/lit/ - Literature

>>20795458
No one cares

>>20795946
kino

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>>20796602
femanon?

>>20795458
Those books look like they haven't been read.

>>20795946
oh shit your house is capsizing

>>20795458
>mfw shelves are so fucking expensive no matter where you're buying them from
Investment into carpentry tools to make my own isn't worth it, either.

Where's the anon who made the thread about his carpenterfag building a shelf for him?

>>20795458
So is Jonathan Franzen any good?

>>20796628
No lol. What makes you think so?

>>20795946
>Women and Men
Gib pls

I unironically don't own a single physical book.

>>20796644
Ooof. Biggest insult one can toss to a fellow reader. No, I just take care of them. Obviously, there's a bunch I haven't read yet though.
>>20796897
Inconsistent. I enjoyed "The Corrections," but "Freedom" was meh to me. Some good parts, but overall just kind of lackluster. I never finished "Crossroads" because, sadly, it just got boring. I was enjoying the first 100 or so pages, but the second the narrative switched to the boring as fuck wife I lost interest.

>>20795946
Lmaooooo

>>20796602
nice hedgehog

>>20795458
A kindle, I don't like clutter; and I don't have newcommers coming to my place often enough to justify wasting money and space trying to impress them.

>>20797238
Thanks buddy, I found it in the trash

>>20796856
youll find a small shitty one for 60 cents on craigs list but it's better than nothing

>>20796856
I bought one for like $130

>>20798207
Thats a lot though. I'm the third shelf poster and i bought mine at a second hand recycling shop for like 15 us dollars

>>20797074
Don’t worry anon, it’s getting reprinted at some point. There’s a guy on Mcelroy’s subreddit who keeps up to date with whatever Dzanc Books is up to. Probably still a way off but it is happening.

>>20798232
mine's bigger

>>20795458
Only a few of those books looks like they've been read.

>>20798395
>if they haven't been destroyed, they haven't been read
why are animals like this?

>>20798392
My dad had a similar shelf before he passed away. Instead of donating them, I decided to keep them and read to honor my dad. They eventually grew on me.

>>20798395
nah quite a few show much use. That twain collection, many have creased spines, worn spine edges. Some do seem to be untouched though

>>20797059
faggot

>>20796880
You're mistaken. I made the shelf from scratch with wood given to me by my friends at the sawmill.

>>20796602
This seems like either a woman or a really prissy mans shelf, either way please let me see your feet.

You can fit way more books on your shelf with a good old cram stack.

>>20801137
true

>>20803674
Where in the world do you get that edition of Kafka on the shore? I can't find it anywhere, not even abebooks.

I just got another shelf.

>>20803888
You mean the one with the guy on the cover? Probably a used store. Most of my books are from used stores. Where I’m from it’s not a very rare edition. But with those popular sorts of authors you want to look at the “to-be-shelved” piles because they sell pretty much the moment they arrive.

>>20803899
congrats on the new shelf and beutiful reading chair. I recently moved so I am thinking about getting a reading chair and light

>>20804020
I got the chair for free from a friend who was moving and getting rid of furniture. Having a dedicated spot to read is primo.

>>20804020
I see so many wingbacks and club chairs at goodwill for 20 to fifty, they can't give them away bc people like newer shit. I have a really old wool and silk model from a great grandma

>>20795946
reading more than 2 DeLillo and continuing to do so is insane

>>20795458
Is that book shadowed on the top right a nonesuch dickens or a arabian nights?

>>20804197
I gotta check my local one then, thanks for the tip

>>20796602
I see you've got some Crowley books on your shelf. Do you practice?

>>20798392
I'd love to have some shelves like this that won't bow in the center

>>20804474
Why? He’s the most prescient author of our time.

Up late

>>20805238
Me too mate.

>>20795458
What a waste of space and good wood. You can make like 5 guitars out of that shelf.

>>20795946
Imagine trying to remove The English Bible from that pile.

>>20804572
What im thinking of doing is getting one of these for each shelf then glueing them with liquid nails to the bottom to help support. You wont be able to see it and its should flatten them out.

>>20805548
I recommend asking on >>/diy/wwg
I don't think the flat bar is your best option.

