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Rate,pretty please!

>>8478082
bump

>>8478269
Why bump it?
/lit/ is not a fast board.
It's unnecessary.

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I'm a fucking meme, I know.

>>8478354
Was Dubliners really 99 cents?

>>8478360
I could have had about 20 of that shitty dover thrift edition for 50 cents each at my local library sale.

>>8478360
Yup. This edition was first published in 1991, and it retailed for $1.00.

I got it from a used bookstore, so I actually got ripped off. It's in nice condition, though, at least.

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All bought within the last few weeks or so. I also bought some cheap random science fiction short story collections from the thrift store since this photo was taken.

>>8478474
I have a used bookstore,that sells everything for a dollar.
If you buy 6 books,you get the books for 70 cents each.
They carry a lot of shit,but there are gems burried there.

>>8478502
Lol u mad?

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>>8478082
Managed to get this trilogy for $10.00

Perfect condition.

>>8478432
You realise you bought the Hobbit twice?

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Ii finally did it, /lit/
What happens now?

>>8478597
You've been meme'd sir :^)

>>8478579
Yea I have a bunch of copies of everything by Tolkien desu

>>8478082
Dad?

>>8478360
>tfw got a copy for 50c

>>8478082
>Flim-Flam!

That and Sagan's Demon-Haunted World are on my wishlist.

Have you read any of Martin Gardner's stuff? I picked up his 'Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus' and read a few chapters. CSICOP stuff is surprisingly enjoyable to read.

>>8478656
Hello son how are you?

>>8478573

I had that exact set when I was a little kid. Good pick.

>>8478597

Cancel and buy the Penguin edition with the blueprint cover.

>>8478082
you have retarded taste

>>8478597
wait for weeks, because bookdepository is slow as tits

also this,
>>8478760

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Found this on a 'free givaway table' at my local library, a whole Economy Classics collection consisting of 31volumes.
Only ones that werent there were Adam Smith's 'The Wealth of Nations' and Marx's 'Capital'
Last week's best day

>>8478790
Is that you? You look friendly

>>8478799
Yup that's me happy as fuck c:

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>>8478790

>>8478790
Are they annotated?

>>8478790
>that hairline

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>>8479057
Nope, at least not the ones I checked
>>8479068
S-shut up, my hairline is completely fine ;_;

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>>8478082
Ayy, pulled this haul from the same store, same sale. Did you go to the Decatur book festival too?

>>8478790
Randy? How was jail, buddy?

>>8479238
>upside-down books
Australia, pls

>>8479110
Are you the younger, less pretentious brother of Clifford Lee Sergeant or whatever the fuck his name is (I think that actually might be it - the books are food guy)?

>>8479110
nothing wrong with that hairline. hair looks nice actually, soft af

>>8478082
Nice Ginsberg

>>8479238
Wow, good stuff.

>>8479238
reel nice for a sale like that. i need to find better sales near me ;^;

>>8478790
Ah dude I envy you so much.

If you end up going for wealth of nations make sure you get it from liberty fund, its the best edition ive seen.

and the penguin capital is good too, at least the best translation ive read.

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My haul from a couple days back. Also from the half price books Labor Day sale.

>>8481721
Is the Liberty fund edition superior to the modern library Wealth of Nations? If so, why?

Someone gave me This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes... Does anyone know if it's any good? I've been reading it but it's putting me to sleep because it brings me back to my Catholic school days.

>>8481752
I have the same copy of catcher in the rye

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Biography of Leonardo De Vinci ( French) $20

Poetical works of sir Walter Scott 1862 $20

Mrs Heman's Poetical works (early 1800s) $10

The Home book of modern verse - burton e Stevenson 1925

>>8481956
those are pretty much garbage.

>>8479238

Nah, but i also stopped by Book Nook in decatur. .

>>8482062
Speak for yourself.

>>8479238
start with the greek intensive course

>>8478217
Európa Diákkönyvtár :C

>>8478082
How much Jung have you read, OP? I'm very interested in reading the read book, but I'm not sure I have the proper aptitude. I studied a little in college, I know the basics of the archetypes and the collective unconscious, and have read Man and His Symbols and a bit of his correspondence with Wolfgang Pauli.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

>>8483035
Nincs azzal semmi baj
Azt kapom amiért fizetek

Had to buy these all for class. Not pictured is In Cold Blood, Hell's Angels, and Electric Kool Aid Acid Test (all for creative non-fiction, along with Art of Fact)

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>>8483796
>oops

>>8483814
faggot

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¯\(°_o)/¯

Bought deep work by Cal Newport.

Not really /lit/ but it was hyped in the newspaper.

>>8478082
>ginsberg
disgusting.
also, the rest of that shit belongs in the fucking trash.

>>8483479
Meh, de az a Szophoklész annyira borzalmasan néz ki, én inkább túrtam volna valami régi görög drámás gyűjteményt antikváriumból.

>>8482097
No really it is complete garbage. I used to work at a bookstore and we would get old editions like those and either throw them away or sell them for a buck. You got roused. By the way I am not the guy you are responding to

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>>8483344

I picked up Confederacy of Dunces. Is it really as reddit you guys make it seem?

