Bookshelf Thread

[Anonymous No.7367078]

[Anonymous No.7367091]

>7367078

[Anonymous No.7367135]

>>7367078
>Shakespeare
>The Comedies
>The Tragedies
>no sonnets
TRASH

[Anonymous No.7367137]

[Anonymous No.7367142]

>>7367135
>no Histories either
DOUBLE TRASH

[Anonymous No.7367147]

>>7367091
WHY IS THAT OSCAR WILDE UPSIDE DOWN?

[Anonymous No.7367153]

>>7367091
I haven't read anything by Henry James. Would you recommend The Turn of the Screw?

>>7367135
>>7367142
>wut
The Tragedies and such are on my list, just acquiring the funds.

[Anonymous No.7367469]

First post on lit.. Just got a new shelf so it's still a little messy, haven't had time to organize. Please be kind.

[Anonymous No.7367490]

Seriously though, why would you save books that you have already read and that you don't need to use for references?

[Anonymous No.7367491]

>>7367469

What's that poster to the left of your bookshelf?

Also, settlers of catan is sick, good choice mang.

[Anonymous No.7367497]

>>7367469
Can't say I expected to see Supernintendo Chalmers when I clicked to enlarge the image.

[Anonymous No.7367501]

>>7367490
Why do you think an anon doesn't need them for reference? Especially people who are planning to be literature professors.

[Anonymous No.7367512]

Bookshelf pics should be posted horizontally, I just want to read the books names desu.

[Anonymous No.7367515]

>>7367490
Why wouldn't you have a nice edition? It's aesthetically pleasant and more comfortable to read. I often buy both a sort of luxurious hardcover edition and a low-quality hardcover/poche when I can.

[Anonymous No.7367522]

>>7367490
The same reason everyone does

for their children to enjoy as they grow and learn

[Anonymous No.7367571]

You jelly? I just moved to a new apartment. This is a fraction of my collection, most o it's still at my parents house.

[Anonymous No.7367576]

>>7367571
“Jelly” over a poor collection made of DVD? Yeah, you know how to live the literary lifestyle, you madman.

[Anonymous No.7367580]

>>7367576
>DVD
Mostly Blu-ray.

[Anonymous No.7367584]

>>7367571
that isnt a bookshelf desu

[Anonymous No.7367586]

>>7367571
>bookshelf
>no books

[Anonymous No.7367587]

>>7367580
I'm a pleb, my bad.

[Anonymous No.7367591]

>>7367584
>>7367586
There are books.

[Anonymous No.7367596]

>>7367591
nope

no books

you are on the wrong board

[Anonymous No.7367598]

>>7367591
if i put dvds on my bookshelf it doesnt make it a dvd shelf its a bookshelf with 3 dvds on it.

[Anonymous No.7367599]

>>7367596
36 books in fact

[Anonymous No.7367613]

>>7367598
Well here's a shot from my bookshelf at my parents house before I moved.

[Anonymous No.7367615]

look at my dank new bookends

[Anonymous No.7367619]

>>7367078

>all those books with perfectly intact spines

lmao

[Anonymous No.7367626]

>>7367613
>>7367599
not sure where you're getting these numbers from??

[Anonymous No.7367632]

>>7367619
Leatherbound can't have their spine cracked.

>>7367613
>>7367571
>mangas and dvds

[Anonymous No.7367633]

>>7367626
>Manga aren't books
Am I right?

[Anonymous No.7367637]

[Anonymous No.7367647]

>>7367469
>all those western comics
>no manga
real baka desu senpai

[Anonymous No.7367648]

>>7367633
what's a manga

[Anonymous No.7367656]

>>7367078
What is your edition of Paradise Lost called?

[Anonymous No.7367660]

>>7367637
no one caressssssssss

[Anonymous No.7367661]

>>7367648
I bet you think it's animes too.

[Anonymous No.7367670]

>>7367661
google says an animes is a cartoon for children, but i thought you had to be 18 to post here?

[Anonymous No.7367683]

>>7367613
Can I get the titles and authors for the books on the bottom shelf with the figurines?

I can make out that the first one is Film Analysis.

[Anonymous No.7367718]

Fuck yeah

[Anonymous No.7367758]

>>7367718
Pictures makes it look more meth lab than lit library.

[Anonymous No.7367789]

>>7367619
>he doesn't take care of his books

[Anonymous No.7367830]

>>7367718
Is there a name for these disgusting clusters of shit piled in a room? I love looking at them but they only seem to sporadically pop up in random 4chan threads. Is there a collection anywhere?

[Anonymous No.7367841]

>>7367830
>Is there a name for these disgusting clusters of shit piled in a room?

"mess"

[Anonymous No.7367867]

>>7367841
I mean pictures of 'mess'

[Anonymous No.7367873]

>>7367656
It's the Easton Press printing, with illustrations by William Blake.

[Anonymous No.7367902]

>>7367830
I believe the proper term is "these disgusting clusters of shit"

[Anonymous No.7367931]

>>7367153
>funds
>not stealing books
TRASH

[Anonymous No.7367960]

>>7367571
>Desu, desu. It's so kawaii.
Seriously though, you're the actual definition of a weaboo.

[Anonymous No.7367962]

>>7367931

[Anonymous No.7367978]

>>7367522
This was honestly the first time I got the feels regarding never having children, nice job.

[Anonymous No.7367982]

>>7367491
Big Trouble In Little China

[Anonymous No.7368007]

1/2
Have to double stack because poor.