>>20806404
>>>/diy/wwg

>>20795899
>thread at 55 replies and counting

>>20805238
The whole point in these threads is to be able to read the books on one's shelf. If you're going to take the picture in low light on your Nokia 3310 then why bother?

>>20795458
Hola.

>>20806600
Eh, I busted the lens

>>20806600
It's a pixel something btw.

>>20806600
The book with the tophat man is cousin pons

>>20806600
The vellum book is a plurality of worlds by fontanelle

Some james

>>20809405
i wish i was more of a Foster fan, i could maybe justify buying these.
Also, had chance to buy >>20808737 History of Rome, and regret not get it.

Lots of odd editions, but if you know what you've got then i can only respect it.

>>20795458
extremely based, I envy you so much for that Lenin collection it's unreal

>>20795946
Real nice and tidy

>>20796602
I like the visual a lot, and those instruments look good, I hope you play them well :)

>>20798392
You really llike Stephen King, huh? Great shelf, stuffed, as it should be

>>20803674
Nice. Good to see some well used and marked books. I hope the weed smoke doesn't affect them

>>20803899
oof that chair is gorgeous, looks confortable

>>20805238
Bad quality, but it's good to see some Loebs

>>20805387
>the black book of communism
lmao

>>20807224
well loved books, I guess

>>20808710
you have some great books there, nice looking versions

>>20808962
I hope you die a slow, painful, death

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>translations

>>20810257
Both came from a thrift store, the Forster collection I think was too expensive, like $20 ( they're not really quality books) and the Mommsen was $12. I hit gold with that buy.

The odd editions are additions that come when I see a good opportunity for a book I liked or want to read. The 1813 version of the Anatomy volume I was like 20 bucks and the folio box set was $35.

>>20811616
cant blame you. I've got a garage full of old leather bound volumes i got from a theological collage selling of it's library in bulk.
they sold these boxes which usually had one or two books you wanted (mostly poetry in my case) and then about 12 books of out of date 19 century theology, all beautifully bound in expensive leather, but useless none the less.
Even knowing Latin there is nothing there id want to read.

>>20795458
>Just show us your collection!
Seems rather vain, so no.

>>20811924
Based

>>20811924
Based, but how do you know the names of books?

I tried to pack my books and use a system like this, but I am too computer illiterate

>>20805387
Thank you for owning a Julek Heller illustrated book.
He seems to be unappreciated toa karge extent, even though his illustrations were wonderful.

>>20796856
Which 3rd world shithole do you live in? Europe? If you're American or Canadian where there is plenty of lumber, I think a basic ass shelf shouldn't be that expensive.

>>20795458
I am sharing only one bookcase. I have a few newer books I haven't added yet. Top row is religious material, second row is stuff on wildlife, third row is largely weird fiction & horror, and fourth row is just miscellaneous.

My other two bookcases are full of art books, wildlife photography, nature books that were unable to fit, children's chapter books, picture books, computer science manuals, and so on. I will share those other two bookcases if anyone else is interested. However, they are much messier than this one.

>>20812576
>Which 3rd world shithole do you live in? Europe? If you're American or Canadian where there is plenty of lumber, I think a basic ass shelf shouldn't be that expensive.
Have you ever priced lumber?
Unless you’re buying lumber in bulk, something which comes with its own issues,
Lumber is expensive enough that just the lumber to built Ikea type furniture costs more than Ikea furniture.
Buying the materials to make a shitty chipboard bookcase would cost more than a shitty chipboard bookcase, let alone the hardware and work involved.
The exception are bookcases made with higher quality materials like solid hardwood lumber.
These can be made at least for the same price as commercially purchased units, or maybe less, depending on what you’re looking for.
Making bookcases really only makes sense if you want something custom, or need something made to an unusual size to maximize space. Or maybe if you just steal limber from a construction site like some people I used to know.
Pallets are also sometimes cheap or free, but it takes work to break those down and smooth them out, and the pallet wood will never look like a high quality bookshelf.

