HELMETS OF THE DEEP RETURNS
Update 18-10-2010
Update 12-5-2011
Update 01-6-2011
Update 20-6-2012
Update 10-12-2012
Info course of matters book Lyons (August 23rd 2010)
Currently it looks like
The book shall contain over 1.000 pages, and will provide material from
his first book printed in 1988 with some 370 pages,
completed with more images and information, that has come
available since then.
The book will be printed in an edition of 2.000 copies, of which 1.800
will be the standard normal hardbound copy,
and the limited series
of 200 pieces in a
luxury leather bound wrapping.
At this moment, it is not possible yet, to
quote a final price, but for the present, the estimation is that the
retail price will be
circa US 500 Dollars for the standard
issue and US 1.000 Dollars for the luxury copy, plus the sending
costs as insured parcel
to each customer.
(based on the current US Dollar rate of circa 0,78 Euro the prices
are respectively Euro 390 for the standard,
and Euro 780 for the
luxury copy).
Fluctuations of the exchange rate can be of influence on the price of the
raw materials, costs of production
and freight tariffs,
is the reason why it’s impossible to give
at present the definite prices. Those will be fixed as soon as the
final delivery price,
freight costs and import taxes are known. In
principle the quotation in Europe will be
based on the comparable retail price in
maintained by
The Netherlands, the import taxes and VAT to be quoted within the
European Community.
Each book shall be provided with a number and be delivered with a certificate, personally signed by Leon Lyons.
As might be supposed, the distribution in
As soon as the books are available, the already reserved copies will be
delivered after the payment is received,
taking into account the
delivery of certain numbered books,
for which at the earlier reservation, a preference for a specific
number was requested.
As far as you have not reserved until yet,
there is still the opportunity to do this and eventually
reserve a certain numbered copy,
that as such under the restriction
that the number will
still be at disposal.
Reservations by customers outside
Currently there’s good progress going on with the preparation of the
book.
In the meantime the correction
procedure is on it’s way, and is planned to be ready around the end of
this year. The actual printing and binding process will
take two to
three months, so that can be expected that the books are available for
transport to the USA and The Netherlands in the begin of April, not
counting on any unforeseen delays. Logistical preparations are being
done before, to achieve a soon as possible, delivery to the customers
that have reserved one or more books.
The final retail price of the book is not known at this moment, just like
the final costs of printing, as they are dependent on the still unknown
amount of pages, the actual material needed, the production costs, and
like the expenses for airfreight, import- and handling costs in the
countries of destination. Also unknown, will there be any changes in the
exchange rates of the US Dollar and Euro. Like I informed
you before, the basic retail prices of the book (excl. V.A.T. to
be calculated in the European Community), distributed from the
To secure your reservation, that I have considered as being without
commitment, As soon after the actual printing process starts, an invoice
is sent to you with a request for a down payment of Euro 200 for the
standard, and/or Euro 400 for the leather bound book, to be paid within
a month. This payment in advance will be settled in the final invoice
that contains the V.A.T. (so far as this has to be quoted) and delivery
costs (insured postage parcel). The final invoice will be sent,
anticipating of the receipt of the money transfer to our bank, followed
by the dispatch of the sending.
HDS
UK members, living in the
Customers in France,
who have made reservations and made already a deposit at Jean-Pierre
Arguel, will receive the final invoice direct from and are payable
to
NAUTIEK, The Netherlands. The sum due is calculated on basis of
the payment for the order, incl. T.V.A. plus sending costs,
reduced with the deposit.
On receipt of the final payment, the books
will be sent from
In case of having to cancel the order, due to unforeseen circumstances,
after having submitted the down payment, this full amount will be
refunded after receipt of a written request.
Payment indications will be mentioned on the invoices, sent by NAUTIEK
and the HDS UK.
Costs of payments, to be done by
bank transfer, are for account of the customer.
For additional information and/or questions:
nautiekvof@planet.nl
Van:
AMoebus103@aol.com [mailto:AMoebus103@aol.com]
Verzonden: donderdag 12 mei 2011 16:30
Aan: nautiekvof@planet.nl
Onderwerp: Re: Text
To whom it may concern,
In the process of the publication of my book,
With news that the publication amount of books has been cut in half,
just 800 normal copies, and 200 of the leather bound editions, many
of the people on the author's list who have yet to make their
payment for the book, have been now sending in the funds, so as not
to be left out of being able to acquire a copy.
Since the publication of the first book, there are maybe ten times
more collector's out there, with the interest of hard hat diving,
and now with the cutback on the amount of books, most likely, as the
books will be shipped, they could very well be all sold out. This
cutback has been done, because of everyone on the author's list, who
had not sent in their payment, and having to still be waiting for
the banks to come across with a loan, to cover the needed amount of
money to have the book published. One thing to remember, half of the
amount of books are destined to NAUTIEK in the Netherlands, the HDS
in the US, the HDS in the UK, and a couple of other countries, which
means payment for these books, only comes about when the books are
being delivered, so which shows the financial shortfall of funds
needed to have the project paid for.
