That’s what my professor said when he gifted me these books. This was after visiting him during office hours to get help on how to write my work placement report as I did not know how I needed to cite sources while writing said personal report, I also lamented about how this semester has been killing me (work wise this has been the worst by far). My report is also due the same day I have two final exams which means more pain. He said just to email him (for a written record) so he can grant me an extension because he finds that to be a valid reason.
When he presented the books I asked if they were a parting gift since after this semester we will never see each other again. He said no because even though he’s going on sabbatical that doesn’t mean he’s not working, so I’ll see him around. But I can take them as a parting gift if I wanted. So I did and headed to the library to work on my paper that’s due Friday. My backpack was practically exploding and my back is in so much pain from carrying these plus a few other books.
From volume one:
Without the sleeve:
This was found in volume one as a bookmark:
Yeah a lot of them can be bought very cheaply i got some great rare pieces for like 1 PLN (around quarter of dollar) and entire 55 books of Lenin collected works for around 75 dollars. Problem is, not counting some Lenin books, literally everything else come from the period before 1956 or at most early 60's (revisionists sharply dropped publishing of marxist literature) so they are old. Also Capital is an exception because contrary to expectations there was just one single complete edition in Poland and it's pretty rare. Also most of the communist books were purged from public libraries and libraries located in various other places were liquidated entirely.
Yes, that's a bummer.
I managed to get a first vol. of Capital in quite nice condition though (:
Would you recommend a good way to search for literature from PRL? I do most of my reading on e-reader now but interacting with these books is a joy in itself.
You should try physical antiquariat stores if there is some around where you live, and also definitely try Allegro or maybe some bigger bookstores like Tezeusz.
Thanks!