>>20796602
Normally I don't recommend music, but I recommend checking out the Finnish band Tenhi and read the translated lyrics beside it. I recommend it because you seem to be into Scandinavian paganism and music. I recommend reading lyrics alongside it: https://utustudio.com/lyrics#v%C3%A4re

>>20796602
Normally I don't recommend music, but I suggest checking out the Finnish band Tenhi and read their translated lyrics. I recommend it because you seem to be into Scandinavian paganism and music.

https://utustudio.com/lyrics

sample song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-IlAzHEhQ

>>20796602
Normally I don't recommend music, but I suggest checking out the Finnish band Tenhi and reading their translated lyrics. I'm recommending it because you seem to be into Scandinavian paganism and music.

https://utustudio.com/lyrics

sample song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-IlAzHEhQ

>>20795946
/lit/ memed you pretty hard, huh?

>>20812723
Been years since I checked them out. And to be fair I wasnt a huge fan back then. But Ill definitely give them another try

>>20807224
Poor anon

Pls no bully

No bully pls

>>20813059
take a clearer picture, I cant remotely tell what is on here

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anglo subhuman monolinguals

>>20813129
Get fucked chang

>>20808962
Literally the Father Ted "anything from the allied side" sketch

>>20813080
David Lunch lol

>>20813083
MASSA NU BOLLY PLZ

>>20813129
Replied to my post. Yet I very obviously also have books that are not english. Retard

>>20813129
I speak bird.

>>20813328
same and i regret it, all birds ever say is "i have to shit" and "seeds"

>>20813328
pwet twoo, pwoot?

>>20808962
When I put all my nazi books out I basically have this in library form

>>20813166
I got that as a gift. I should hang it properly and make some more room in the shelf.

>>20813129
Do you not see all the French books in my post? There are seven French language books here chang>>20808717

Sho shorry mahshta

>>20813333
Absolute pigeon-friend and city dweller detected. Chad raptor bros keeps winning.
The real discussion is field mice vs chipmunk meat or cultivated field vs wildflower meadow.

>>20813129
ESLs truly are insufferable, so braindead that they are incapable of noticing the many untranslated books on these shelves

>>20796856
neatly stick them into cardboard box side by side then slide the box under the bed

>>20797059
Cos you play bass

>>20796856
I literally paid $5 for a second hand press board shelf. Do you not have thrift stores or garage sales where you live?

1/3 no bully pls

>>20808710
where'd you get that set of Forsyte Saga from, they're not folio are they? looking to read them eventually

>>20816096
2/3

>>20816113
3/3

So many huge bookcases filled with dogshit ITT. All of you would be better off with a single bookshelf with 10 good books on it. Pathetic

>>20816132
how should one recognize 'good' if one does not know bad or mediocre?

>>20816152
Just be born with good taste, I guess

>>20816132
Post yours

>>20816265
I don't read because thar's better than being a pseud. You're seething RN BTW. I must have hit the nail on the head.

>>20816276
you nailed me so hard anon, my seethe bone is throbbing

>>20805548
You don't really need steel for that, wood can handle it.

>>20816096
A friend saved them for me at a thrift shop, he curates the books for sale.

>>20816121
Like those Loeb's, have some too on my shelf brosefvsky

Everyman's

Can u post in shelf threads if you have manga and Knick knacks on them??

I picked up this signed copy for .75 today.

>>20818926
How much did the Decline and Fall cost you

>>20808737
How is Cousin Pons compared to Cousin Bette in quality? I've read Old Goriot and Bette, what other Balzac do you recommend?

>>20795458
This is my to be read pile, which I keep on a shelf. Close enough

>>20820275
Did you just graduate highschool?

>>20820275
>Shad M. Brooks
>Shadow of the Conqueror
>in a physical edition
Not even fucking around, but why anon, why??? Are you a big follower of his or something? Did somebody on the /sffg/ recommend it to you?

>>20820275
keep at it lad, find beauty wherever you may

>>20820334
Yes, I do like Shad. But the reason was utilitarian. I figured it would be good background material if/when I start a youtube channel to promote my work. As you can see though, I haven't bothered to actually read it yet.

>>20820326
Funny you put it that way. This is a bit of a filtering phenomenon. The books still in this pile have sometimes been in this pile for years, some going back to mid-college. I've only recently really started trying to clean it up instead of random stuff like discworld

>>20813059
soulfull and honest reader. very good, anon

>>20813129
yup this is based

Today is a day to post all the shelves again.
But it's literally impossible to take legible pics because it's too many books and also I'm a retard. If you want to see the titles of a specific row you can ask me to take a closeup.

>>20821402
Reminder to read Arno Schmidt.