[Anonymous No.7368010]

>>7368007
2/2
Also have a gift/shit/grown out of/throw away pile.. little embarrassed to show that

[Anonymous No.7368020]

>>7367718
is this an archaeologist-type character's room in a movie set

[Anonymous No.7368046]

>>7367147
Is upside down because that's how german spines are, all their books and DVDs point that way.
>>7367153
Turn of the screw is excellent. I would highly recommend. I love the genre.

[Anonymous No.7368055]

Please dont bully.

[Anonymous No.7368060]

>>7368007
miring those comics

[Anonymous No.7368062]

>>7367960
No kawaii there. It's all patrician. This isn't /a/.

[Anonymous No.7368070]

>>7368055
>Tyra Banks
>Stopped reading Titles and Authors for my own sanity

[Anonymous No.7368071]

>>7367637
BOSTON
O
S
T
O
N

[Anonymous No.7368086]

>>7368055
I was going to admire your painting of laundry to the left until I realised it was a mirror's reflection.

[Anonymous No.7368120]

>>7367078
Where do you get those nice-looking books on the second and third shelves, like the Shakespeare?

[Anonymous No.7368158]

>>7368020
My life is the movie desu
There's so little time left; dusting is a waste of life minutes

[Anonymous No.7368192]

>>7367078
>Roberto Bolaño
my nigga

[Anonymous No.7368195]

>>7368120
Everything on the second shelf I bought from used bookstores in college towns. The books on the third shelf (excluding Lolita and Catch 22) were all ordered off of Amazon.

[Anonymous No.7368208]

>>7367571
I really enjoyed Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter. Nice Lupin stuff, too.

[Anonymous No.7368227]

top left:
fun reads

top right:
recent fun reads

middle left:
"serious" philosophy

middle right
fun philosophy

[Anonymous No.7368236]

>>7368227
>/fa/scist tries to post on /lit/
Your fit is shit

[Anonymous No.7368250]

>>7368227
we want to see the bookshelf not your fucking hand on your cock

[Anonymous No.7368287]

>>7368227
>hey guys look at my clothes
>haha u mirin am i right?

[Anonymous No.7368301]

>>7368055
you are proabably reely ugly

[Anonymous No.7368302]

>>7367078
What order is that in?
>All that Cormac over the place

[Anonymous No.7368304]

most of these are stolen from sam hyde i use the liberry

[Anonymous No.7368314]

>>7368055
your taste is butts.

I see not one book I'd bother reading there.

Nice figures though, I like the Jon Snow.

[Anonymous No.7368318]

>>7368314

>your taste is butts.
>Nice figures though, I like the Jon Snow.

[Anonymous No.7368414]

>>7367830
Neckbeardnest, its a subreddit too i thinm

[Anonymous No.7368467]

>>7367078
This looks like the bookshelf of somebody who really, really cares what others think of him, and buys (maybe even reads) books as a fashion statement.

Also it seems that you cant decide for yourself what book you want, so you take /lit/s circlejerk advice.
Overall you seem a very boring person.

t. pulp fiction books stacked in a shoebox owner

[Anonymous No.7368486]

>>7367078
I have most of these books but in pleb tier paperback. I'm so jealous of these beautiful bindings... You are living the patrician dream OP.

[Anonymous No.7368491]

>>7367718
Why are there so many chemicals on the shelves. What the fuck?!

[Anonymous No.7368667]

>>7368491
My thoughts exactly

[Anonymous No.7368674]

>>7367718
I want to hate fuck your shelves.

I want to run up to them, flail around and feel them fall on me.

[Anonymous No.7368711]

>>7368304
aw, i used to steal library books, just ripped out the chip in the bathroom

[Anonymous No.7368721]

>>7367571
This picture made me vomit.

[Anonymous No.7368724]

>>7367591
Manga aren't books.

[Anonymous No.7368727]

>>7367613
This is still shit.
>>>/a/

[Anonymous No.7368729]

>>7368055
Terrible. Why are you here.

[Anonymous No.7368738]

>>7368055
>those fucking pop figurines
the only thing worse are those figurines mashed onto a mickey mouse silhouette. They are stupid fucking gimmicks and I'll fight somebody. Buy figurines but why the fuck wouldn't you buy figurines that look like the characters? They're fucking chibis! Who the fuck wants a chibi khal drogo or some shit?

I legitimately think people who buy vinylmations are retarded with zero concept of aesthetics and pop figurines are barely better.

[Anonymous No.7368784]

>>7368729
Savage

[Anonymous No.7368811]

>>7368208
>Nice Lupin stuff, too.
Thanks, I have a lot more at my parents houses. More DVDs, all the manga, and some figures. Lupin's great.

[Anonymous No.7368825]

>>7368811
You read LeBlanc then?

[Anonymous No.7368979]

>>7368055
>Please dont bully.
Life has probably bullied you enough

[Anonymous No.7368982]

>>7368227
>>>/slav/

[Anonymous No.7369008]

>>7368302
I haven't really figured out how to order them myself, so I've been sorting them vaguely by a mix of publisher/author.
Any suggestions?

>>7368467
I'm sorry to have given you that impression. I'll say that I do try to buy books that look nice, but overall focus on the quality of the editions in question.
If it's a beautiful binding, but a shit translation, or if any alterations have been made to the text, I won't take it.

Regarding my taste, I do have a smattering of /lit/ core, and am making my way through it in a timely fashion. I want to read as many "classics" as I can, then move out to more obscure books.
Even now, there are a couple of items there that I rarely see discussed.

