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Post by noose on Aug 2, 2010 7:35:18 GMT
Went to TYPE early Saturday morning and was delighted that Milan remembered me from a few years back as 'the guy who was buying all the John Burke stuff' at a Zardoz book fair. He showed me around the shop, and also got a glimpse at the untold treasures out back. I have to say that on first impressions I really like it - sometimes having to go through hundreds and hundreds of books can be overwhelming, Milan has put out enough to whet the appetite, and if you dont find what you want on this visit - then you know he'll always be rotating the stock so next visit you're luck might be in.
Picked up the hardbacks of Michel Parry's Beware of the Cat and The Hounds of Hell and pbks of Haining's The Evil People (Ensign), Hitch's Witches' Brew (Dell) and Bloch's Chamber of Horrors (Award Books, but had a Tandem sticker on front cover) - and will make TYPE my first stop anytime I happen to hit the big smoke.
As to the deco - wasn't sure if TYPE was trying to be a typewriter museum, or a mausoleum for dead typewriters! Excellent coffee too. Cheers Milan, you deserve every success.
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Post by dem bones on Aug 13, 2010 12:27:08 GMT
Was in said museum of dead typewriters this morning and the place is really shaping up, 'specially the "family and friends" SECRET ROOM around the back that just about everyone in Christendom has heard of by now. Two big thrills: [1] Paperback Fanatic on display in Bethnal Green! Who would have thought it? [2] Milan is the first book dealer in history to give me a dead great black leather biker jacket just because i'm so nice. snapped up three rotten paperbacks while i was there for forms sake (two holy grails, one potentially ghastly wild card), but all in good time. Justin and Johnny, Mr. M sends his regards - he certainly enjoyed meeting you both!
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Post by dem bones on Aug 26, 2010 15:56:46 GMT
A wooden rack in the window showcasing Crowley, Haining and Parry titles among others, has alerted passers by to the fact that TYPE is part bookshop and not merely the place where typewriters go to die. Consequently a steady trickle of hopelessly addicted pulp vets and the morbidly curious have ventured through the door of late, and word of mouth is slowly doing its bit. Milan's been as good as his word, rotating the stock on a regular basis, and today i struck off a long-sought Holy Grail and two classic Haining's from the wants list, none of which were there last time i visited.
At a time when we're losing bookshops at an alarming rate, to have one start up which specifically caters for fans of vintage pulp paperbacks is a very big deal and worthy of support, hence regular updates whenever a chair is moved from one end of room to another or a customer is wearing a nice earring or something.
It's yet to be confirmed, but there may well be an interzone table at the Zardoz Paperback Fair on Halloween (you will know it by it's tall, heavily tattooed, The Cramps t-shirt wearing owner), and then, if anyone's up for it, back to Type which is open until the early evening.
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Post by killercrab on Aug 26, 2010 18:57:49 GMT
Next time I visit the big city I'll try and pop by - of course you'll have bought EVERYTHING worth getting by then . ;D
KC
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Post by dem bones on Aug 26, 2010 19:20:19 GMT
i don't think so. best i can do is take a little nibble out of the stock - though i must admit, his NEL horror stash has taken a pounding. Next time you're down, if you wanna give me a shout ... Whatever happens, tell him you're from Vault and you know about the SECRET ROOM.
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Post by marksamuels on Sept 13, 2010 13:07:10 GMT
Spent most of yesterday haunting Brick Lane's bookstalls with Dem and picked up a cool annotated copy of Poe's Adventures of Arthur Pym for a quid. And then he took me off to TYPE. Wow! It's brilliant. The stock is all choice stuff, and were I not forced to stick to a budget, I'd have splashed out big style. As it is, the books are too temptingly priced not to dig deep into reserve funds and I came out with The Robert E. Howard Collector ed by Glenn Lord (on display for a mere 24 hours Milan said), £3.50, The Horror from the Hills by Belknap Long, £3.50 and a spanking copy of Lin Carter's Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos, £5.00, with fantastic cover. The stock is just spot-on, with ne'er a duff title therein; and much more to come from in the stockroom (aka "family & friends") by way of replacing/rotating the stuff out there in their showroom. Milan's great, and his coffee is just what's required during an afternoon of Whitechapel/Bethnal Green pub-trawling with the immortal Dem in his mighty new leather jacket ! Hopefully we can persuade some book launches to take place there; and get more Vaulters along. Milan's a top bloke, really welcoming, and I reckon Dem's found us a treasure trove with this one Oh and Dem, thanks for a fantastic afternoon, and for that copy of Ramsey's Midnight Sun, which is right at the top of my reading pile! You're a true gent. I'll bung up my impressions as soon as. Mark S.