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>>20821421
Middle-High German and Expressionism

>>20821424
Cringy English books, mainly old /lit/ memes and stuff from uni. I haven't really bought any new English books in the last ten years though. I'm prioritizing German literature for now.

>>20821431
And the final shelf with sci-fi, Asian, and more German literature.

>>20821431
Fuck. This one is blurry as hell. Have a better one to marvel at the /lit/ memes in physical form.

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based shelf
send me that david lunch lol

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>>20821435
Not bad. Are you by any chance a painter and German? What's your opinion on Fritz Baumgarten.

Do you fuckers even read all those Loebs

>>20819365
>not signed by Peter the Great

>>20803899
nice and cozy

>>20808962
You have fat nigger lips and no chin

>>20821625
I mainly draw but yeah.
>Fritz Baumgarten
Comfy but not someone I'd buy the childrens' books for. If there was an art book of his stuff and it was on sale I might get it. But probably not. I'm into weirder art.

>>20812594
>Bataille and Baudelaire
Based king

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Here's a better picture of the artbook shelves. Not pictured are the Giger and Beksinski collections.

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I usually hate spinefags but god bless you anon this is beautiful

>>20805387
Is Rupert Butler worth reading? I’ve heard conflicting stories.

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>>20808962
I know these ones are just posted here for trolling.
Yet someone really assembled these things, took a photo, and then posted it somewhere.
Really makes you think.

>>20816096
urasawachad detected

>>20821727
>Vox Day
LMAOOOO that fag who came up with "sigma males", no fucking way someone actually bought his books

>>20795946
>The Tunnel
Is it worth it?

Very telling that the average poster ITT has 100+ books and NO ONE has Plato + Aristotle + The Bible.

>>20821861
I have all three tho.
But the bible is on the pile of books I'm getting rid of. :^)

>>20821868
It's over for you

>>20821879
Why and what is over?

>>20821881
God's gonna dropkick you into Hell

>>20821894
epic
The main reason I'm getting rid of it is because it is a terrible and ugly edition. I need a proper critical edition.

>>20821431
What did you study? Germanistik/Kunstgeschichte?

>>20822220
German and English

recently moved, still gotta sort it a bit when I have time to

>>20821657
That's cool. If you like Amano, I'd recommend Kay Nielsen over him. I'm more into collecting serene art like Inga Moore, Maxfield Parrish, Alfred Bestall, Monet, Fritz Baumgarten, Japanese woodblock paintings, etc. Alfred Kubin and Tanaka Suguru have nice dark weird art, which you would probably like.

>>20822281
>serene
I'd probably file them more under "whimsical", I think. Those are artists I do like looking at but it's not art that really inspires me. Same for Amano: His stuff is fun but I mainly have that box for FF nostalgia. And because it only cost me 30 bucks.
Kay Nielsen might be something I could enjoy. Thanks for the tip!
Kubin and Suguru are already on my shelves. The latter was surprisingly expensive and the quality of the book itself is a bit subpar, unfortunately. The worst thing is that the art goes to the middle spine and you also can't keep the book open on the table without putting something as heavy as a brick on it which would destroy the book as well if you did it.

>>20822333
>whimsical
It's serene/blissful and not whimsical. I feel the same way about dark, macabre art the way you do about serene. Dark and macabre don't personally inspire me the way pic-related does.

I watch films like The House that Jack Built, Virgin Spring, Cure (1997), etc. and read works like Les Chants de Maldoror, Ligotti, etc. in order to become strong. I don't truly enjoy any of them. I'd much rather relax with Beatrix Potter than watch The House that Jack Built again.

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>>20822362
>in order to become strong
That's a very unusual goal with those films and books. Strong in which way?
Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter I own I've read it. It was very cutesy but definitely not close to what I enjoy.
>I feel the same way about dark, macabre art the way you do about serene
That's hard to tell without going deeper into the hows and whys. I think what I mostly get inspired by can be grouped under "interesting" - unusual stuff that you rarely get to see in every day life. "Relaxing" would be the antipode of what excites me.
I also took jobs in a hospital when I was an adolescent. I saw surgeries and accidents. In my town there were numerous abandoned places which I regularly explored and only much later photographed when I was old enough to be trusted with a camera. Diseases and ruins are usually associated with the dark and macabre which is why it's one place I get drawn to. But I also enjoy magic realism like Shaun Tan and the visionnaires Gerard Trignac, Mohlitz, and Poumeyrol.

