The (Old) Book Thing

[Stygian Cellarius]

Damn, I wish Styg liked me.

You're likeable.

I would send you some as well, but I imagine that shipping would be outrageous. Not that I really know how much it would be. I can send pounds and pounds of books to fellow North Americans for very cheap.

I did however, imagine you may like these:




They are a beautiful red and gold. Perfect condition. Ima keepn' em tho.

This warehouse just GIVES them away?!?!? I'd go with a TRUCK! God, reminds me of when I was about 17. My school was building a new library, and getting rid of old books. They were mostly ending up SENT TO ZAMBIA!

Yup, just gives them away. I have something to look forward to every week.

[Osweo]

I'll cry myself to sleep now.

[Psychonaut]

I'm glad you liked them. That Treatise of Human Nature is a real treat.

Indeed! Rearranging my library to accommodate the new family members has been a blast. One further thing that I'd ask you to keep an eye out for, if you don't mind, is any stuff from the old Neoplatonists like Iamblichus, Psuedo-Dionysus, Sallustius, Plotinus, etc.

[Stygian Cellarius]

Indeed! Rearranging my library to accommodate the new family members has been a blast.

Yeah I always love rearranging my bookshelf. I need to buy at least two new ones though. I even have to move out of my apartment because I don't have enough room for my books anymore.



...and there's about the same amount that is on the floor behind me as well.

One further thing that I'd ask you to keep an eye out for, if you don't mind, is any stuff from the old Neoplatonists like Iamblichus, Psuedo-Dionysus, Sallustius, Plotinus, etc.

Hehe, those are very difficult to find at physical books stores/The Book Thing. I don't even have those, but they are all in my "wish-list" on Amazon. Sallustius and Iamblichus are especially hard to find. I do have Plotinus' Enneads in a Neoplatonism compilation though. The only other Neoplatonic work I have (other than the comp.) is Proclus' fragments.

If I find them I would imagine them either being included in a compilation or a Loeb Classical Edition or both.

It might take a long time before I run across any of them at The Book Thing. I have yet to see them nor have I ever saw a Loeb Classical Library edition of anything whatsoever either, but I am surprised quite a bit and usually when something pops up that I have never saw, there are a bunch of them all the sudden. Like this past weekend I found 2 copies of Njal's Saga. Also, I had not seen a copy of Hobbes' Leviathan until I bought it. Then there was one there every week

[Aemma]

...and another. Now this IS a beauty. Perfect condition.







It's my pleasure. Honestly. Todays find, Vol. XIII, will be a nice addition. Definitely the best quality one I have found yet. There are sure to be others though. I have found at least one a week so far.

and yeah, the books aren't going anywhere so whenever you are ready I will send em' your way.




I'm glad you liked them. That Treatise of Human Nature is a real treat.

Wow! It's gorgeous! Thank you so much Styg!

[Stygian Cellarius]

These are just a small fraction of book I got today from The Book Thing.

The 6th & 7th from the top right, the large brown ones are Vol. 1 & 2 of Thomas Aquinas' complete works. The red one to the left of them is C.G. Jung's selected works. To the right of them are two copies of The Republic and Bacon's essays.

[Psychonaut]

These are just a small fraction of book I got today from The Book Thing.

The 6th & 7th from the top right, the large brown ones are Vol. 1 & 2 of Thomas Aquinas' complete works. The red one to the left of them is C.G. Jung's selected works. To the right of them are two copies of The Republic and Bacon's essays.

Nice find! You rarely see Whitehead and Ouspensky in any book stores. up

[Stygian Cellarius]

Nice find! You rarely see Whitehead and Ouspensky in any book stores. up

Aye, and that's the 2nd copy of Tertium Organum that I picked up there. Do I have a false memory or did I see a different print of that book in your collection? One that has pink on the cover? If so, that's the other version I picked up a few months back.

I also thought it nice to find the Whitehead book as well because I read you just mentioning him on this forum.

[Psychonaut]

Aye, and that's the 2nd copy of Tertium Organum that I picked up there. Do I have a false memory or did I see a different print of that book in your collection? One that has pink on the cover? If so, that's the other version I picked up a few months back.

Negative. My only copy of the Organum is a PDF, although, to be honest, I've only perused it so far. Most of my knowledge of Ouspensky is second hand, from reading Rucker.

I also thought it nice to find the Whitehead book as well because I read you just mentioning him on this forum.

Well, you picked the best place to start. That's certainly the easiest of his books to dig into.

[Aemma]

These are just a small fraction of book I got today from The Book Thing.

The 6th & 7th from the top right, the large brown ones are Vol. 1 & 2 of Thomas Aquinas' complete works. The red one to the left of them is C.G. Jung's selected works. To the right of them are two copies of The Republic and Bacon's essays.

Wow! Dennett, Rousseau and Jung! Awesome!