Definitely still in print. Mine came from Borders. Try just about any bookstore and see if they can order it.

birgit001@... napisał:

>Heil Catherine,
>
>In a message dated 2/24/02 10:52:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>chagemann@... writes:
>
>
>> The book that you mentioned sounds very interesting.Would it still be in
>> print and available do you know ?
>> Catherine
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <rhodes_r@...>
>> To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: Re: [norse_course] Re:introduction
>>
>>
>> >
>> > I started with Old English--my first love. Which started with middle
>> English, etc, etc.
>> > Then my wife got me a copy of Old English and Its Closest Relatives, by
>> Orrin (can't remember the bloke's first name). It has an excellent chapter
>> on ON and I fell in love.
>
>I have this book at my bed, and I love the chapters on Old Saxon and Old
>Norse. It is so exciting to see that the further you go back, the more all
>the lines run together.
>
>Orrin W. Robinson: Old English and Its Closest Relatives, A survey of the
>Earliest Germanic Languages, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California,
>1992, ISBN 0-8047-1454-1 hardback and ISBN 0-8047-2221-8 paperback.
>
>I bought it at Borders a couple of years ago, it should be fairly easily
>available. The author is professor of German Studies at Stanford University.
>
>Ver sćl,
>Birgit
>


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