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Post by Johnlprobert on Sept 13, 2010 14:09:17 GMT
It sounds a truly splendid place! Fingers crossed we'll be able to pop in when we're in London in November. With a couple of large bookbags
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Post by marksamuels on Sept 13, 2010 14:28:27 GMT
Sure you'd thoroughly enjoy a visit, Lord P !
They had a Merritt in there, btw. Dwellers in the Mirage, I think it was.
Mark S.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 13, 2010 15:53:45 GMT
Sounds brilliant. i have a faint chance of getting there when I visit my brother in Surbiton. Do i wear the usual pink carnation to be recognised as a Vaultee or will I look sufficiently deranged as it is?
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Post by marksamuels on Sept 13, 2010 16:45:32 GMT
Craig
Long as you don't wear the carnation in your hair, you'll be fine.
Milan didn't quite manage to conceal a freshly blood-stained bra under the counter before our arrival ... ;D
Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Sept 14, 2010 23:35:42 GMT
Hope Dem's OK. Surprised he hasn't posted on here, after our triumphant Sunday jaunt together. Maybe I'm just a terrible worrier about my friends Mark S.
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Post by dem bones on Sept 15, 2010 16:59:05 GMT
Hi Mark Stop worrying! i came home to a computer malfunction is all, but it seems to be back to its terrifying worst again now. It was brilliant to see you on Sunday and i'm glad you like TYPE. Sadly, the market has seen better days, but that surviving strip of bombsite we visited (where you found Adventures of Arthur Pym) is still ok for the occasional cheapo paperback. TYPE is gradually picking up a reputation by word of mouth alone which, i gather, is exactly how Milan was hoping it would go. My personal pick from Sunday's haul was to be Danny Hogan's Killer Tease from Pulp Press which i read in one sitting (it's only 100 pages) and will attempt to 'review' later. As to the mini-pub crawl, that was great fun even if we never got as far as the ones that can get very .... strange on occasion. Thank you for a lovely afternoon mr. milan sends his regards. dem the jacket It sounds a truly splendid place! Fingers crossed we'll be able to pop in when we're in London in November. With a couple of large bookbags i'm guessing that's for the End Of The Line: New Horror Stories Set On And Around The Underground anthology signing, Lord P.? The only snag there is, the 16th is a Tuesday and the shop is open Thursday-Sunday inclusive. November is too far away for me to think of making concrete plans, but i'm hoping to get along to Foyles for the event if only to show off my new-improved Death Line appearance to an appreciative audience. And, of course, the splendid Lovejoys bookshop/ sleaze emporium is only five minutes - oh bliss!
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Post by dem bones on Nov 20, 2010 12:49:05 GMT
Thursday and another visit to TYPE. I am a MAN WITH A MISSION: to find a Peter Haining book, something to commemorate the third anniversary. I know fortune is gonna favour me when I spot the Visual Guide to NEL in the window (Justin, you will be pleased to know that he only has two copies left. The rest went on the first day). So, it is a great opportunity to catch up with/ exchange malicious gossip with Milan - he enjoyed a successful Zardoz and asked me to pass on his thanks to the Paperback Fanatic & Vault element for their support! None of this, of course, is of any consolation unless the mission is completed and it is not looking good. Work through the paperbacks, yarbles, no PH! then, cast a covetous glance to the new arrivals and, lo and behold .... Pauline Ellison that cover painting! Had never seen so much as a scan of this until Johnny Mains kindly posted it ( The Midnight People), and, i'm sure you'll agree, it is a thing of beauty. Not in the slightest vampire-like but none the worse for that, and the collection is top notch. I think with the Leslie Frewin trilogy (this, The Unspeakable people and The Evil People), Peter was growing into his editors boots and they would be my pick of his 'sixties collections by some distance. Things are continuing apace at TYPE and we hope to hear confirmation of some exciting developments in the coming weeks. Also, as a Vault special treat, we are planning a PHOTO SHOOT next time, so you will have a nice pin up of snakehips dem (quite possibly wearing that nice grey shirt my mum bought me last Christmas, but this has yet to be officially confirmed) to download , blow up to poster size and pin above your bed! You might even like to adapt it as your massive signature banner for messagebores, though this is only a helpful suggestion. Milan will probably be in it too, but then it's his camera. (don't worry: he's quite glamorous and i'll try and make him come out all blurry so as not to spoil it)
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Post by killercrab on Nov 20, 2010 18:21:46 GMT
Fascinating cover . I'll try and make it along to TYPE one of these years , so keep up the Type Tales of your visits snakehips. ;D
KC
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Post by andydecker on Nov 20, 2010 20:19:12 GMT
Pauline Ellison Beautiful cover, dem! Is this a hardcover?
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