>>20819340
My buddy I've seen people post shelves with zero books in them

>>20819340
Just pretend it was a joke / from Reddit if someone laughs at your shelf.

>>20822429
>That's hard to tell without going deeper into the hows and whys. I think what I mostly get inspired by can be grouped under "interesting" - unusual stuff that you rarely get to see in every day life.
What inspires me is to convey the ordinary joys of life in a way that hints at Infinity. I also like some magical realist elements. For this reason, I am drawn more into works either influenced by or from the Golden Age of Illustrations. Like you, I have a large section of my library devoted to artwork except of a different character. Pic-related is by Susan Wheeler.
>Strong in which way?
Obviously the light/serene, what I call spenta, and dark/macabre, what I call angra, are mutually contained and "interpenetrate". As Huineng says, "Darkness is not darkness by itself; because there is light there is darkness. That darkness is not darkness by itself is because light changes, becoming darkness, and with darkness light is revealed. They originate from each other. The thirty-six confrontations are also like this."
In order to appreciate and cherish the light more, it is necessary for me to delve into dark artwork. Granted, as much as I push myself through them, I do not enjoy any of it. I even published a transgressive short story in a reputable journal, but I don't personally like it. I have also given up with publishing my picture book because agents simply want pozzed globohomo shit. I've dropped all of my artistic aspirations. I'm not interested in only publishing transgressive stories when I can't publish wholesome ones.

>>20822541
We are opposites. We probably shouldn't talk with each other anymore.
Goodbye and good luck, anon.

>>20822541
I actually had a hard time deciding whether post that picture or this one, so I'm posting both. I like tea parties.

>>20822682
>blotting out your sex toys
That's cheating and no fun, anon

Anyone else soundproofing and raising the rvalue of their library shelf room?

>>20821402
You have one of my favorite collections as someone who appreciates German and history.

>>20821631
They're more for reference, I've read many of the original texts, but sometimes I need to chase something obscure down for a cross reference someone like Burton said in the Melancholy or Montaigne in the Essais

>>20795458
A selection of some older and newer ones

>>20822362
are you that anon who made the children's books threads in the past?

>>20822979
Date of the oldest book there?

>>20795899
I care lol

>>20823005
1710, pic related

>>20823028
>HELGA BRVDVR SIN
I wonder what the fuck is going on in there

>>20823050
It's an inscription in runic Swedish made in honor of a man named Helge: "iftir Helga brudur sin" --> word-for-word translation to modern Swedish: "efter Helge brodern sin" --> English: "after Helge their/his brother"

>>20823028
Nice, not anon, but the oldest book I own is 1861

>>20823193
Nice! I think antique books are wonderful in so many ways. You can value the contents of the book itself as well as look at the copy as an art object and historical relic, especially if it includes inscriptions and/or exlibris by previous owners

>>20822682
nice taste anon, I'm currently reading Hopscotch what did you think of it?

>>20823246
I have some early 18th century

Yes, I only read ebooks. How could you tell?

>>20822834
Which is kinda weird since I have almost no interest in history. I did 2400 pages of Egon Friedell just recently though.
Did you get that second shelf by now?

I only have about 200 books in my shelves but I'm struggling to come up with a sorting system.

The books are nearly all fiction so usually I arrange them autistically chronologically by original publication date, which demands a great deal of fussing around and looking up each and every book in a given shelf every time I want to add to it.
I was thinking of sorting by country or author, but this seems too boring. Any ideas?
>inb4 sort by color

>>20825101
>looking up each and every book in a given shelf
Just keep a document on your computer, bro.

>>20823321
I found it pretty comfy and extremely romantic (reminded me a bit of 2666 and The Taiga Syndrome, if you've read those). Even aside from the plot, the writing is just plain beautiful

>>20824526
Because you have pictures of shirtless men saved to you kindle.

>>20825101
if its fiction, why give any amount of fucks about how its organized unless theres a trilogy or something?

>>20825101
I have more books than that and after a little bit, you just remember around where a book is placed

>>20825438
You stop remembering it once you go past 1000 books though. You also stop remembering which ones you already own.

