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Stack thread/recent purchases thread. What did we cop lads?

>> No.16625747

this is an e-reader board

>> No.16625751
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>>16625709

>> No.16625759

I don't buy books anymore. It's just cringe consumerism.

>> No.16625763
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>>16625709

>> No.16625768

I'll post a pic later but a friend of mine gave me a signed copy of Son of Missouri by M. M. Brashear.

>> No.16625770

>>16625759
t. Insecure poorfag

>> No.16625777

>>16625770
So insecure he doesn't feel the need to post pictures of all the things hes consoooming, lmao

>> No.16625779

>>16625709
>The Business of Living
I hope you didn't pay more than $20 for that.

>> No.16625782

>>16625777
Cope

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>>16625709
>Ashbery

>>16625763
>A Glastonbury Romance

>> No.16625807

>>16625779
I got it for 20 dollardoos

>> No.16625809

>>16625759
whats wrong with consumerism

>> No.16625810

Purchases in the last few days:

Wordsworth's Frankenstein (1831 text)
Wordsworth's Jekyll and Hyde
Top tier edition of Lolita (Penguin)
Grimscribe + Songs of a Dead Dreamer in a single Penguin Classics volume for just 10 euro
Ghost Stories of Henry James (shit cover, but decent paperback, cheap)
and Treasure Island

Next up: Haunting of the Hill House and any Chesterton I can find.

>> No.16625812

>>16625807
Show receipt or e-receipt.

>> No.16625819

>>16625709
>>16625763
Whats with all the James Merrill?

Recently got the boxed set of Robert Alter's translation of the hebrew bible used on ebay for almost $40. It came in the mail and looks brand-fucking-new, so I'm happy.

>> No.16625836

>>16625807
Doubt. I bought my copy in 2015 for $32.

>> No.16625911
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Illiad has been really cool so far. Not a huge fan of Seneca, but I've already read Epictetus so I've heard it all before. Feels good to really start reading more Plato, I'm trying to go slow and build a good foundation so I can read and understand Kant, and Schop to some extent.

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>>16625812
>>16625836
ok 22.22 but i have wanted it for years

>> No.16626118

>>16625972
Damn. Good find, anon. Enjoy. Pavese is one of my favorites. I own everything currently available. Whatever you do, don’t go straight to the entry. Read it from the very beginning.

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Some birthday purchases.

>> No.16626202

>>16626137
hapy birsday fren

>> No.16626210

>>16626202
thanks

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>>16625709
Charity book sale

>> No.16626439

nothing because i already have a backlog of like 50 books. also i hate these threads just like bookshelf threads extremely vapid and faggy

>> No.16626458

>>16626439
>vapid and faggy
t. seething "fell for the ereader meme" zoomer

>> No.16626474

>>16626439
faggot

>> No.16626477

>>16626439
t. insecure poorfag

>> No.16626722

>>16625972
I'm going to murder you

>> No.16626752

>>16626722
why anon

>> No.16626983
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16626983

Reading Musashi along with the Book of Five Rings, which is written by Musashi. Going to finish them tonight. Fucking awesome.

>> No.16626996

>>16626411
Nice. Journey to the West is the literary equivalent of an anime.

>> No.16627023

>>16626752
Because that was the only one on Amazon selling that cheap. Now the lowest priced one is $44

>> No.16627025

>>16625809
It kinda blows, it's unpleasant

>> No.16627027

@all

What can you learn from short stories?
Sounds like gossip to me.

>> No.16627036

>>16627027
You do not read by learning fiction

>> No.16627047

>>16627023
There was one for 25 dollars a while ago. Just keep your eye on it for new sellers.

>> No.16627060

>>16626411
>*Pan* is perhaps the most beautiful novel ever written...
-Weininger

>> No.16627279

Bump

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>> No.16627451

>>16625819
>Whats with all the James Merrill?
He got spammed last month

>> No.16627624

>>16625751
Is this real?
I love Manuel Scorza, are you that other guy from Peru?
Wanna go fuck in Barranco bro, no homo tho

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>>16625709

Just finished The French Lieutenant’s Woman. Currently working through Ethics and the Civil War history.

>> No.16627806

>>16627799
> DQ in the stack
Nice, glad you have something comfortable and thought provoking

>> No.16627831

>>16627806
DQ has been on my shelf for something like 10 years...time to finally read it.

>> No.16627877

>>16625709
10/10 honest to go perfect stack

>> No.16627950

>>16626411
nice haul anon

>> No.16628606

bumpp

>> No.16628853

>>16625782
I'm not sure you know what that word means, anon.

