From: saltzman@ISOVAX (Bob Saltzman)
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk
Subject: Re: Warren Commission Report
Date: 5 Oct 92 12:37:58 GMT
Reply-To: saltzman@ISOVAX
Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <5264@rosie.NeXT.COM>, bryce_jasmer@next.com (Bryce Jasmer) writes:
>I was thinking about building a library of JFK related things like movies  
>(fictional and non-fictional) and books and stuff. I figured one of the first  
>things that I should get would be the 26 volume Warren Commission Report  
>(WCR.) It might be kind of expensive but it would be a vital piece for my  
>collection (yeah, a lot of it might be lies and untruths, but you have to  
>admit that there is a lot of good information in there.)
>
>After making several dozen calls, the last one seemed to have unsuccessfully  
>ended my search. The Federal branch of the Government Printing Office (GPO)  
>at 202.783.3238 told me that the WCR was out of print. I asked if they would  
>ever print more and he said they wouldn't. Once it is out of print, it is out  
>of print for good. His only suggestion would be to go to a large public  
>library or possibly a university library.
>
>Does anyone out there actually own their own WCR? (Does anyone want to sell  
>it? :-)  Are there copies available somewhere for purchase? I would think  
>with the renewed interest in the JFK assassination that they would be in such  
>high demand that the GPO would do another printing.
>
>Wouldn't it be great to get the entire set on a single CD-ROM?
>
>Thanks for any info,
>Bryce Jasmer
>bjasmer@next.com

I purchased a copy from a New York City bookstore in 1970 for $250 for
all 27 volumes.  I have not seen the complete set for sale anywhere
in several years.  No doubt the price would be quite high now simply
based on its presumed 'collectors status' and lack of availability.
I too called the GPO to try to get the hearings and exhibits of the
HSCA - and they gave me the same answer that you got for the WC - out
of print and never to be reprinted.  I have the summary report but
would like to get the supporting volumes - which are more widely
available.  I just haven't found them anywhere yet.  Needless to say,
my WC H&E are not for sale, but I would like to purchase HSCA H&E.

I have an extremely large library of mostly out-of-print material
on the JFK assassination but am amazed at how little there is still
on the market today.  There are a number of specialty bookstores that
have some of the classics at reasonable prices though.

CD-ROM is an interesting idea if two problems could be addressed.
How (who) would get the text transcribed, and how would exhibits
images be recorded?  GPO probably did not deal with it in electronic
form.

Bob Saltzman,
Committee to Investigate Assassinations
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