I've read most of the Greeks but I've never had complete copies; law-related stuff because I'm thinking of law school. The coverless one is Montesquieu's Rousseau.
Excited for my first Joyce and I haven't read Melville in ages.
This was all ~$50 from a local used book place.
Anything new from you guys?
Nice Melville edition.
Here's mine. God bless Amazon Market and its dirt-cheap used copies.
Pretty happy with my ultra rare Cornell University edition of a ND book. Cost about 20 something altogether but whatevs
>>7804601
>Dershowitz
A known plagiarist and alleged kid toucher.
Oh vey OP.
Didn't know modern library use to do these goofy A&E covers.
>>7805206
At least Tess is qt
>>7805206
The covers aren't all that terrible. While not elegant, they communicate the appearance of the main character to the reader.
>>7804636
Riverside Chaucer.
reposting because I got no (you)'s last thread
>>7805166
Well said, my friend.
>>7804601
Good haul
>>7806058
That Iliad cover looks pretty sick
>The Stranger
>Something Happened
>The Trial
>The Metamorphosis
>We
>One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
>The Forever War
>100 Years of Solitude
>Siddharta
Nothing unique, but I'll be occupied for a decent bit.
Unfortunately I played myself and didn't realize I ordered The Metamorphosis in English until it was too late. Was hoping I could use it to work on my German, but that's out the window now.
>>7806063
>2016
>still reading translations
>forever pleb
>>7804882
The very first time I see Gary posted. I didn't know he'd been translated.
It's one his best. Don't hesitate to read this "ultra rare" edition!
>>7806058
I always seem to find copies of fimnegans wake at used bookstores lmao
>>7806435
>current year
>learning monkey language
>eternally peasant
>>7806549
>03.13.2016
>quoting the quote
what a shithead
Just bought these
>>7806571
what the language is it?
>>7806628
Dutch
>>7804601
Just out of curiosity OP, what're you studying at uni?
pleb coming through
recent purchases:
>The Dark Volume
>Moby Dick
>The Rapture of Canaan
>The Politics
>The Future of an Illusion
>Fast Food Nation
>His Holiness the Dalai Lama
>Kon-Tiki
>The Analects
>South Park and philosophy
>Into Thin Air
>I do not come to you by chance
>The Pilgrimage
Are any of these absolutely worth/not worth reading?
fucking
sue
me
>>7807657
oh, and also
>>7805217
>they communicate the appearance of the main character to the reader
How is this a good thing? it's imposing another person's interpretation before you even start reading the book
>>7807674
apart from the list at the end, I found the "book" part of it absolutely worthless.
>>7808011
how come?
>>7806415
If you're planning on using a book to improve your German i wouldn't buy any Kafka unless you are already incredibly proficient. He uses a bizarre dialect and strange sentence structure that confuses a lot of regular German readers, or so i'm told.
>>7807657
Woah that's fucking expensive
>>7808317
it's in CAD
Hit up a few used spots in toronto today with the wife.
>>7808339
Fail
>>7808342
Where did you go?
>>7806058
not even a month on /lit/ and you've already memed yourself. well done
>>7808342
Post pics of the covers of those McCarthy books
>>7808342
These the other week.
>>7805206
Fuck, I love the NYRB covers. I don't even know why, they're both very telling and the same time cool.
The brown is Mishne Torah of Maimonides
The yellow its The Aeneas translated by Salomo Dykman
The white its Shmuel Sambruski' Nature and the Spirit of Man
>>7808680
Also less clear but biography of Byron, Utopia translated by Raphe Robinson
most from a recent Portland trip
>>7809090
What Loeb is that?
>>7809108
plautus, they had a shit ton of them at powells.
Do you actually read them?
>>7807072
Biology. Minoring in english and philosophy.
Currently going through Hemingway. Will do either Joyce or Faulkner next.
Any recommendations based off what I'm into right now?
I think I did okay, they all seem brand new and were a dollar a pop.