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k

>> No.16628997

>>16625911
Try Simplicius Commentary on Epictetus Handbook, as well as Porphyry's Introduction to Aristotle's Categories and Simplicius Commentary on the Categories; obviously also Plotinus since a he's the third Plato (in the sense that all Philosophy is a footnote to Plato, Aristotle and Plotinus—which Schopenhauer would agree with), specifically his thiccc tractates, like the Problems of the Soul (entire 4th Ennead) and his critique of the Categories (6.1-3). Reading all of Plotinus is only beneficial.
There's also Dexippus: On Aristotle Categories, which covers Porphyry and Plotinus and a Iamblichus, and might be nice to read before Plotinus (but after Porphyry).
Why so much about the Categories? You'll know. One reason being it basically prefigures Kant and later Analytical shit.

>> No.16629286

>>16626137
Happy birthday anon

>> No.16629410

>>16628915
Nice flash

>> No.16629600

>>16629410
Are you an Anti-Flashist?

>> No.16629926
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just inherited this small selection, which should i read first?

>> No.16629987

>>16629600
amazing

>> No.16630015

>>16629926
a clockwork orange if you haven't already, but other than that it's hard to make out the titles

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I can NOT stop reading these. I haven't read anything else at all in 2 months

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>>16630015
i’ve seen the film but haven’t read the book, will read it first thanks! this picture might be better

>> No.16630097

>>16629926
That’s a nice gift. Assuming you’re newish, start with the basics
>Of Mice And Men
>To Kill A Mockingbird
>Frankenstein
>Brave New World
>Lord Of The Flies
>HG Wells
>The Count Of Monte Cristo
>Twain
>Kesey
Then move on to Dostoyevsky, Nabokov, Joyce

>> No.16630103

ebay is the best place to buy used books online, ye?

>> No.16630112

>>16627451
Filtered, pleb. How about you actually read Merrill.

>> No.16630139

>>16626983
10/10 based and vagabondpilled

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>> No.16630244

>>16630097
thanks dude, i used to read a lot but not since i was like 10, excited to get stuck in with these

>> No.16630449

>>16629926
>>16630091
what's that hand

>> No.16630763

>>16625709
holy shit how did you cop this business of living? it's always like 50 dollars wherever I look.

>> No.16630838

>>16625759
Cringed.
>>16625751
Based.

>> No.16630990
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Are shelves accepted?

I have the LEC Brothers Karamazov coming in any day now--very excited.

>> No.16631098

>>16625709
based poetry choices op. Merrill is so good, I cant believe this board doesnt have daily Merrill-posters

>> No.16631111

>>16630990
Shelf threads are a separate thing

>> No.16631125

>>16630449
just off a shop mannequin i’m pretty sure, someone left it at my house at a party for some reason lol

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>missing Till We Have Faces -- CS Lewis, since I'm currently reading it

>> No.16632344

>>16630091
Thats a really nice blend. Theres some normie stuff but its mostly into lit with occasional mid tier stuff. Nice inheritance Anon

>> No.16632347

>>16625759
what else am I supposed to spend my money on?

>> No.16632356

>>16632347
hookers

>> No.16632358

>>16631666
>stack
1 book

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>>16625709
bedside reading

>> No.16632612

>>16630075
nice collection

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1/2

>> No.16632651

>>16632344
thanks friend. i’m very excited to get stuck in!

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1/2

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2/2

>> No.16632934

>>16632659
>>16632666
Pfft how embarrassing! Dont you want to read something challenging every now and then Anon? Strive to better yourself a little fren

>> No.16632996

>>16632358
>stack/recent purchases thread
>recent purchases

learn to read nigger

>> No.16633009

>>16625810
>1831 text
never gonna make it

>> No.16633027

>>16632934
>challenging
>long is challenging
Cringe

>> No.16633044

>>16633027
> Nietzsche, shoppy and heidigger are just long bro
So this is the power of the newfag?

>> No.16633060

>>16633044
>I like to judge from a picture
Is this your power?

>> No.16633085

>>16631111
Apologies.

>> No.16633264

>>16632018
I heard that that was his best book...

>> No.16633282

>>16633264
It's a good one, Abolition of Man is my favorite

>> No.16633681

>>16633060
A tacit admission that you havent read them. Ive read a fair amount of Nietzsche and some schoppy. So im not judging by picture but experience. Whats your criteria for a difficult book if not what is largely regarded as some of the most difficult philosophy out there? You played yourself faggot. You probably didnt even notice them in the picture and wanted to insult me. Lurk more next time newfag

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r8

>> No.16633892

>>16633681
Lmao you're completely mad, you've made assumptions out of nothing

>> No.16634097

>>16625759
It's possibly the less consoomeristic buying you can do today, anon

>> No.16634160

>>16626411
You don't read.