>>7368486
Thank you, anon. Glad you like it.

[Anonymous No.7369024]

>>7367078
Patrician collection anon, i think this is about as much of a library you could expect from anyone that's not a scholar. Just three questions: have you read all of it? How old are you and WHERE did you find those beautifull covers.

[green !YOUlQWt3s6 No.7369032]

>>7367571
>paying $$ for criterions

[green !YOUlQWt3s6 No.7369037]

>>7367718
Comfy t b h

[Anonymous No.7369040]

1/2

[Anonymous No.7369045]

>>7369040

2/2

[Anonymous No.7369055]

>>7369024
I'm 18, have read a little more than half (I acquired them much quicker than I could possibly read them), and either ordered them from Amazon, or found them in used bookstores.
I'm a Canadakek, and can say from my travels that southern Ontario college towns has some phenomenal bookstores. Specifically London (Attic Books), and Kingston (Berry & Peterson Booksellers).

[Anonymous No.7369060]

>>7369055
>c*u*c*k has been filtered
Good to know.

[Anonymous No.7369101]

>>7367078
Honestly...

[Anonymous No.7369102]

>>7369060
These filters are really annoying to be honest with you family. I thought under new leadership 4chan would just chill.

[Anonymous No.7369104]

I posted a single shelf earlier, but I see whole cases here, so here's my two main...

[Anonymous No.7369105]

>>7368674
That's hot.

[Anonymous No.7369110]

>>7369104
not sure why it rotated the photo, but here's #2.

[Anonymous No.7369113]

>>7369110
Ha! I have Gonzo too.

[Anonymous No.7369114]

>>7368250
>cock
>implying

[Anonymous No.7369116]

>>7368227
are those fat thighs?

[Anonymous No.7369132]

>>7367718
I don't understand how anyone can live this way and be at all comfortable with it.

You sicken me t b h f a m

[Anonymous No.7369144]

>>7368825
I have not. Is the original Lupin good?

[Anonymous No.7369161]

>>7369144
Well, to be honest, I only read the german translation, Der Schatz der Könige von Frankreich, which surprised me, because it didn't follow Arsene Lupin, but rather a young reporter hunting him down. I did like it, but he's very different from Lupin the 3rd.

It's also funny because I legitimately forgot that they weren't supposed to be gay for each other. I remember furrowing my brow and flipping to the back of the book to re-read the synopsis mid paragraph because Lupin pinning Beautrelet against a shed aggressively was so fucking homoerotic.

But this was a couple years ago, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

[Anonymous No.7369176]

>>7369161
Sorry, he's a gymnast. Weird.

[Anonymous No.7369178]

>bookcase thread
How about study room thread?

[Anonymous No.7369182]

>>7369178
Opposite

[Anonymous No.7369183]

>>7369178
I think I just came

[Anonymous No.7369184]

>>7369178
Bourgeois trash

[Anonymous No.7369189]

>>7369110
I feel like you are a woman in her mid to late thirties. How correct am I?

[Anonymous No.7369192]

>>7367078
How's Know Your Beholder?

[Anonymous No.7369195]

>>7369178
>>7369182
>mindless shrieking
That's pretty cool I guess.

[Anonymous No.7369197]

>>7369182
I'd bet all my savings you've read less than 30% of that collection.

[Anonymous No.7369200]

Not pictures is a stack of books on my desk by Tacitus, Jane Jacobs, Jack Kerouac. Weird mixture. Current reading.

[Anonymous No.7369211]

>>7369200
I have that same edition of Tale of Genji.
>that hat
Bavarian?

[Anonymous No.7369222]

>>7369197
+PhD in Modern Russian History University of London

[Anonymous No.7369249]

>>7369222

Hi F. J. Piotrow

[Anonymous No.7369281]

>>7369211
Perhaps

That edition of Genji is good. I have a bunch of pleb-tier shit on my shelf there still as you can see, gradually supplanting it with better reads over time so my shelves do not look empty.

[Anonymous No.7369289]

>>7369189
lolwut. quite incorrect.

[Anonymous No.7369330]

>>7369192
I've enjoyed it as far as I've read it (1/3). The concept of an agoraphobic shacked up in his house already interests me, but when you add in the community element of the other tenants and their interactions it makes for an interesting character study.

This is the first novel I've read of Rapp's (having only read his plays before), and I have to say that I'm enjoying his prose style.
It appears at first to be very pedestrian, and while it never crosses the threshold of being especially complicated, it does pick up in vocabulary and style. I think he has found a very compelling balance.


In fact, now that I'm thinking about it, can anyone recommend books with similar themes?
Quality chronicles and stories of shut-ins and neets?

[Anonymous No.7369352]

>>7367078
That is a very tryhard shelf. Far too organized and the books all look unread.

>>7367137
>knickknacks on a bookshelf
>ever

>>7367469
>"graphic novels"
>framed movie poster
>no academic books
pleb as fuck desu

>>7367571
>bookshelves

>>7367613
>plastic dolls

>>7367615
finally something bearable

>>7367632
>implying you've even read those
>ignoring the unread paperbacks
kek

>>7367637
never change dude.

>>7367718
get rid of the tacky "idk what to by my cousin" christmas presents and knickknacks and you've got yourself a damn good area. too cluttered is the main problem

>>7368007
shelf makes you look like you read only to self develop

>>7368055
troll/10

[Anonymous No.7369362]

>>7369352
>most of the books in the "bearable" shelf are in the OP and several others

[Anonymous No.7369363]

>>7369178
>>7369182
The best. Fucking hot.

