dollar exact reproduction for their 10 bucks. Yeah, right.

They can't - nor should they be expected to - know the contents of everything they offer.

Like JDW said, their productions are a great source of information at a very reasonable price, but they are not in themselves collector's items, nor should anyone expect them to be; they are what they are. I've been dealing with them for years as well, and Abby's a hoot; I love to read the Rants & Raves in their newsletter each month.

I've used Cornell on several occassions and have a number of repro. catalogues from there. I find them very useful for "research" purposes - especially when I run out of options on some aspect of a firearm. In particular, I was able to establish that a Bonehill Matthew Eclipse was in fact a separate Model & not "Grade" for some
other model produced by Bonehill. It took awhile but I got there through Cornell Pub. Fwiw --- John

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I have ordered catalogs from them and have been satisfied with the product. I expected I would never run across an original Baker catalog from the early 1900's and even if I did I probably wouldn't have wanted to pay the price for it. I was pleased to be able to get the repro version.