Used bookstore finds

[Anonymous No.18423253]

This was quite the find, have not been to my local store in a while and saw an old, worn, hardcover copy with a dent about halfway through. Opened up to find what I first thought to be a leaf, only to see it was a dry, pressed flower.
Nice to think someone pressed it in there for a reason, whatever it could have been.

[Anonymous No.18423368]

Dude, that's a placenta

[Anonymous No.18423369]

>>18423253
Press another flower in then pass it on

[Anonymous No.18423375]

[Anonymous No.18423383]

>>18423375
That's not a bookmark, but a snack for Americans to keep reading

This is literally what Americans do, they drop little snackies in between the pages so they can push to read those final 10-15 pages and get a little reward

[Anonymous No.18423397]

>>18423383
Made me lol. Thanks!

[Anonymous No.18423407]

>>18423383
University of LIVERPOOL. Nothing to do with Americans.

[Anonymous No.18423418]

>>18423375
eurocucks...cant even put cheese in between library books, you can do that in america free of charge without a license..

[Anonymous No.18423435]

>>18423407
That's clearly American cheese, nobody in Europe would buy that

[Anonymous No.18423440]

>>18423383
holy... do they really...

[Anonymous No.18423455]

>>18423253
I found this bookmark in a used copy of The Iliad I bought online.

[Anonymous No.18423469]

I also found a bunch of dried ginkgo leaves, can’t bring myself to throwing them away

[Anonymous No.18423557]

>>18423455
whose prose translation is that?
I wanna read it in prose this time who would you recommend?

[Anonymous No.18423606]

>>18423253
I just get the occasional pubic hair

[Anonymous No.18423773]

>>18423407
England is a NATO colony

[Anonymous No.18423891]

>>18423773
It's nacho colony, continentals.

[Anonymous No.18424168]

>>18423557
Not OP but I'm reading the Samuel Butler translation. I asked whether it was a good translation in another thread and someone replied saying "Yes, it is one of the better ones."

[Anonymous No.18424172]

>>18424168
Thanks
Will consider it once I read Iliad again in prose this time

[Anonymous No.18424174]

>>18423557
Not OP but I'm reading the Samuel Butler translation. I asked whether it was a good translation in another thread and someone replied saying "Yes, it is one of the better ones."

Also, you can get it leather bound https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iliad-Odyssey-Leather-bound-Classics-Homer/dp/1607102129/ref=sr_1_2?crid=24AQJVUL7E4S5&dchild=1&keywords=the+iliad+and+the+odyssey+leatherbound&qid=1623326672&sprefix=the+iliad+and+the+odyssey+leath%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-2

[Anonymous No.18424227]

Fuck bros, I really want to head down to my local used book store and buy some used books
Can't wait for lockdown to end...

[Anonymous No.18424316]

>>18424227
call them and ask if they could take photos of shelves and if you can place an order online

[Anonymous No.18424827]

>>18423253
On my last trip to a used bookshop, I got The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Wanting Seed for £1 each. Aswell as a book that had both the Eyes Wide Shut screenplay and Dream Story

[Anonymous No.18424992]

I found this years ago in a book from a charity shop, I can't remember which book it was in but I use it to this day.

[Anonymous No.18425063]

>>18423253
I bought a copy of "The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" having only checked a few pages and ascertained it was in good shape, only to find that it had been heavily noted by a chinese person, so the margins are all filled with gook runes.

>>18423557
Not him, but if you're at all interested in poetry, Pope's verse translation is arguably the best. The prose versions each have their own merits and downfalls, a bit like bible translations, but Pope's Iliad stands atop them in glorious verse.

>>18424227
There were two within a ten minute drive of my house, but they both closed during the pandemic, so now I've only got the library and a B&N, and they're both ~25 minutes away. Feelsbad. Hopefully a new one will pop up soon once things get closer to normal.