>>20825444
I’ve read 80%+ percent of my library so I wouldn’t forget what I own. I would still be able to find a book very quickly as I don’t see why I wouldn’t remember around where I put a book

>>20825459
>80%+ percent of my library
Is your collection so impeccable that you keep all the books you read?

>>20825470
I have a bunch of books in a closet that I’m no longer interested in

>>20825438
I do remember where most of my books are, as well. It's just that I keep buying them and they need to be sorted somehow.
It's also a bit about the aesthetics and about finding a system that's fairly logical but capable of scaling once I'm into the 1000+ book collection, which should be another 5 years or so (I've miscounted, they're more like 400 or 500 at this point, about 3 Ikea Billies 70% full)

Reminder that used books don’t count towards a library. Anyone can spend a paycheck on used books to furnish a massive library. That isn’t impressive

>>20825724
Reminder that only buying new books is the normiest and most soulless shit ever.

>>20825444
I know each book, when I try to buy a new one I know if I have it and what edition and format, and I own nearly 1000 books. The only times I doubt myself are large series I've bought in spurts, like the pleiades and some 12 vol history sets

>>20826267
It started happening to me first with secondary literature and later with books I bought during travels but then didn't take home with me. I usually know whether something is in my 2000 books as well but sometimes I'm not sure and buy duplicates when in secondhand stores. So having a list (with also my wantlist on there) with me at all times is very useful.

>>20825724
>NOOOO YOU NEED TO CONSOOOM

>>20825724
imagine unironically buying new paperbacks lmao

>>20825649
Any chance you post a bigger version or more photographs?

>>20821727
>xbro
>smackdown vs raw
>halo series
Excellent taste in vidya, shit taste in books

Thinking about getting two-volume, compact version of the Oxford English Dictionary (picrel). Am I falling for a meme?

Do people even read the books on their shelves?

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>>20827294
Imagine not being able to spend a few bucks more for a new one

>>20825724
>That isn’t impressive
>pseud buying books to impress
well atleast you're honest

>>20827952
Yes.
>>20827964
The amount of money isn't the point you brain dead mongoloid

>>20828016
The point is I’d rather have a clean new book that grubby hands haven’t handled

>>20795458
why the fuck would I post my shelf?

what the fuck is wrong with people on 4chan that are so obsessed with how they're seen? everybody here just listens to music, and reads to try and impress other people.

pathetic.

>>20828038
and that is impressive in what way?

>>20795899
fpbp this board is filled with insecure fucking losers

> OOOOH LOOK IM GONNA POST A PIC OF MY SHELF ON 4CHAN SO THE INCELS CAN SEE HOW CLEVER I AM

>>20828059
I’m not saying it’s impressive. More like it’s pathetic if you can’t afford that

>>20795899
>>20828064
It’s nice to find people with common interests and I believe most anons who have some type of extensive library actually read, which can’t be said for most of this board

>>20828066
you stated here clearly, that its being about "impressing" >>20825724

>>20796856
lol I'm a bookdealer, people bring all their books for free.

That said, interesting thread... see a lot Bucket List Shelves, making sure you read all classics.. Like to see more personality in this thread..

Normally I look at resell value, all non-fiction is basically worthless. Any collectors, antiquarians, bookflippo's or biliophiles on this board or are y'all wanabe writers?

>>20828080
Yeah, buying a ton of used books isn’t impressive. New books are simply the baseline

>>20827964
>>20825724
why the fuck would I buy a new book? seriously give me one reason to spend that much more money.

>>20828088
see>>20827978

>>20795899
this, i really hate these threads

>>20828176
>i have entered a thread of things i dont like and now i am mad.png

>>20828147
The new book is cleaner and in better condition. There are two reasons right there. Simple as

>>20828185
these threads are for the saddest most pathetic unoriginal people on earth.

anybody who takes a picture of their bookshelf and posts it on 4chan to try and boost their ego is so far from greatness its just contemptible.

>>20828255
why does that matter? how does buying a new book for £15 mean I can read it better than buying an old book for £1?