>>7369200
pretty good, perfect amount of clutter

[Anonymous No.7369365]

>>7369362
>more is better

[Anonymous No.7369366]

>>7369363
Thank you brother.

[Anonymous No.7369371]

>>7369365
>implying that's what I meant

[Anonymous No.7369378]

[Anonymous No.7369386]

>>7369178
>>7369182
It's... so beautiful!

[Anonymous No.7369389]

>>7369371
She has a decent book selection and stylistically it's very feminine. It's tasteful. Better than the other shelves which generally have no aesthetic appeal at all.

[Anonymous No.7369408]

>>7369352
He just really likes A Confederacy of Dunces.

[Anonymous No.7369413]

>>7369408
OP that is.

[Anonymous No.7369420]

>>7369389
>having peeling floral wallpaper and poultry bookends make for a better bookshelf

[Anonymous No.7369426]

>>7369420
Yup, now rustle your jimmies on over someplace else

[Anonymous No.7369445]

>>7369352
>>7369408
>>7369413

OP here, >>7367632 isn't me.
As I've stated, I've read a little over half of the books in my collection (having purchased most of them in bulk), and try to take as good care of them as possible.
Don't ask me how, but even my Penguin spines are somehow sparsely creased, if at all.

[Anonymous No.7369451]

>>7369445
Also, I have yet to read Confederacy of Dunces

[Anonymous No.7369455]

>>7369445
Where can I find books with those fucking amazing patrician bindings you have?

[Anonymous No.7369465]

>>7369455
see
>>7369055

Obviously you can order most of them online if you can't find a good used bookstore, but Easton Press can be ridiculously expensive.

[Anonymous No.7369479]

>>7369465
>Easton Press
Thank you! Definitely going to be getting some of these.

[Anonymous No.7369489]

>>7369389
>She

Oh anon, the things you'll learn.

[Anonymous No.7369511]

>>7369426

[Anonymous No.7369516]

>>7369489
Even if she has a penis, nobody bought those bookends who doesn't identify as female.

[Anonymous No.7369546]

>>7368227
fag

[Anonymous No.7369582]

>>7367078
>>7367091
>>7367469
>>7367571
>>7368007
>>7368010
>>7368304
>>7369040
>>7369045
>>7369200
>>7369378
>Reading translations

[Anonymous No.7369601]

>>7368055 yyoure disgusting

[Anonymous No.7369619]

>>7368055

[Anonymous No.7369635]

>>7367571
weeb as fuck but excellent taste.

i think we'd be friends

[Anonymous No.7369664]

>>7367718
>>7367718
im hoping all those oils and alcohol are for woodworking.

>over the edge of the world
do you like ships? do you have other books about exploring/navigation/sailing?

i can't make out what else you have but we should talk more.

[Anonymous No.7369672]

>>7369582
What is this, fucking limitless? Eat an entire ass.

[Anonymous No.7369684]

>>7369672
if you can't speak at least 3 (and the antique variations of at least one) of the following languages (besides your mother tongue), /lit/ isn't for you:

Greek
Latin
German
French
Spanish
English
Portuguese
Russian

[Anonymous No.7369693]

>>7367613
>not even oyasumi punpun
Kill oneself senpai desu baka

[Anonymous No.7369711]

>>7369582

>Listening to Bach in 8bit

[Anonymous No.7369719]

>>7369684
>implying I don't
I guess if I'm not an elitist piece of shit, I probably shouldn't be here, but I am because a) I hate you and b) I hate myself even more.

[Anonymous No.7369730]

>>7369684

All indo-euro and half of them are derivative of an already mentioned language. Could you please take up the trip Pleb!!arealpleb to let us know your shortcomings beforehand.

[Anonymous No.7369747]

>>7369684
Ohh shove off already!

[Anonymous No.7369910]

>mfw i speak German, French, English, Dutch and have read in old (yet not antique) dutch and in Afrikaans.

What did i win?

[Anonymous No.7369957]

>>7367613
Good taste but there's a considerable lack of Matsumoto.

[Anonymous No.7369980]

>>7369957
Haven't read any of his manga yet, but I dug Ping Pong: The Animation.

[Anonymous No.7369986]

>>7369693
It's overrated to be honest family.

[Anonymous No.7369989]

>>7369910
my jealousy nederbroeder (or belgian)

[Anonymous No.7369994]

>>7369980
The manga is basically the same. I'd say start with Number Five. His best imho.

[Anonymous No.7370003]

>>7369994
Will do. I was planning on reading Takemitsuzamurai soon too

[OSiRiS !OSiRiS3dfk No.7370019]

>>7367142
It's literally right there.

[Anonymous No.7370206]

>>7369178
>>7369182
This is literally Lara's mansion in Tomb Raider 2. Secret door is right behind your cupboard in the second picture.

[Anonymous No.7370276]

>>7370206
You're right. I recognise this too!

[Anonymous No.7370330]

If you guys move out of where you live right now, would you take your books with you?
Only the rare/expensive ones?

I'm a dumbass and started buying books like always while living in an apartment, even though I know I'm going to move out (far away) in about 2 to 4 years, maybe across the sea even, so carrying them all with me is gonna be complicated or expensive.

[Anonymous No.7370344]

>>7370330
Of course I'm taking them. I don't live in my parent's right now, I'm in an apartment. My next move is into a house I'm buying.

