I can remember the feeling, but since I have bought my Kindle and have access to the electronic versions of sooo many books I had never hoped to find again, I have completely forgotten how it feels to be after a book and not be able to get it.
When I was about 19 I was looking like mad for a book by John Lennon, "A spaniard in the works". English books were very hard to find anyway in Germany in 1980, and this was even out of print! But then my best friend Sabine got one copy for me while being in England. One of the best presents I ever got.
Edit: why is it that all Wikipedia links don't appear as links anymore in our posts but open Wikipedia right away? I find that most disturbing!!