What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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So I have this book but its in a foreign language....
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Pretty syre that's Greek, and Homer's Oddysey.
You should also be able to look up the exact edition by ISBN nr.
tried searching (there is no ISBN # on this book) doesnt seems so. I've even tried searching "ancient alphabets"
Did you check the copyright page?The ISBn is usually listed there.
The book is upside down in the picture, by the way. And it is Homer's Odyssey. It's not Greek, though, but some Slavic language, maybe Russian.
The book doesn't look that old and ISBNs have been around for over 40 years in one form or another, so it was just a thought. I have booked from 1967 that has an ISBN on the copyright page.The spine maybe be upside down but I think the book is probably facing the correct way.
Can you take a picture of the title page/copyright page?
It looks Russian or at least cyrillic alphabets, just a bit stylized, maybe. Гомер Одиссея. Of course it might be another language written in cyrillic.
Rosa wrote: "It's not Greek."I meant to write Cyrillic. I was thinking "Homer/ Odyssey is Greek"
It's probably not Russian, though, Russian doesn't have that i, might be Belarussian or Ukrainian.
My friend says it says Homer Odyssey in Ukranian.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
More pics to maybe help (these are pics of the first 2 pages)
I'm not able to see the last 2 links but it looks like this edition:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Great find, Ayshe!And it does predate ISBNs, which were officially introduced in 1970.
I don't think it's the same edition. It probably should look more like this: https://auction.violity.com/102067998... (you have to scroll to find cover photos). It's possible that OP's book is also from 1968 but it may be not this exact edition either.
On livelib.ru it has a slightly different cover (title and the ship are black instead of reddish brown) but the publisher (Дніпро/Dnipro) and year published (1968) is the same.https://www.livelib.ru/book/100054726... . EDIT: I missed it - looks like they changed colour between Russian and Ukrainian editions. So the black one is Russian.
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Anna wrote: "I don't think it's the same edition. It probably should look more like this: https://auction.violity.com/102067998... (you have to scroll to find cover photos). It's po..."I think that one is missing the dust jacket and it's about the same edition, the one here: https://www.olx.ua/obyavlenie/gomer-o... for example is stated published 1967, the year is probably visible in Melissa's book (I'm still seeing the first 2 pages facebook links as "the page isn't available"). The livelib.ru link one is also Ukrainian edition.
I can't find the binding of the black one again (it was on Pinterest so it won't show in the history properly, only as the main site), but I am pretty sure it had a slightly different spelling. Or perhaps I was just tired and was seeing things - that's possible too. Anyways, the dust jacket would make sense, those books tended to have them. Well, perhaps Melissa could post some pages from the back of the book, the date should be somewhere there.
Anna wrote: "I don't think it's the same edition. It probably should look more like this: https://auction.violity.com/102067998... (you have to scroll to find cover photos). It's po..."No the inside has pictures all over the cover its not blank like that. It's amazing how many versions of the "same" book there are lol
Anna wrote: "I can't find the binding of the black one again (it was on Pinterest so it won't show in the history properly, only as the main site), but I am pretty sure it had a slightly different spelling. Or ..."Let me see what i can do. When I got it it didnt have a jacket. Im pretty sure it was in someone's estate and when nobody wanted it someone just tossed it on the table at the library ... thank goodness they didnt just toss it anywhere else
this link is to a picture of it. I posted in a book group on facebook because we were talking about buying books randomly and accidently getting stuff you couldnt read I got this for free on purpose just thinking it would be cool to have and incase it was something I'd like to keep it safe....
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/...