Today I happened across a book sale at the Santa Clara University Library and came away with a couple of steals. The first was Volume I of Fernand Braudel's The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II (I already own Vol. II). This work is a broad-ranging classic -- sorry for the dirty word -- reference for anyone interested in the Spanish Empire and its context from cultural, geopolitical and economic standpoints. I also found a hardcover edition of The Collected Dialogues of Plato (Bollingen Series). Not the greatest translations in the world, but, once again, a solid reference work, since it contains ALL of Plato's dialogues.
Total amount spent: $3.00.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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