I know most out there who currently perform electrolysis, particularly the pros, would never want to give up these books if they are still practicing.
But if anyone has purchased either Michael Bono’s Blend Method (preferably first edition) or Meharg & Richard’s Cosmetic and Medical Electrolgy and would like to sell them, I am interested in purchasing them. Used is no problem, as long as they are in good condition.
Thanks!
Good luck my friend.
Truth is, most would be in almost pristine condition, other than a mangled cover, or a missing cover on the Bono book. You see, (here James goes, showing off his inside information) the printers of the first edition of the Bono Book used a sub-par binding and even brand new, in the box books tended to have pages falling out of the binding. The entire first pressing was then repackaged with a spiral binding, because the pages could just be cut and hole punched, threaded into the spirals, and voila, the first pressing is saved.
Later, when Mike was looking to re-order, he found out that no one wanted him to abandon the spiral binding, because an unthought of bonus of the ersatz solution was that one could open the book to a page, and prop it up on a typing stand, and look to it as a reference while working. Students love this feature.
Too bad more schools don’t use Mikes book. They tend to shy away from it because is one of the most expensive electrolysis texts out there. It just also happens to be the best, in my humble opinion.
Well, disregard the plea for used books, I bought them both from TES today. As you suggested, a call to them closed the sale quickly. Here’s hoping I will get the books in about 10 days!
Well, if you could find a used First Edition of The Blend, you would still want it… and if you don’t, I do, even though I already have one. 
Oh, but there I go again, helping people with advice that doesn’t get me anything in return. 
Why exactly do oyu want a first edition? What makes it better, besides a binding that fails? Are there any instructional differences?
Someone on here told me that they bought both versions and agrees with me. First Edition all the way. Maybe that person will comment.
The first edition has lots of (some would say tedious) details about positioning, and set up, and ergonomics of working. It goes very far in the teaching of the what to do as if you have a teacher standing over your shoulder.
The second edition edited out a lot of those things in order to turn in a shorter version of the book and keep the printing costs down, so that the price of the book would not have to be increased.
Both versions are still the best books for a person who has no physical teacher in the room. As for the binding, once the failure of the binding was identified, all remaining copies were repackaged (at great expense) to have the spiral binding. Anyone who actually has an original book bound spine copy of this book has a true collectors item that has not been available for decades.
I don’t think even Mr. Bono has one of those in his posession.
Well, I do, now. It seems fate has smiled upon me, indeed. I received a first edition today in the mail, and tonight I… but that is a tale for my other thread. You’ll have to read about it there!
The book I got today has a near-perfect spine (no spirals) and is a LOT thicker than the newer edition (366 pages vs. 188). Looks like I have more reading to do.
WoW, that must have come from an estate sale!