I'm not moving far away though. Maybe 40 miles away, at max. I have a little over a thousand books.

I'm sure other people have experienced this, anon. Ask on a place like LibraryThing; I remember seeing a post about which shipping crates were preferable for shipping books overseas.

[Anonymous No.7370345]

>>7370330
Across the sea, no.
Across the city, yes.

[Anonymous No.7370352]

>>7370344
Here's the topic I think I was thinking of:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/48946

[Anonymous No.7370415]

>>7370352
Awesome, thanks.

[Anonymous No.7370622]

>>7368007

is the penguin translation of 'poetics' good?

[Anonymous No.7370642]

>>7369040
nice codex

[Anonymous No.7370760]

>>7369635

[Anonymous No.7370949]

>>7368007

You're Australian, aren't you?

[Anonymous No.7370975]

>>7368674
All that 19th century, the first editions all over you lubricated with dust

[Anonymous No.7370998]

>>7369664
Yes, restoration materials
Book room is also workshop/doghouse
35-40% Nautically oriented

[Anonymous No.7371123]

>>7370330
This is my greatest fear

[Anonymous No.7371171]

I have a lot of books but no bookshelf.
Any recommended shelves/places to get one?
Preferably something not too wide

[Anonymous No.7371212]

>>7370975
paper cut me, baby

[Anonymous No.7371214]

>>7369178
>this garbage room again

Please stop posting before you've redecorated.

[Anonymous No.7371220]

>>7371171
I've made mine (the whiter ones) in sketch-up. The rest are built in

[Anonymous No.7371229]

>>7370998
Awesome. What are some of your favorites?

[Anonymous No.7371234]

>>7371220

[Anonymous No.7371315]

>>7367718
What are the titles on some of those collections?

[Anonymous No.7372314]

>>7371315
Bumping for this

[Anonymous No.7372480]

>>7367137
TV paraphernalia on a bookshelf....

[Anonymous No.7372569]

>>7369222
Oh well, that's all modern history now

[Anonymous No.7372583]

>>7369178
Can definitely be improved to become 10/10, but as it is it's still fucking amazing.

[Anonymous No.7372655]

>>7371220
>>7371234
> Andas-te nas Belas-Artes

[Anonymous No.7372895]

>>7372314
Complete works of Defoe
Smollet's works
Kipling's works
Poe's works
Cervante's works
Dicken's works
Conrad's works

[Anonymous No.7372926]

>>7369989
Belgian ofcourse, how would i have ever learned French if i was Dutch. I have never, ever, in my entire life heard a Dutchman speak French without a terrible accent. But hi there, Benelux-bro

[Anonymous No.7372983]

>>7369040
John B.?
Either way,
>Codex Seraphinianus
>FontBook
muh dick

[Anonymous No.7373043]

>>7370642
>>7372983

>tfw Nobody irl knows Codex.
T..t.thanks.

And no John B. here.

[Anonymous No.7373060]

1/2

[Anonymous No.7373064]

>>7373060
2/2

[Anonymous No.7373074]

>>7373064
...3/2

[Anonymous No.7373077]

>>7373060
>>7373064
Very nice.

[Anonymous No.7373088]

>>7372655
>mfw graduating in two weeks
>no prospects of a job

[Anonymous No.7373148]

>>7373064
Liking the Folio Society, anon. Are you planning to get more?

[Anonymous No.7373174]

>>7373148
I like it, it feels like good quality in your hand and the illustrations are nice. I got it for 80% off at my local bookstore. If I can get more for that price range I will, but at normal cost I likely couldn't justify it.

[Anonymous No.7373215]

>>7373174
Definitely. I only look at used FS volumes now, especially since they just raised all their prices anyway. $20-30 used seems decent for better editions. <$20 is an excellent steal for that one.

[Anonymous No.7373295]

>>7373148

They are so reddit tier though.

[Anonymous No.7373302]

>>7373295
What makes them reddit tier? B&N Classics are the reddit tier ones, imo, though I can't say I even go to reddit. The largest online community for Folio Society collectors is on LibraryThing, which is predominately middle aged and older book collectors. The people who visit the member room certainly don't seem like reddit people.

[Anonymous No.7373310]

>>7373215
The bookstore bought a bunch but none of them sold. Then they gradually lowered the price. Once they got below $30 they sold fast. I regret not getting the Lord Byron as well.
Where do you find used? Bookstore or online?

[Anonymous No.7373324]

>>7373310
Ebay, I don't really ever see any in my local bookshops. They mostly have Easton Press, which I don't like as much (I like colors).

[Anonymous No.7373341]

>>7373148
>look up thier website
>£30-50 a book

The question is quantity or quality? I can buy 7 normal (penguin, vintage etc.) books for a single Folio one.

Do I want to be literate or pretentious?

[Anonymous No.7373350]

>>7373341
>Do I want to be literate or pretentious?
Why not just get the books online then, retard, no need to waste your money on either.

[Anonymous No.7373372]

>>7373350
Spending 5£ a week on a book to read is not much, I can easily afford it.
But change that to £50 and it's a whole different story.

[Anonymous No.7373375]

>>7373341
You can always do both, you know. And get them online too. If you don't have a well-paying job, don't waste it on FS. But if you have extra money and want pretty shelves, it's a good way to spend.

Only do what makes you happy. Don't just do it for appearances. That's how debt happens.