As of this date in time, a personal loan has been offered to the
author, thereby offsetting a bit of the amount of money that is
needed, which comes in a most critical period in time of how the
world's economy is doing. So I am deeply grateful to everyone in
awaiting the coming of my book, for it has not been easy for me,
especially most of the year
All my thanks, and best regards to everyone,
General
Like
you can read in the here-under attached email-message by
The
amount of down payments by people who had made a reservation for one or
more copies at
Procedures for payment and delivery for books, reserved direct or
indirect at NAUTIEK
a.
Down-payment
Everyone, who reserved direct to NAUTIEK or indirect via the Historical
Diving Society UK, Poland and Jean-Pierre Arguel
in France will receive on the date, when the order to the printer is
given, an invoice for a down-payment of Euro 200 for each ordered
standard book and Euro 400 for each ordered leather bound book, to be
paid within 30 days. Should the down payment not take place within this
time frame, then it will be concluded that the order is cancelled.
b.
Final payment
As
soon as the books are available and the final price is known, a second
invoice is sent out to the those, who made the down payment, like
mentioned under a. for the final payment plus packing and sending costs
by registered mail, again to be paid within 30 days.
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a. and b.: payments are only accepted by bank transfer to the account of
NAUTIEK
c.
Pricing of the books for those who made reservation and fulfilled the
down payment
The
presently indicative estimated prices of US$ 500 for each standard book
and US$ 1.000 for each leather bound book are excl. packing and postage
and can be subject to due to currency variations between the US$ and the
Euro.
The
final price per book, including the transport costs from the printer,
import taxes, custom and handling duties, are currently not exactly
known and will be quoted when the definite figures are known.
The
final price per book, delivered by NAUTIEK is equal with the price,
maintained by
d.
Delivery of direct reservations,
done at NAUTIEK
As
soon as the final payment is received, the book will be dispatched
within a week by registered mail
e.
Invoicing and delivery of Indirect reservations via the Historical
Diving Societies in the
Invoicing and collecting of the money for the books, reserved via the
Historical Diving Societies UK and –
f.
Invoicing and delivery of indirect reservations at Jean-Pierre
Arguel (
Books that are reserved at Jean-Pierre Arguel
in
g.
Pricing of the books for those who did not make no reservation until
August 1st 2011
The
price of the books, ordered after August 1st 2011 will be increased with US$ 100 for each standard copy and US$ 200 (or an equivalent in
Euro) for each leather bound version.
Update course of matters book HELMETS OF THE DEEP RETURNS per
June 20th 2012
Many people are during a long time looking forward for the publication
of the book HELMETS OF THE DEEP RETURNS.
Like probably known, the publication is considerable delayed by a
serious illness of the author,
as well as by unforeseen circumstances that affected the progress of the
book.
Besides that Leon Lyons has decided to integrate many photo’s and
information in the book,
that he received from many larger and smaller collectors. Due to this
overwhelming contribution, the book will contain nearly 2.000 pages.
Currently over 1.600 pages are in concept ready and printed of on photo
paper (see pictures),
while in the meantime working is continuing to sort out the information
per paragraph and
making the lay-out for the rest of the pages that as soon as they are
ready will be inserted paragraph wise.
The next step is renumbering the pages in the right sequence, before the
concept can be sent to the printer.
Under restriction of unpredictable circumstances Leon Lyons takes the
line that the book can be ready for
publication in the first half of 2013. As soon as the concept of the
book will go to the printer,
all subscribers will be informed.
For the good understanding: the edition consists of 1.000 copies, of
which 800 copies in standard performance
and 200 in the luxe version, for which currently over 550, resp. 170
reservations are received.
Update book HELMETS OF
THE DEEP, RETURNS 10.12.2012
Currently Leon is in the latest phase of the
preparation of his book, finishing the last four hundred pages.
In the meantime, the process of correcting and
sorting out the1,800 pages, that are done,
in the right sequence to the different paragraphs.
After the rest of the pages are finished,
they will subsequently be added, followed by the
right numbering as part of the final lay-out.
This will then be sent to some printers, with the
request to make a quotation of the price,
delivery time, and other conditions, based on the
book's size, and the weight of 800 standard and 200 leather bound books.
Expected is that around mid February 2013, the
choice for the printer can be made and a firm order can be given.
As soon as the weight of the books is known, and
the costs of transport can be estimated, the provisional price per book
will be fixed in US Dollars.
Like informed already of the provisional price of
the book, sold by Leon or NAUTIEK, is equal, but can vary,
due to afterward differences in the exchange
rates, freight and insurance prices to the U.S.A. resp. the European
Community and import duties,
like amongst others V.A.T.
As soon as the provisional price of the books is
known, NAUTIEK will inform those, who had made one or more reservations,
and send them a pro-forma invoice with the request
to pay within 20 days a pre-payment by bank transfer of 50% of the
provisional
price for the (reserved) book(s).
As soon as the books will be available, the final
price will be quoted, in which the actual costs of the transport and
insurance from the printer,
just like the duties for customs are calculated.
The clients will then be informed and requested to
pay within 20 days by bank transfer the rest of the sum due,
increased with V.A.T., costs of packing and
postage plus insurance to the consignee.
For the good order I inform you, that for books
that are already reserved, the final price will be valid.
The price of the books for those who have not made
a reservation, will be 10 % higher.
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