>> No.16634197

>>16626411
Based

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2 stacks of books on right I thrifted today for a total of £18.50. Stack of 2 books on left cost £21 pounds (new). Just ordered the penguin deluxe edition paperbacks of White noise and libra for £22, and bought a copy of Anna karenina for £8.

No more books for a while

>> No.16634251

>>16634249
bought a penguin deluxe copy of Moby Dick**, NOT libra.

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Finally got carlyle's french revolution.. in hardback boxed set cheaper than I could get the paperbacks from book depository...

>> No.16634550

>>16626411
based Petronius

>> No.16635073

Bump

>> No.16635176

>>16626137
Based Franklin autobiography reader

>> No.16635339

>>16632659
These editions look beautiful. What's the publisher?

>> No.16635768

I REALLY hated Turn of The Screw and the other stories in the collection, but I would be willing to give Henry James another chance. What is something else I should read, OP?

>> No.16635776

>>16632526
Did you get About Face because of Jocko?

>> No.16635778

>>16630075
This kind of spooks me out because I can see so much of myself in this - I too brought all the books in order + legion before just buying a book on a chapter that interested me (in this case ad mech).

Its a hell of a drug

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>>16635768
Short stories? Try this collection (contains the author of beltraffio, the lesson of the master, the private life, the middle years, the death of the lion, the next time, the figure in the carpet, and john delavoy). also check out the beast in the jungle (considered by many to be his best short story) and the altar of the dead.
novels? try the portrait of a lady or the bostonians. the ambassadors if you are ambitious.

>> No.16635915

>>16626137
What is that New York Trilogy? How is there an extra 200 pages in it? Also happy birthday

>> No.16636144

>>16635339
Adelphi. Yeah they make very kino books.

>> No.16636154

>>16634327
Sword of Honour is good stuff anon, nice stack

>> No.16636169

>>16630091
That's a really solid mix of 20th century british lit. John Wyndam is a nice (and very accessible) writer. Is that the only John Buchan novel you have? The entire Richard Hannay series is fun but you can't really start with The Island of Sheep. Simenon is a good mystery author too

>> No.16637064

>>16631666
Based

>> No.16637091

>>16625709
Orpheus?

>> No.16637204

>>16637091
Nah. Does Orpheus also love Henry James?

>> No.16637215

>>16634249

I just started Atonement lately and really enjoying it

>> No.16637218

>>16632659
>>16632666
sembrano nuovi, ne hai letto qualcuno?

>> No.16637237

>>16637218
Sai com'è, si può leggere un libro anche senza devastarlo se non sei un cesso di uomo

>> No.16637271

>>16637204
Not sure, but he (you?) likes The Business of Living, Gaddis, and William Carlos Williams, and probably likes James Merrill.

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Half is new, half is used. I usually don't buy new but I went to a university bookstore yesterday and they everything imaginable (including memes like the complete works of Heidegger [>50 hardcovers], the complete works of Paracelsus and Böhme, Goethe in Chinese and Arno Schmidt's Zettels Traum in German and English)

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Recent cops

>> No.16637679

>>16627027
The same thing you learn from other fiction but faster.

>> No.16637957

>>16637312
>"KOMÖDIEN"
kek

>> No.16638428

>>16637957
in German we just turned the ο and ω with iota-subscripts into ö, not like anglos who just take the latin version and bastardize it even more.

>> No.16638786

>>16627301
white noise is great
>>16627799
how was the french lieutenant's woman?
>>16628915
which Hesse book is above The Secret History?
>>16629926
read One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
>>16630145
nice
>>16633829
7
>>16634249
That Spine for The Corrections is really cool then what we have in the US
>>16637641
who is that a picture of? The Sorrows of Young Werther seems like something I should prioritize reading.

>> No.16639725

>>16637679
Good reply, thanks.

>> No.16639747

>>16630145
just picked up antkind about 100 pages in and it's kind of infuriating but seems promising
foucault's pendulum rules

>> No.16639767

>>16626411
how the hell is that divine comedy so huge

>> No.16639933

>>16626411
Go to another book sale that stack is from at least April

>> No.16640049

>>16625751
How does one even take a picture this low quality. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people.

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>>16625768
Here the little stack, mostly Cabell.

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On the way.