[Anonymous No.7373407]

>>7373341
That's a decision you should make with book in hand, not online. Find a store with some in stock and compare the extra quality with how much you find it worth it.

[Anonymous No.7373408]

>>7373372
>But change that to £50 and it's a whole different story.
Or, OR, don't buy £5 books, get the books Online, and save up your lunch money for whatever £50 book you want.
>Do I want to be literate or pretentious?
You're pretentious already you thick-skulled moron. You want a physical copy either way so you can show off.
>inb4 "b-b-b-but i like to read p-physical books!"
Go to the library then, you're already saying you're too poor to buy books, save your money for when you really need it instead.

[Anonymous No.7373426]

>>7373408
>Go to the library then
Not him, but the charge for interlibrary loaning a book at my local library is more than it costs to buy the book outright (used). It's just not economical. Also it requires me to leave the house.

[Anonymous No.7373457]

>>7373408
> you're already saying you're too poor to buy books
All I said is it's better value for your money to buy 7 cheaper books.
>You want a physical copy either way so you can show off.
Yes, I'm going to go outside, swinging the book around, shouting "HEY GUYS I BOUGHTT A 50 QUID BOOK" Otherwise no one will see it and I don't care about /lit/ cred.
>Go to the library then
ugh
>don't buy £5 books ,get the books Online
Are you really that parsimonious to not spend 5 quid on a book?

[Anonymous No.7373466]

>>7373457
To be honest the FS Melville short fictions (at 80% off) was cheaper than buying both short story collections and Billy Bud.

[Anonymous No.7373490]

>>7373457
>ugh
>parsimonious
I don't even know why the fuck I even bother checking /lit/ any more

[Anonymous No.7373520]

>>7373490
"if you're that fucking dumb and retarded you fucking retard fuck off back to /b/ and kill yourself"
Seems more your style.

[Anonymous No.7375739]

Bump

[Anonymous No.7375752]

>>7375739
Damn you, I was hoping for a new one.

[Anonymous No.7375760]

>>7375752

[Anonymous No.7375773]

>>7368055
what did you hope to accomplish by posting this here

[Anonymous No.7375803]

Here's the very top. I prefer ebooks because I don't have to pay for them and they don't take up space. Kindles pay for themselves within 4 months typically.

[Anonymous No.7375805]

>>7369330
Bumping for this.
Good books about hermits?

[Anonymous No.7375826]

my local library. all the good literature without the prices. i guess it lacks the image though, right hipsters?

[Anonymous No.7375836]

>>7375826
>all the good literature without the prices. i guess it lacks the image though, right hipsters?
Best of both worlds here: >>7375803

[Anonymous No.7375849]

>>7375803
Do you read anything aside from pop-history?

[Anonymous No.7375853]

>>7375849
I don't think pop-history makes up more than one third of it. There's some sci-fi, politics, economics, and some self-help in there. My 19th century literature section isn't there either.

What would you personally prefer?

[Anonymous No.7375859]

>>7367469
>Settlers of catan
my nigga

[Anonymous No.7375864]

>>7375826
You are lucky to live in an area near a good library

[Anonymous No.7375875]

>>7369178

Please excuse a poor student coming through; when I can afford it I'll buy a castle with opulent rooms like yours, though.

[Anonymous No.7375881]

>>7375875

And here's the bookshelf (right over the door, so it was difficult to include it in the shot). Sorry for the shitty quality in both pictures, it's fucking hard to get panorama shots right.

[Anonymous No.7375891]

>>7375875
Wow that is a skinny apartment

[Anonymous No.7375897]

>>7375875

What's with all the gold anon?

[Anonymous No.7375899]

>>7375891

Yeah, I know, but I don't really need much more for my studies, so I'm fine as it is for now.

[Anonymous No.7375905]

>>7375897

I was going to ask 'which gold?' at first, but I guess you mean the frames. It's just leaf gold (to the portraits my mum and grandmum actually applied it manually, there's some trivia), and the candleholder is just some sort of brass.

[Anonymous No.7375910]

>>7375899
I agree, mine is about the same area but more square.
I could get a bigger place but I actually prefer this size. Easy to clean and prevents me from accumulating too much shit. I don't like having people over so the size is a good excuse for that too.

[Anonymous No.7375916]

>>7375905
I like it. Your whole overall style is kind of unreal. It looks almost staged and kind of... delicate. It's a nice picture.

[Anonymous No.7375917]

>>7375910

Well, I do like having people over, but not too many, so it's still good. And more space for bookshelves would be nice, as I've got a lot of books stowed away in the attic right now.

[Anonymous No.7375918]

>>7375875
Show me your paintings.

[Anonymous No.7375920]

>>7375916

Thanks. I did clean away some of the trash (mostly books and random scribblings) lying around on the floor and table before taking the picture, so that might be why it looks staged. I do try to keep it generally tidy, though.

[Anonymous No.7375922]

>>7369178
Can you post a closer pic of your lamp? I think I used to have the same kek.

[Anonymous No.7375925]

>>7375918

All right

1/3

[Anonymous No.7375928]

>>7375925

2/3 (same painter - Halvorsen - as the last one, btw. I really like him).

[Anonymous No.7375934]

>>7375928

3/3

[Anonymous No.7375935]

>>7375875
You can buy a castle in yuropoor for super cheap. Because there's so fucking many of them and because they're a nightmare to live in and restore, which you're required to do because they're cultural landmarks.

[Anonymous No.7375938]

>>7375935

I know, some of them are insanely cheap, especially here in Sweden. So that's pretty much my plan.

