revvassago
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posted on May 5, 2002 07:08:40 PM
I purchased an old book yesterday, and am having trouble figuring out what it is.
I assumed it was in German, but when I put the title in the Alta Vista translator, it only gave me a partial translation.
wanderbuch fur die reife in die ewigkeit
translated as:
moving book fur the ripe into the eternity
It has a date of 1884, and has beautiful etchings in it of religious scenes.
I assumed it was a German Bible, but it doesn't seem to be laid out like a Bible would be.
Any thoughts as to what it might be?
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replaymedia
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posted on May 5, 2002 09:11:15 PM
"moving book fur the ripe into the eternity "
I don't know German, but if this was an episode of the twilight zone, I'd vote for "Funeral Instruction Manual"
Ha!
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afallenangel
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posted on May 5, 2002 09:12:17 PM
Check this link out. Hubby speaks a spattering of German, but he says it sounds more like a family history more than a Bible, what with the "moving book" and "eternity" in the translation.
http://www.bobel.com/features/neighborhood/old_home_town.htm
Read down to the trunk. If there's an e-mail on the site you might be able to get some information about your book.
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timetravelers
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posted on May 6, 2002 12:27:45 AM
hi, put the title in here www.abebooks.com or www.barnesandnoble.com maybe you got a rare one good luck if nothing try google search they work great for me take care
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JinkiesVelma
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posted on May 6, 2002 07:11:49 AM
Try the book board on ebay ...
http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBoard&name=books
Between the main posters to this board, they have a TON of knowledge, information and links between them and usually will respond quickly.
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bassetbooks
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posted on May 7, 2002 09:42:54 AM
Could be Dutch, or it may be an older version of German that the automatic translators can't handle.
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tomwiii
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posted on May 7, 2002 09:54:47 AM
See...
That's why Transformational Grammar & Chomsky are so nice!
Ya don't have to worry: Is this a questions about an OLD BOOK? OR!!! Is this an OLD QUESTION about a book?
I always WORRY......
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revvassago
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posted on May 8, 2002 06:20:24 PM
JinkiesVelma:
Thanks for the link. I found a correct translation:
"Travel book for the journey into eternity"
Now to figure out how much it is worth.....
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Libra63
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posted on May 8, 2002 09:29:37 PM
Cut and paste your title into the Barnes and Noble out of print books section. They have two of them on that site.
http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/oopbooks/oopsearch.asp?userid=663JPEWQVC
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revvassago
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posted on May 9, 2002 07:19:59 AM
I tried searching both the english and german versions of the title, and couldn't get a match.....
The correct title is:
Wanderbuch fur die Reise in die Ewigkeit
which translates to:
Travel book for the Journey into Eternity
Written by Franz Hattler
Published in 1884 in Duffeldorf
Includes 112 illustrations
I am still scratching my head as to what exactly it is, but it is definately religeous in nature.
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holdenrex
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posted on May 9, 2002 07:38:30 AM
You might try ABE's german website:
http://www.abebooks.de/
There appears to be a few copies of the book for sale there, along with other books by the same author. He definitely appears to have written about Christian/religious topics, and was possibly a minister of some denomination. Now you just need that utility that converts currencies to find out what those Euro's translate to in American dollars in order to get a ballpark idea of what the book might be worth.
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revvassago
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posted on May 9, 2002 07:44:36 AM
BAM! You found it! Thank you very much! Apparently it is worth between $40-$60. Not bad for $15.00 investment.
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