>>7804882
Nabokov, nice. Still got to read that one.
Bought a better edition of my favorite book
>>7808317
Cad dollar is shit
>>7806571
Ziet er interresant uit
Top stack from the local independent store ($6), bottom from Thrift Books ($10). I'd already read the Rubaiyat, Beowulf and the Pavel book, will probably get to the Judge Dee one next.
Is that one anon who collected editions of the Rubaiyat still around? I think I might end up doing that too; this one has a cute inscription in the front from someone's grandparents, who think "the poetry is beautiful, but the philosophy it expresses is all wrong." My Penguin Classics version has one of the poems, and "I hope you enjoy it, Love, Regina" from November of 1988. It seems often-inscribed enough that I'll probably limit myself to editions with something nice in the front, like I do with my copies of The Book of Tea.
>>7811159
pretty sure that Genji translation is the loose public domain one, still neat find~~~ it's considered very poetic in its own way
>>7811159
How is thrift books in terms of shipping speed / consistency? Also condition of the books?
>>7811219
I know, I already have the Tyler and Waley translations as well. It was on TB for $3 with the coupon I had, so I wanted to round off the set. Still need to get the new Washburn one. Which one do you prefer most?
>>7811228
Shipping is almost always very quick, I usually get books within a week if I order on a weekday.
Their condition indicators are kind of weird--I've got plenty of "Acceptable"s (especially NYRB ones) that look absolutely great. But they don't rate something VG when it's falling apart, as far as I've seen. "Good"s have always had their dust covers. It's bad to buy Penguin Classics from them because their sticker is awful and peels a lot of the spine cover part off with it.
They've only ever forgot to send me one book, out of the ~200 I've ordered so far, and I think it was because I had a last minute "condition upgrade" at the check-out, which someone must have missed. They'll give you the condition upgrade (from Good to Very Good, etc.) if it saves them on shipping.
I really like them, they've replaced PaperbackSwap for me. You can get books pretty reliably for $3 each if you use coupons and discounts well. I also love that they designate which ones are library discards, so I don't have to feel wronged when I receive one.
How did I do
How fast/how often do you guys finish books. With the mentality that it is no race and that you must read for comprehension, these quick pickups would take me several months to get through.
either there are more than 10 people on lit that post in these threads or you guys read scary fast.
>>7811615
>stacks the books vertically
>takes the picture sideways
i hope ur the next death in the family
>>7809836
>brand new stephen king hardcover for 1 dollar
>>7811628
LOL I deserve that. Let's try again
>>7811661
>LOL
You still deserve it.
>>7811685
epic win dude
leave the man alone he did as asked
>>7811625
I finish a few every week, but they're definitely not doorstoppers. Most of what I get is easy reading.
>>7811661
that Buddenbrooks doesn't look like a John E. Woods translation. You done fucked up.
>>7811777
It's Lowe-Porter...how fucked am I?
>>7811818
Not sure. Something is better than nothing though. John E Woods is generally considered the pinnacle of Mann translations, in a word his translations are beautiful.
I just sold some books to the local used bookstore and picked up
Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama
Moorcock - Stormbringer
& a better edition of Ulysses than the one I had
>>7811829
no, he's the constance garnett of german translations. he just shits it out, poorly done, doesn't edit properly.
>>7806058
I saw a stage adaptation of Orlando put on by my uni's theatre society. it was pretty interesting, although the character of orlando is funny in his/her overt melancholy. interesting plot.
>>7811615
>The French Lieutenant's Woman
>Giles Goat Boat
>Sot Weed Factor
>Mason & Dixon
You did pretty fucking good
>>7812014
first off Constance Garnett was excellent
secondly, you are evidently not a German speaker. Anyone who reads German will tell you Woods is unequaled- the best modern day translator of German works
>>7811625
It took me a few weeks to finish Monte Cristo, TBK, and Catch 22, and those three are the longest non genre fiction I've read in recent memory.
