Physical books that you love.
El Barto xD jajajaja
>>7593890
I love my copy of "Il trionfo della morte" by D'Annunzio from late fifties.
My decade old scarred up and annotated Gravity's Rainbow. Marginalia from so many different readings and places in my life. You can track an ever changing view of the book and in a way of my life. It's almost become like a diary.
Harry Potter sorcerer stone
The god delusio.
Die Gotten Phantasie.
Cut your nails you fucking clodpoll.
>>7593902
Post.
>>7593890
tfw I have the same copy of that book OP
>>7593951
>the worst of the roths
>>7593956
Sabbath's Theater is one of the greatest things I've ever read...
>>7593902
I would like to see this also; please post
>>7593967
you poor bastard
>>7593951
>DeBolsillo
>They don't fit in your pocket
Bravo Penguin
My heritage club edition illustrated with wood engravings.
>>7593951
Should've bought the complete Borges in that collection like me, f.a.m.
Love these.
>>7594082
Also these.
yee
>>7594089
>Anagrama collection
Are you millionaire or something?
>>7594089
bueno.
>>7594102
That's not even my whole Anagrama collection m8. I used to go to this bookshop that had many of them for sale because they had some kind of arrangement with the editorial. I own more expensive books anyway.
>>7594145
Holy shit man
I only bought Savage Detectives and those $20 were really painful to pay.
>>7594158
They are so cute tho.
>>7593890
>fetishizing books
i bet you paid twice the normal price for that piece of retardbait
>>7594167
I'm not sure tbqh. Definitely not rare and not that expensive, maybe a little bit above average.
I have this old cover-less copy of Anna Karenina that belonged to my grandma.
My family had it thrown away somewhere and I found it by chance.
It's cool to have it because I found out my grandma was patrician as shit.
>>7593890
1895 copy of Shakespeare's sonnets
made by the Birmingham guild of handicrafts
>>7594167
Not much.
I'm just a poorfag in a place with expensive and scarce books, and those have a comparatiely high price.
>>7594167
They aren't what you would call "expensive" but they are above the average.
Now put yourself in the place of a middle class Latin American, buying all those books brand new is a lot of money.
Unsurprisingly, the anon just said he bought them on sales as it is common among middle/low class Latin Americans readers.
>>7594204
It's also the result of many years, it's not like I bought them all yesterday. I do well but definitely not a millionaire, I guess I spent most of my money on books.
Btw now books are just fucking expensive in general in Latin America.
>>7593890
i dont fuck books bro
>>7594082
i like my collection
>>7594238
not really
20 pesos every week, it was a good deal
but my Cortazar collection was expensive
>>7594248
Not that bad after all. This is my favorite Cortázar, expensive, but great edition.
>>7594250
fake and gay
>>7594259
There's this 50th anniversary edition of Rayuela for $15 USD, should I?
It would be my first Cortazar.
Please bear in mind I make less than $2 an hour and work half time.
>>7594259
everybody must to have that book
I like more the little one, but 50 years aniversary was a gift, and it is cool the letters at the end
And I really want the anagrama collection (or at least complete the Pagina/12 collection)
>>7594283
Nah.
It has 30 pages of letters about the book that are really interesting, but not big deal. Cheaper and use the rest of the money to 62/Modelo para armar
>>7594283
If you are asking about that particular edition, I have no idea. If you're asking about the book, is absolutely worth it. The only thing I have to tell you is that don't expect much from that gimmick of "reading it in several different ways". The order doesn't really change much and it's not, by far, the most interesting thing the book has to offer.
>>7594284
Pagina 12 collection was very, very cheap when it came out. They still should have them somewhere if you look for them.
>>7594293
Really think 62 is better than Rayuela? I mean, it's not a bad book, but I'd definitely save some more money get Rayuela.
>>7594310
>No way! I recommended you to buy a cheaper edition of rayuela and buy both.
Oh, allright. Yes, I'd go for Los premios too. But yes, pretty much everything he has written is at least interesting.
>I found some, but I can't find the others a nice price...
Yeah, best thing is just to try to do an effort and buy them when they are coming out. When the sale is over then they sell them at bookstores at unbelievable prices. Those collections are amazing if you get them on time, I've recently bought some from La Nacion's edition of Siglo XXI at at least 1/3 the price from the originals.
>>7594190
mirin
>>7594274
>>7594089
>anagrama translations
get a gadget you consumerist plebs
>>7594479
Yeah, some of them are quite awful (not all though). But for many books they are the only translation available, and the originals tend to be way more expensive and difficult to find.
>>7594500
this.. these physical book threads just show how cuckolded you all are by capitalism
>>7594508
physical books predate capitalism u gay edgelord
>>7594504
Where?
I live in Mexico and lolita in english is waaay cheaper than anagrama horrible translation.
>>7594514
Lolita is quite well known though and shouldn't be that hard to find, but not all of them are. Anyway, nowadays I try to always buy the originals if it is a language I can handle.