>>20815454
Well, I obviously dont have my drumset in front of my shelf

>>20828262
They both have the same words but the new book is in better condition and cleaner. If you can’t afford to spend a few bucks more for that, you need to get a better job or reevaluate your priorities because you are struggling financially

>>20828258
>reddit spacing
now this is bait

>>20828258
>t. doesn’t have a good book collection

>>20828308
its honestly better than anybody elses here. I don't have just 1 bookshelf I'm not 18 anymore I've got my own room dedicated to just books with shelves on every wall. and no I aint gonna post it cos I'm not a faggot.

>>20828355
Kek

>>20828279
why would I spend vastly more money just for it to be cleaner (who cares) and better condition (again who cares). are you 15 years old? you definitely sound 15. "if you're buying 2nd hand books get a better job." retarded logic. I make good money but I'm not interested in buying new books when I can find lovely old copies much cheaper that have more character. most of the books I own are very old.

>>20828308
i don't own that many books but the fact is i know ive actually comprehended the things i have read unlike most people i talk to (honestly the majority of people i know dont even read fiction) i could post a pic of my shelf if you really want i just don't have anything to prove to anyone. i know my taste in literature is good

>>20828364
Nah. You’re just a poorfag coping. No reason to be defending used books this much

>>20828391
So why post in the thread? You could just scroll past

>>20828398
why on earth would a person spend vastly more money on something when they could spend vastly less money on the same thing and get the exact same experience?

you must be retarded. you're obviously a braindead consumer with no originality or individualism. I bet you buy the newest shit always just to try and impress people.

pathetic. you're objectively inferior to me :)

>>20828415
You’d rather have a dirty, tarnished book that a new one. I bet you think a massive whore is just as good of a girlfriend as a virgin because the “content” is the same. Kek. You’re not better than anyone

>>20828422
>You’d rather have a dirty, tarnished

you obviously have a mental health problem. "ohhhhh noooo this book is dirty my fingers are dirty I feel dirty"


you've spent too much of your life alone and inside and its made you think outside things are dirty.

you are literally a sheep. a mindless consumer. a subhuman parasite that takes up space.

nobody is impressed or gives a shit that your books are new lmao. get a fucking life you sad pathetic cretin.

>>20795946

>>20828432
Nigga, we can go back and forth all day. You can insult me all you want, doesn’t change the fact that you are poor. Kek

>>20828442
except im not poor i definitely make more money than you lmao

now why should I give the big bookstores/amazon and chains my money when I can instead give my money to my local independent bookshop?

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>>20828454
because that wont impress people

>>20828454
Because you prefer dirty, suboptimal products. Absolute kek at you making more money than me.

>>20827330

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>>20828707
Is Somerset Maugham and His World worth tracking down and reading? I like Maugham a lot and have read a bit about him too.

>>20828726
I'm honestly not sure, I enjoyed the information, but i didn't know much about him previously... honestly, I only got it because I had really really enjoyed 'Chaucer And His World' and thought they were both part of a larger series.

>>20810799
>le LENIN
>die NAZI SCUM
trannies aren't cool

>>20828726
I’m guessing you’ve read Of Human Bondage? I always thought lit would love it in it’s prime. It had a Stoner like feel to it

>>20828831
haven't finished Bondage yet, got distracted with non-fiction. Hadn't heard of Stoner, but I'm liking the plot description

>>20828636
stop moving goal post you faggot ass bitch
you already stated it is about how you are perceived by others based on your consume behaviour

>>20796405
Do Americans really?

>>20822258
a-anon..

>>20829026
>consume!!!

>>20829207
seeing you wont address my argument
i accept your concession
(not like you had any point to begin with)

>>20829235
Well my argument isn’t really an argument. It’s more about facts. I have better quality books, more money, a bigger dick and more bitches than you. Simple as

>>20827952
I don't
>>20827964
Get new Loeb's for less than a dollar

>>20828079
Agreed friendo

>>20828364
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>>20828255
My used book dealer sells new books all the time for used prices. I get everyman's starting at .50

>>20829259
That doesn’t look new at all

>>20829246
given the fact that you need fresh amazon prints of books to impress people i doubt the majority of your statement

>>20795946
>the tunnel
lol
have you finished it?

>>20820275
this is what I expect the average lit poster has read
the only thing that's missing is 12 rules for life with a book mark clearly visible in the first quarter of the book.

>>20821402
tell me why exactly you aren't part of the german book club?

