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I have volume 1 of Kim Il Sung’s works in English - printed in North Korea in the 70’s. I don’t know if the Foreign Languages Publishing House survived long enough for a Volume 2. They did put out some of Jong’s thoughts on film, if I recall correctly.

This is probably the prize of my collection. I have a first American printing of Lolita, which unfortunately has a bit of cat vomit stain on it or might be in that spot.

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[–] ChuckTheMonkey@fedia.io 15 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I have a manuscript in Latin that was passed down in the family. The content seems to be some religious stuff when a family friend who understands Latin took a look at it. No one in the family actually bothered to understand what's written in it.

Maybe I will bring it to someone who could translate it when I have time on the future.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I’m bored, curious, and able to pierce my way enough through Latin kinda sorta if you have uploads you’d like to dm or post in public. Undoubtedly there’s geeks online that are far better than me if you allow us a peek.

(Or - I love that kind of stuff being preserved and am peer pressuring you into uploading when you have the spoons for it.)

[–] ChuckTheMonkey@fedia.io 4 points 5 hours ago

I will try to take a few pictures of it when I have a chance. We haven't opened it for years, because the book is is pretty bad shape. The binding (which is not original binding as far as I can tell) is about to fall apart. It's currently on the bookshelf squeezed between a few book to prevent it from crumbling.

We were even planning at one point to digitalize it and donate it to a library (or some organization that can restore and preserve old book). But the family debate about it when this conversation come up because it's something that has been passed down for generations already.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago

Would love a picture, that sounds really cool