I know about the wiki thing, and i have Blender basics 2nd edition (excellent!) but where do i find downloadable manuals 1 and 2?
http://www.blender.org/cms/Documentation.628.0.html
this is a list of current and older documentation. Look down the list for some oldies but goodies.
That’s 'em
thanks
you can file->save http://mediawiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/Complete for the complete up-to-date wiki user manual on your pc from your browser. takes awhile, as we have been very prolific, but is fairly complete.