[Anonymous No.7375957]

>>7375938
oh man, you don't want to tho. It'll be your job to maintain it any imagine living inside a giant rock during the winter.
Although...
Imagine like a commune in a castle, growing your own food and raising your own livestock, bundling up in a bunch of quilts in front of a giant fire place, talking about the stories you've been working on...
Oh my god, that actually sounds pretty fucking amazing.

[Anonymous No.7375963]

>>7375957

My idea was to make enough dosh to be able to pay people to help with maintenance and stuff, and probably closing off most of it during the winter. But your commune idea is a good idea, I've thought of something along the lines as well - let people live there in exchange for helping out in general, especially artists, musicians, authors, and the like...

[Anonymous No.7375978]

>>7375935
I work as an art dealer. It's okay if you buy it fully restored. The main reason is, people genuinely don't like to keep those stuff, they think it's out of fashion. You can easily find in France 19th century furniture for around 50 euros only. Of course, it's not top tier stuff but still.

[Anonymous No.7375983]

>>7367078
nice leather-bounds, I'm jelly

the book collection is very boring though. And the uncracked spines on the paperbacks... come on, now.

[Anonymous No.7375985]

>>7375978

Yes, my experience is also that furniture and a lot of nice art is ridiculously undervalued, but aren't castles in France pretty expensive? Or are they okayish? I've only checked in Scandinavia where they're cheap, but I've been told that they prices are pretty steep in France and central Europe...

[Anonymous No.7376026]

Not much of a shelf, but I'm a high school dropout, whatdya want?

[Anonymous No.7376027]

>>7375963
>>7375978
>>7375985
these posts make me happy. Castle communes should totally be a thing.

[Anonymous No.7376033]

>>7375983
See
>>7369445

[Anonymous No.7376057]

>>7376026
>The Essential Chomsky
>2015

Seriously? Why not actually read his books whole? Why do you need an abridgement of his works?
t. Other high school drop out in this thread

[Anonymous No.7376067]

>>7376057
It has excerpts of some books but it also has some essays. Mainly I got it because I am poor and it was big and only 6 dollars.

As you can it's right next to 3 of his full books though.

I shop at half-price books, I take what I can get.

[Anonymous No.7376068]

>>7369178
>>7369182
nice book volume, but the room looks awful

over-rug'd (seriously, this is NOT how to use rugs), dark, tacky lighting, fireplace is just terrible, reeks of a mix of pretension and bad taste. looks like it would smell bad in there, too

It looks like the basement room where your family dumps their excess furniture

[Anonymous No.7376075]

>>7376067
Actually you can't see cause it's a shit phone-camera picture, but I have Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, and Imperial Ambitions right next to it.

Why those 3 and not some others? Cause that's what I've been able to find at half-price books.

My whole "collection" is shaped by what the bookstore in my town actually has

[Anonymous No.7376079]

>>7369445
>Don't ask me how, but even my Penguin spines are somehow sparsely creased, if at all.

I know exactly how.

You only read them once.

[Anonymous No.7376083]

>>7376079

>reading books more than once

I mean, some rare ones are worth re-reading, but do you actually re-read Penguins?

[Anonymous No.7376084]

>>7376079

[Anonymous No.7376091]

>>7376079
>You only read them once.
Holy fuck, no way. You mean... out of the 30,000 some odd days in my life, I won't have time to waste reading things over?

[Anonymous No.7376104]

>>7375985
They're pretty cheap for what they are, you can get a real castle (not some mansion) with a small forest for around 600k to 2m euros. But they are hell to keep them: heating, restoration, humidity... On the long run, the costs to keep it up are much higher than the purchase itself.

[Anonymous No.7376106]

>>7376104

Wow, that's cheap as hell. I would have thought ten times as much. But I guess it depends on what state they're in? And as you say, it will be more expensive in the long run. Still...

[Anonymous No.7376139]

>>7376106
Yeah, check it out.
http://www.maisons-et-chateaux.com/achat-vente-chateau-region-o-departement-o-1-1-0.htm

It's awesome if you want to set up a community or if you have a very big family. And if you have enough money to keep up with it.
It also depends on the history of the castle and where it is located. If it's in the middle of nowhere and it rains all the time, yeah, they are dirt cheap.

[Anonymous No.7376165]

>>7376139

Wow, you're right, thanks for the link. Time to start working on that family or community soon, then, I guess.

[Anonymous No.7376169]

[Anonymous No.7376173]

>>7376169

[Anonymous No.7376176]

>>7376169
>>7376173

>ASOIaF

kil urslef

[Anonymous No.7376177]

>>7376173

[Anonymous No.7376185]

>>7376177
These are recent pickups except Ulysses. I can also post my Criterions if anyone cares

[Anonymous No.7376187]

>>7376169
>>7376173
What do you people gain from posting reddit shelves?

[Anonymous No.7376190]

>>7376187
;_;

[Anonymous No.7376208]

left shelf - pre 20th c. I admit I am a bit of a collector but I'll get to them all eventually.

have one more shelf with art, photography, theory not pictured.

[Anonymous No.7376217]

>>7376177
>once and future king
just started to read it—what comfy prose he writes.

interestingly, both this and "shadow of the torturer" (two most recent purchases) have endorsements from ursula k. leguin. i like her taste in fantasy...

[Anonymous No.7376238]

>>7376177
how did you like that Thucydides, anon?

[Anonymous No.7376239]

>>7376217
>I bought a special edition Once and Future King for 15 bucks
I fucking love it.