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I got these today in two different bookstores, I'm really happy with all of them and I've been looking for Durrel for quite some time (it's in spanish tho, if I like it I'll get the alexandria quartet on book depository)

>>8478354
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth seems really interesting
>>8478432
>Che Guevara
Why?
Props for Mishima and Ellison, tho
>>8478573
Great deal
>>8478725
Bioy Casares, beautiful, I'm glad that his works are being translated and more people get to read him. Beauty and Sadness is really nice too, how much did you pay for it?
>>8478790
Lucky bastard, de que país eres?
>>8479238
Nice haul, I'm jelly of that absalom absalom! and stoner
>>8481143
Nice
>>8481676
>Wittgenstein's Misstress
I've been looking for it for a long time, have you started to read it?
>>8483814
What's your major?
>>8483863
How is it so far?

>>8479238
would hang out with

>>8478432
how's that mythology book?

>>8478354

I loved Candide. Read it online though, would love to get my hands on a copy.

>>8483983
Szarok a borítóra.
Láttam már rosszabbat is.
Azt kapom amiért fizetek.

>>8484775
>How is it so far?
I've yet to open it. Rather, it sits upon my desk, and I occasionally stare at it, afraid to begin.

It's like my life, writ small, really.

>>8478082
If that red book's the illustrated edition, then great haul man. That thing's like a hundred and fifty bucks on amazon.

>>8478790
>>8479110
take off those stupid fucking numale glasses and you'll look fine.

>>8484367
Thanks, bro.

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Reminder to all fellow collegefags to look around campus to see if your department is putting out books somewhere for students to pick up for free
Pic related came at no cost at all, did I pay too much?

>>8484775
>Lucky bastard, de que país eres?
La vieja España, amigo
>>8486339
But gals love em m8

>>8485425
It's pretty damn good so far. I always avoided it, because somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought it was purely a political satire.

Just go to any used bookstore, they'll have tons of copies.

>>8485827
Is the Gilgamesh really that thick or is the book mostly composed of a introduction or afterwards by some authors? I remember it being quite short

>>8486819
Lo imaginé, solo ustedes hacen ese tipo de ediciones y tienen tantas copias en la biblioteca como para regalarlas

>>8481158
Thanks :) I was happy with the purchase
>>8481694
Yeah it takes some hunting for. Lots of used book places are independently owned, so if you get good at haggling your money will go a longer way
>>8482076
Oh nice! Book Nook is a little plebby in their selection imo but the staff are nice
>>8482126
Yeah, Greek is my next language I want to learn so I plan to
>>8484775
Yeah I'm enjoying Stoner a lot so far, easy to see why /lit/ recs it so much
>>8485245
Thanks, if you're near Atlanta we should

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be honest
how memed did i get?

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The audio dramas are Half Price Books finds

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Rate me

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Got myself some memes. Think I'm gonna hold off buying new books until I finish the ones on my shelf but probably not. I buy way faster than I read

>>8488073
shokugeki no soma is a good stuff

>>8488179
>Loeb
Neck yourself

>>8488205
Yep I'm retarded. I thought I was buying Ulysses, not James Joyce's Ulysses by Stuart Gilbert. This shit should be illegal

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Did I get ripped off?

>>8488492
at least now you have a good guide for it.

>>8478082
>Mushrooms and Mankind
Holy shit! I guess you know even Robert Graves bought into this.
I haven't read the book, or done much serious reading on the subject at all, but I find the idea absolutely fascinating and the premise quite plausible.

Interesting and well supported arguments for narratives that are supposed to have happened in pre-history are rare as it is, and rarely so compelling.

>>8488666
No. Good haul desu

>>8488668
Yeah I'll get the two book soon and use the Gilbert book as a companion. Reviews on Internet said it was a good book on Ulysses anyways

>>8488703
I think gilbert worked with Joyce to make it, or I heard that anyway. I don't really remember. Just a suggestion though, maybe try reading it without first? It's kind of a neat book even without "getting" everything.

>>8488701
Thanks senpai

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>>8478082
Seeing the "The Return of Quetzalcoatl" (which is trash), I recommend a book titled "The Flayed God".

*Pic related.

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>>8490037
I also recommend "Primal Myths" by Barbra C. Sproul

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The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, 2€

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oxfam hype

>>8488449
Why though

>>8490111
Nice trips, but reading a bilingual edition shoes your plebbiness. Either you know Latin and can read the original or you don't and have no reason to look at the Latin text.

>>8490244
By that reasoning, there would be no cause for bilingual editions to exist.

What if he's a student of Latin, and wants it for an exercise in translation? What if it was the only edition on the shelf at whatever dive thrift shop he plucked it from?

>>8478082
Can´t Flim Flam the Zim-Zam

>>8488707
Will do, thanks

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10 dollars at a used book store. how'd i do?

Saw a whole shelf of Greek and Roman literature at my local Oxfam today, I ended up getting Polybius's The Rise and Fall of Rome along with Treasure Island since I've been meaning to watch the anime adaptation as I've heard it is a classic.

I made the right choice with the history book, yes?

>>8491336

Only read Dequincy and Pynchon from your collections but you did decently.

>>8490244
Or he could be learning Latin, or it could be the best translation for that particular work ( which is true of most modern Loeb translations), or the only translation available, or likely just a random thrift store purchase.

Basically, you are a fucking idiot.