The Most obscure books you have

Lobolover · 04-27-2008, 01:37 PM

Mine is a 1920 edition of the translation of Ernest Hello's "Strange stories".

HarryT · 04-27-2008, 01:43 PM

All sorts of Latin and Greek texts - I guess they'd perhaps count as "obscure" to most people.

TallMomof2 · 04-27-2008, 01:53 PM

I have some very old tatting books.

NatCh · 04-27-2008, 02:03 PM

I'll have to rummage through the shelves and boxes to answer this one too.

Madam Broshkina · 04-27-2008, 02:19 PM

I have a copy of:

Oh Angry Sea (a-ab-ba-hu-luh-la): The History of a Sumerian Congregational Lament.

Written by Raphael Kutscher, it is a treatise on the purpose and form of the Sumerian lamentation genre.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-27-2008, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

I have a copy of:

Oh Angry Sea (a-ab-ba-hu-luh-la): The History of a Sumerian Congregational Lament.

Written by Raphael Kutscher, it is a treatise on the purpose and form of the Sumerian lamentation genre.

i think we have a winner.

Lobolover · 04-27-2008, 03:23 PM

year of publication ?

(and not realy,it'd have to something like an original of a tibetan sacred scroll or something 17th century at least to be a ONE OF WINNER)

Madam Broshkina · 04-27-2008, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lobolover

year of publication ?

(and not realy,it'd have to something like an original of a tibetan sacred scroll or something 17th century at least to be a ONE OF WINNER)

Oh Angry Sea (a-ab-ba-hu-luh-la): The History of a Sumerian Congregational Lament was published in 1975. I am sorry that my submission does not meet your standards of obscure. Perhaps you need to clarify what your definition of obscure is?

vivaldirules · 04-27-2008, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

Oh Angry Sea (a-ab-ba-hu-luh-la): The History of a Sumerian Congregational Lament was published in 1975. I am sorry that my submission does not meet your standards of obscure. Perhaps you need to clarify what your definition of obscure is?

I'm with ZP. You win hands down, MB. I keep rereading the title and I have yet to fathom what it could possibly be about.

Lobolover · 04-27-2008, 06:55 PM

MB-I didn't mean to offend you.I meant obscure as in something old and forgoten.

xianfox · 04-28-2008, 06:47 AM

I have a signed copy of High Speed Computing Devices published in 1950. It's a fun read. They discuss some rather famous computers (such as the Mark IV) as "currently under construction."

carandol · 04-28-2008, 07:42 AM

Two Treatises: In the One of which, The Nature of Bodies; In the other, The Nature of Mans Soule, is looked into: In Way of Discovery of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules. by Sir Kenelm Digby. Written in 1644, the last printed edition came out in 1968, and when I wanted to get it out of the university library to use for my dissertation, they had to go and find it in the cellar. I was only the second person ever to check it out, the previous one being in 1973. I've since found a facsimile copy on the Internet Archive, which is on my iLiad. It's not an light read!

HarryT · 04-28-2008, 08:17 AM

When I was a teenager and checked "Gulliver's Travels" out of my local library, they too had to dig it out of the archives for me; I was the first person to borrow it for 40 years.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-28-2008, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

When I was a teenager and checked "Gulliver's Travels" out of my local library, they too had to dig it out of the archives for me; I was the first person to borrow it for 40 years.

well that's just sad.

Lobolover · 04-28-2008, 08:52 AM

carandol-and you have the 68 edition,or as that just borrowed?

04-27-2008, 01:37 PM	#1
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04-27-2008, 01:43 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	All sorts of Latin and Greek texts - I guess they'd perhaps count as "obscure" to most people.

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TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I have some very old tatting books.

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NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I'll have to rummage through the shelves and boxes to answer this one too.

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Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,312 Karma: 3325462 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	I have a copy of: Oh Angry Sea (a-ab-ba-hu-luh-la): The History of a Sumerian Congregational Lament. Written by Raphael Kutscher, it is a treatise on the purpose and form of the Sumerian lamentation genre.

04-27-2008, 03:23 PM	#7
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	year of publication ? (and not realy,it'd have to something like an original of a tibetan sacred scroll or something 17th century at least to be a ONE OF WINNER)

04-27-2008, 06:55 PM	#10
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	MB-I didn't mean to offend you.I meant obscure as in something old and forgoten.

04-28-2008, 06:47 AM	#11
xianfox Ebook Addict Posts: 225 Karma: 2136 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Appleton, Wisconsin, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition	I have a signed copy of High Speed Computing Devices published in 1950. It's a fun read. They discuss some rather famous computers (such as the Mark IV) as "currently under construction."

04-28-2008, 07:42 AM	#12
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	Two Treatises: In the One of which, The Nature of Bodies; In the other, The Nature of Mans Soule, is looked into: In Way of Discovery of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules. by Sir Kenelm Digby. Written in 1644, the last printed edition came out in 1968, and when I wanted to get it out of the university library to use for my dissertation, they had to go and find it in the cellar. I was only the second person ever to check it out, the previous one being in 1973. I've since found a facsimile copy on the Internet Archive, which is on my iLiad. It's not an light read!

04-28-2008, 08:17 AM	#13
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	When I was a teenager and checked "Gulliver's Travels" out of my local library, they too had to dig it out of the archives for me; I was the first person to borrow it for 40 years.

04-28-2008, 08:52 AM	#15
Lobolover Gorosei Posts: 421 Karma: 334 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Microsoft Word	carandol-and you have the 68 edition,or as that just borrowed?

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