[Anonymous No.7376244]

>>7367078
No

[Anonymous No.7376247]

>>7367078
>>>/reddit/

[Anonymous No.7376274]

>>7369178
>>7369182
this is so ugly. why would anybody want to spend all this money to make a dimly lit room with uncomfortable furniture and shitty decorations like it was copied straight from a haunted mansion.

the sheer volume of books is impressive, ill give you that, assuming you actually read them. but id much rather read in a big open sun room on a comfortable sofa i can sprawl out on if the mood hits.

all in all 5/10.

[Anonymous No.7376320]

>>7368711
That's pretty shitty desu. Libraries are usually really limited in their funding.

[Anonymous No.7376334]

>>7376274
>id much rather read in a big open sun room on a comfortable sofa i can sprawl out on if the mood hits.

This is my ideal too, a sunroom with bay windows and a comfy couch with many pillow fitted into the window. If only the sun wasn't so bad for skin and books and antiques.

I'm still in Ikea stage at this point though.

[Anonymous No.7376341]

>>7376334
holy shit, I have like, 3/4ths of these.

[Anonymous No.7376350]

>>7376341
Guessing it's the two bookcases that aren't Japanese literature, or you're a fellow Jlit person?

[Anonymous No.7376368]

>>7376334
>>7376341
>>7376350

Love Jlit and just in general such well displayed collections similar to yours. Can I get a booklist for this and perhaps some higher res individual shelf shots?

[Anonymous No.7376373]

>>7376320
I was bad, baaad.

[Anonymous No.7376376]

>>7376350
No, sadly not. Maybe someday.

[Anonymous No.7376383]

>>7376368
Sure, I was wanting to hold off till my most recent book order got in, but these pics are from earlier this month.

Here's my LibraryThing, which is not completely up-to-date (I've still got a few of the double-stacked bottom shelves and boxes of books to do):

https://www.librarything.com/profile/sriq

[Anonymous No.7376389]

>>7376383
2/7

[Anonymous No.7376392]

>>7376389
dorp

[Anonymous No.7376396]

>>7376392
3/7

[Anonymous No.7376398]

>>7376396

[Anonymous No.7376400]

>>7376398

[Anonymous No.7376405]

>>7376400

[Anonymous No.7376407]

>>7376405
And the last one, my little non-fic corner.

[Anonymous No.7376410]

>>7376407
Great to see such a lovely little lit collection.
Who are you and when are you writing your own great works Mr. Jlit?

[Anonymous No.7376412]

>>7368010
>Nietzsche
>Kierkegaard
>Holy Bible

Pick one.

[Anonymous No.7376413]

I'm jelly as fuck

[Anonymous No.7376431]

>>7376410
No idea who I'll be soon, but for the moment I'm a remotely attending graduate student.

I don't do creative writing, but I hope to be a minor Leys or Dirda one day. I might have a monograph out in less than a decade; it's a dream to get into the Harvard East Asian Monographs series. You could look for me in future English translations of Yumeno Kyusaku too.

[Anonymous No.7376445]

>>7376431
Yeah b-b-b-but ... c-c-can I be your f-f-f-friend senpai?

[Anonymous No.7376454]

>>7376445
Definitely if you think you want to be! It's not like I'm swamped with them, at all, but I'm also not good at friendship. You could leave an email address and I'll send you one.

[Anonymous No.7376466]

>>7376454
You can go first b-b-b-baka! Or if you have a site via your university or someplace else to show any published works/ a CV I could just check that out.

[Anonymous No.7376475]

>>7376466
Trading a CV over 4chan doesn't seem bueno; besides, I only have conferences atm. But my throwaway is [e-mail], if you still want to talk.

[Anonymous No.7376480]

>>7376475
Lol you and others make lit out to be b tier level trolls and menaces.

[Anonymous No.7376503]

>>7376480
>selectively forgetting /lit/'s continual Katie/booktuber obsessions

[Anonymous No.7376506]

>>7376503
>Meme tier plebe chicks who look somewhat decent
That might explain it as opposed to someone in graduate studies with a CV

[Anonymous No.7376983]

>>7376173
ALT + F4

[Anonymous No.7377007]

>>7376244
>>7376247
>all of these people hating on the OP
Poor guy

[Anonymous No.7377029]

>>7376383
Holy shit, I am a Cat is huge, I remember it as a small pocket book only.

[Anonymous No.7377046]

>>7377029
Never hurts anyone to have a huge pussy.

[Anonymous No.7377063]

>>7377029
You might have only had the first book of it. That's the all-volumes-in-one edition.

[Anonymous No.7377083]

[Anonymous No.7377091]

>>7377083
Why the Instagram?

[Anonymous No.7377111]

>>7377063
I never bought it, saw it in a second hand store but decided to go for the ebook (which I haven't read), so I never noticed it was in volumes.

[Anonymous No.7377119]

>>7377083
What did you think of Moravagine?

[Anonymous No.7377347]

>>7377119
I enjoyed it. Strange book. The Russian Revolution parts were my favorite, though the bit with the Indian tribe was fun too.

[Anonymous No.7377349]

>>7377091
wtf are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.7377432]

>>7375875
Where'd you get those shelves above your desk

[Anonymous No.7377944]

>>7368227
>slp

[Anonymous No.7378051]

>>7376091
>I won't have time to waste reading things over

>it is a waste of time to re-read the books I've read

>I claim to enjoy reading