>>20821466
>benn gesammelte gedichte
based

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>>20829758
Copepost

>>20829770

I don't know, anon...your post smells like the cope post...

>>20829758
definition of a midwit cope

>>20829917

Works everytime

>>20829631
1) I have my own reading schedule
2) didn't know one existed :^)

>>20829633
Benn is one of my favorites. Once I'm done with the Greeks and lots of 18th and 19th century I'm getting back to early 20th century literature.

Reminder that if all your books can be bought new then you're still dwelling at the surface of literature.
If you haven't at least five books on your shelf that haven't been reprinted in over 100 years you're ngmi.

>>20829961
Not many people collect antiquarian books. My brill's are pretty rare, and some poetry...do my French books count?

>>20829968
Anon could you please post examples of what a typical page looks like in the pleiade books?
If you do could you please take photos from the montaigne volume? I've heard they have notes but I'm not really sure what they actually contain
I would appreciate it so fucking much if you did that for me
Nice collection btw

>>20829968
ngl if I was more fluent in French I'd probably buy some of these as well. But my French is only good enough to get me through my French art books and I understand maybe half of it.

>>20829981
The notes are in the back, as end notes, and they have essays, bios, etc in them. Here's a page

>>20829992
Thanks
How many page would you estimate the non text stuff takes up in the book?
Like maybe 50 pages max of notes, essays, etc?

>>20829993
Depends, balzc has an entire book and then some, Montaigne is well over a hundred

>>20829998
Like one volume dedicated to the notes and no notes in the rest of the volumes?
I hope this doesn't expose my ignorance but isn't Balzac quite a standard novelist? As far as I understand him he's like a Dickens or Henry James of French novels so I'd be surprised what kind of notes people would require beyond maybe explaining a referenced historical event
If it's just essays analysing all of the novels by different scholars of Balzac that would be cool though

>>20819483
https://www.amazon.com/Decline-Empire-Volumes-Everymans-Library/dp/0307700763/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=2Y948S6RLXYI2&keywords=decline+and+fall+of+the+roman+empire&qid=1660367895&sprefix=decline+and+%2Caps%2C220&sr=8-2

Man am I happy I don't own this crap.
Such a waste of space. A waste of time.
People who buy or collect anything have a mental illness. Just think I could have every single book in this thread on an 13" eink ereader as a PDF.

>>20830019
Reminder that if you don't own at least 50 books that aren't available digitally then you're a hopeless pleb.

>>20827935
Wtf is the drawer for

>>20830019
good for you lol

>>20830025
to stash away your reading cocaine

>>20830025
It stores the magnifying glass you need to read the text
>>20827935
It's a waste of money and a meme but I feel the same way
If I can get it for $50 I'll buy it

bump :)

>>20828673
>>20828670
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>>20828650
Nice. Interesting collection.

ded thred

>>20830910
Reminds me of your sex life

>>20830983
rude and uncalled for
;_;

>>20808750
>Landmark Herodotus
Sell it to me

>>20831480
bookdepository.com
amazon.com
There you go

>>20830061
>It's a waste of money and a meme but I feel the same way
>If I can get it for $50 I'll buy it
You said it's a waste of money and a meme but would be willing to buy and own it for $50? Which is it?

>>20831584
Hardcover, anon.

>>20811924
ominous

>>20829981
Be aware that there are two versions of Montaigne pleiade now. The new one has the translations of latin passages as footnotes on the same page, but it doesn't have the travel journal or the letters.

The old version (the one the guy who posted pictures has, and the one I have) has the translations in the back of the book and also the travel journal and letters (which are dubious imo). Personally I say find a late printing of that one.

>>20833835
I was looking online and I was a bit confused because it seems like the complete works are out of print?
Also why call it oeuvres completes if it's not his complete works and they have another book of his essays?

>>20833870
Yeah, I had to do the research on this but had access to a library with ILL, so I got to compare before buying.

Œuvres complètes, edited by Maurice Rat, is truly the complete works. If that's what you're concerned with, find a copy of that published after the 70s or 80s and you should be fine.

Having the Latin/Greek at the bottom of the page would be nice (I don't read either) but flipping to the back isn't so bad. I'm sure the 2007 "Essais" volume is full of shit modern agenda commentary anyway.

>>20833927
Thanks for the help anon, I appreciate it a lot