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Anonymous Wed Aug 29 12:53:37 2012 No.2940825 [DELETED]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_World

Hey /lit/, does anyone else have this set?
I've got the first edition and was wondering what you thought about it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 13:00:36 2012 No.2940840 You have it in physical form or as a collection of ebooks?

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 13:02:38 2012 No.2940848 >>2940840 Physical. I got a set from half price books as a christmas gift when I was 15.

>>	Standard Toaster !HONDA2w4Mk Wed Aug 29 13:03:59 2012 No.2940850 My college library has those. They're pretty nice.

>>	Standard Toaster !TOASTXbkRg Wed Aug 29 13:04:59 2012 No.2940853 >>2940850 Oops.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 13:05:58 2012 No.2940855 >>2940850 >honda

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 13:07:58 2012 No.2940861 >>2940850 A library without them is not a library

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 13:07:58 2012 No.2940862 >>2940850 They really are classy looking as hell.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 13:23:20 2012 No.2940886 >>2940862 >Classy looking as hell Guess you've never seen really old books huh? Those books. They are like the fancy americans copies of castles in Europe. Shiny plastic.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 13:29:38 2012 No.2940891 Looks pretty anglo-centric, but that's the worst I can say about it. Where do you get these?

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 14:02:37 2012 No.2940935 >>2940891 I'm tired of the east and their depressing apathetic philosophies for people without a will.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 14:58:23 2012 No.2941030 >60 books >Weight - 47 Kg Yeah, thanks but no.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 15:03:23 2012 No.2941042 >>2940891 You can get the new edition from britannica's website but it's around a thousand dollars so I'd suggest looking around used and antique bookstores, I know half price books has a set for relatively cheap every once and a while.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 15:04:24 2012 No.2941045 >>2940886 This. They look like Disney. Also, OP, collecting books is like priding yourself in your encyclopaedia these days. Nobody gives a fuck. You shouldn't either.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 15:05:57 2012 No.2941046 >>2940886 The 2nd edition isn't all that great but my 1st edition is leather bound and really nice. Maybe not on the same level as some antique books but still.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 15:09:57 2012 No.2941056 >>2941045 Yeah but no one gives a fuck about reading in general anymore so why bother worrying about it? I enjoy collecting books, that's all that matters to me.

>>	Anonymous Wed Aug 29 16:57:53 2012 No.2941268 >>2940825 have the 1st edition. I love it

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