>>7594512
not spending 20 dollars per so you can jerk yourself off in front of your tacky bookshelf filled with meme books, u gay edgelord
>>7594533
>being so poor u have to pirate a book
lololol
>>7594536
>so desperate for approval that he needs a bookshelf full of physical books to show off
lololol
>>7594542
>implying i have guests
stay normie shitlord
>>7594462
fake and gay
>>7594500
have fun destroying your eyesight for the sake of vastly reduced retention, pleb
I like this edition of Gulliver's Travels, it's one of the few hardcovers I own
>>7594740
How stupid a guy should be that cannot differ e-ink screen from an ordinary one?
>>7594500
i like holding a book in my hand
i like turning pages
>>7594508
>thinking capitalism is bad
that is the greatest high school meme
>>7594740
Your objections to e-readers are a bit, erm, nonsensical. Of course your use of the word 'pleb' as an insult rather calls your intellect into question, so I suppose we shouldn't be too surprised.
>>7595997
>Your objections
>a bit, erm, nonsensical
>rather calls your intellect into question
Hello, Reddit
>>7594169
everything is worth as much as people think it's worth, to the anons who like rare/interesting books they are willing to pay for them because they think it's worth it. You don't and that's fine, but don't act like you're superior because of it. I'm sure there's plenty of stuff you consider worth paying more for that the other anons don't.
>>7595997
>>7594571
self approval faggot, you've bult up this dillusional self image that can only be verified by your physical bookshelf.. fuck off to r9k faggot
>>7594740
are you gonna act like you dont do the same thing by spending 14 hours a day on a pakistani image board
>>7595974
just bc your cuckolded by it doesnt mean its bad faggot
a well-loved copy of Eco
>>7593890
me on the right
>>7594098
wow what a beautiful cover. jelly
1960s, basically perfect condition. It's not much, but it is mine. Got it for a couple bucks at a thrift store.
I just love the cover. Better than all the other ones out there for Ivan ilych these days.
I don't know why I love this cover. I want to buy some Conrad books from the same library.
This isn't something that's unique, or rare or really old, but it's got some sentimental value to me.
I first read this book in 1998, when I was in the 4th grade, and it's what got me into reading proper books. I'd go to my schools library every break and read this book over and over again. Before I "graduated" from the school I bought the same book from the library, and have owned it even since.
>>7598223
>Barnes and Noble Leather bound Classics
Managed to cop this weird boxset of The Hobbit, worth about a hundred dollars Canadian, for twenty bucks. It was used, but in new condition, and the seal holding together the postcards was still intact. It comes with a mass market-sized hardback copy of The Hobbit, black but etched with the profile of Smaug stretching from the front to back; all the artwork from the book in full-colour on postcards; a map of Middle-earth and Over the Wild; a companion to the map; and, something that really excited me, an audio CD a half-hour in length featuring Tolkien himself reading out loud the entirety of Chapter V: Riddles In The Dark. It's quite nice and I'm glad I bought it for so cheap and in such good condition for being so cheap.
>>7594500
>>7594508
>thinking you are beating the system purchasing the latest technology
you are literally a mental slave
>>7594190
nice, but too bad it's not pic related
>>7594098
Beautiful! Where can I buy this?
>>7598189
I remember this. Read it in grade school as well. Basically about some skid from the shit part of town that is a better runner than anyone else or something? It's been at least 15 years so forgive my memory
>>7594089
what are your favorite and least favorite vila-matas, senpai?
el pasado is great, btw
>>7598463
Almost.
It's about a kid who ran away from his aunt and uncle and kept running till he reached the town that was split in the middle, with one side filled with blacks, and the other filled with whites.
And yeah, he was a faster runner than anyone else.
>>7594500
>talks shit about consumerism
>posts a fucking kindle
Kill yourself.
>>7598478
Vila-Matas is one of my favorite writers so it's kind of tough to say. I think I'd go with Doctor Pasavento, but his diaries are also great and so are his short stories. His last couple of books I didn't like so much though.
And IMHO, El pasado is the best Argentinian 21st century novel so far.
>>7594145
>Echenoz
>Wannabe humour
kek, try Pennac, he is smart and funny at once
>>7599322
That book by Echenoz is one of the worst I've read from that collection tb.h.
>>7594058
Crime
&
Punish
ment
fucking why
>>7593890
My grandfather has a first edition LOTR...among many other collectors items. Thankfully him and I have always discussed literature, philosophy and his time in the war so I will be receiving most of his interesting valuables.
I will never sell it though.
1800's illustrated Decameron printed in London that I bought in Reykjavik for about $3
Will post more if interested.
>>7600546
Yes please!
>>7594234
what is your favourite Borges?
Or better, your top 3
>>7598299
That's so cute, I'm legit jealous
>>7600546
please do
>>7600546
Justin?
>>7601277
purchased that edition of WN based on this thread. Thanks senpai ~
>>7596122
>spaghetti structuralism
>>7601277
where to buy that White Noise, my guy?
>>7593951
De Bolsillo are great. I own a Borges and some Llosa.
>>7593977
American Pastoral>>Sabbaths Theater>>>>Human Stain>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Portnoy's Complaint
>>7598388
Loving the aesthetic a physical book is different than appreciation of a written work, which may be viewed on any medium. This thread is more about collectors.
Anyways, the gold ones on the left are a first edition second printing of an 1850 collected works of Longfellow with beautiful paper and gold leaf. The In Cold Blood is another first edition and does not have the readers digest marks (for some reason the great majority of the first edition went right to readers digest). The Moby Dick is a softcover on acid protected paper, and is very beautiful to read.
>>7601246
My faourite is "Historia universal de la infamia"
It is hard to choose a top 3.
El informe de Brodie is not his best, but damn that last story, it blew my mind.
His poems are great, sometime even better than his stories.
>>7602223
I really like that as well. It could have been 1000 pages of those historical anecdotes. I read that thing in under 3 hours.
>>7593890
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/01643/gallery.leonardo_da_vinci_complete_paintings_and_drawings.htm
>>7602427
My grandfather left me his first edition copy of Dune. I've never read that version, although I have opened it.
I've burned through 2 paperback versions of Dune since middle school.
>>7593890
Love You Forever by Robert Munch
Just picked this up for $5 today, been reading the book online. Wandered into a bookstore and found it. Surprisingly good condition for a 60's print.
>>7598047
I had that same book, but I gave it away.
Those stories were boring and they dragged on longer than they needed to.
>>7598388
>>thinking you are beating the system purchasing the latest technology
Maybe not beaten, but it's a step in the right direction if you buy a cheap device and have access to all the books on the internet.
>>7594234
>LA NACION
>>7593902
>you have a GR version of my House of Leaves
Eh, it could have been worse.
>>7595997
your use of the website 4chan calls your intellect into question, so i suppose we shouldn't be too surprised.
>>7598189
I've done the running backwards trick in races for 16 years. It really is the most singularly insulting thing you can do.
>>7598463
He was the fast white kid hiding out in the black part of town. I didn't even realize the racial tones until I reread it like a decade later. I was just like, "Being the fastest is the best. I agree."
>>7600546
>half the first edition Amber Chronicles
>a bunch of signed stuff by my favourite pop culture authors like Butcher
>17th century family pressed Bible in German belonging to a famous NY Priest (found in a Missouri backwoods book store)
>>7605803
>this copy of house of leaves
I only keep the other 700 books in my apartment closet-library because I have problems.
I have quite a nice edition of The Lord of the Rings
fifty shades of grey
okno
>>7602174
Got it at HPB. Publisher is Pidacor, part of their 40th anniversary series.
This bad boy.
>>7598299
That's pretty nice.
>>7607512
>>7607353
>>7608906
Whoops forgot pic
i have this one but in even better condition
>>7598047
Love those old 60s 70s Signets. But every one I have is brittle as fuck and fell apart after one -careful- use.
I'll post a few of my favorite books
Wagner's Ring Cycle, two volumes illustrated by Arthur Rackham ~1910
nifty hardcover from '68
1888, mostly notable for illustrations by the little known American symbolist painter Harry Siddons Mowbray
The End of the Game, by Peter Beard, 1965 original. Really cool but depressing book about the impending doom of African wildlife.
Socratic Memorabilia by Johann Georg Hamann, 60's era facsimile in German and English.
>>7609630
Rakham is always nice,
that looks like it's in perfect condition. Guessing you buy these online?
some of you need to get your head out of the books and learn to operate a fucking camera
>>7609630
I really fucking want this. Where did you get it?
>>7594169
enjoy your wordsworth classics
I found four or five Redwall books signed by Brian Jacques at a local thrift store. Most of them are addressed to some kid named "Aaron" but this one ended up containing just his signature, and on further investigation it's a first edition to boot. Very lucky find for someone who was obsessed with those books in grade school.
>>7609911
I also have this first edition/first printing of The Proud Highway which I quite like. Not signed by HST however.
>>7596096
Is K. A. Applegate a MILF?
>>7598407
Not the owner, but it's a brazilian edition. It's cheaper than you may think.
I have Bill "thos beans" Foster's autobiography personally signed
>>7593890
>shakespeare
>books that you love
fresh out of highschool? or maybe a lit major? either way, you need to stop eating whatever they feed you. shakespeare is shit, get with the times old man
>>7610891
This guy?
I'm just starting my bookshelf. I have the literal basics right now. And not even much of the basics. Until a month ago I owned maybe 2 books, but checked out >100 from the library in the past year, and read triple that inside the library without checking them out. Feels great to own some things.
If used books stores around me had more poetry my shelf would be full 3 times over now.
Tons of nice Phil books for sale though
