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Post by Swampirella on Oct 18, 2021 13:04:05 GMT
Sounds like a wonderful place, Shrink! But, no photo of the "life-sized patchwork cow"? From here: www.facebook.com/KergordHatcheryBooks/Thanks, Princess! I noticed they have a Facebook page when I googled it, but didn't bother to actually go to it. She is an angrily beautiful patchwork cow!
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Oct 18, 2021 13:09:20 GMT
I tend to avoid Facebook where possible, I don't like the layout at all and it's bothersome with popups.
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Post by Swampirella on Oct 18, 2021 13:12:59 GMT
I tend to avoid Facebook where possible, I don't like the layout at all and it's bothersome with popups. I was never into it at all, from the beginning; your dislikes don't encourage me to change my mind about it.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 16, 2022 9:33:31 GMT
Friend Peter's Books-Peckham has moved to 20 Maxted Road, Peckham, SE15 4FL (entrance on Oglander road, next to Quickprint). Nearest station still Peckham Rye. Open's Thursday through to Sunday but, as ever, check out his regularly updated instagram page/ text before you travel.
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Post by andydecker on Jul 16, 2022 17:39:05 GMT
This looks a bit ominous, like a pawnshop or worse. I hope it's interiors are more inviting. Of course it is the books that count and every bookshop is as important as a tree.
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Post by humgoo on Sept 19, 2023 9:24:47 GMT
This is Slater Street, Bethnal Green, London E2, just around the corner from Shoreditch Station, and behind the benches is where friend Richard sets up his stall every Sunday. Sometimes - usualy when it's raining - he'll flog DVD's. I managed to get there on Sunday (at least I thought I did: white van just parked inside the entrance, right?), but that seemed to be your friend's DVD day, without paperbacks. On Monday I went to Hurlingham Books and did see a lot of paperbacks, mind. Thought the shop would be bigger, but can't complain if there's such chaos. A lovely lady held the fort, but seemed to see the owner appear for a while ("just come to get something for the warehouse"). Kept thinking the books I wanted must have been somewhere in the backroom. Almost trespassed.
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Post by Knygathin on Sept 19, 2023 10:48:15 GMT
Many years ago, on one of my secondhand bookstore rounds, one dealer had received a collection of sf paperbacks, and I recognized a few by Jack Vance. I asked if he had more books by Vance. He first smirked (because he was a rather highbrow, jaded aristocrat, stuck in his ways, not interested in sf/fantasy) and asked rhetorically, "Jack Vance, ho-hum, mm-mm hmm, yes, could he be something worth reading now, mm-mm?", then replied, "Well, if you are a good customer, and actively buy what is on the shelf, I will bring out more."
Comments like that make me loose all desire to visit again.
But I am sure he was a good gentleman in other ways. He is gone now. God bless him.
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Post by humgoo on Sept 28, 2023 8:19:23 GMT
Run on the "pay what you want; every person three books each day" principle, Book-Cycle is probably worth a visit if you happen to find yourself in Exeter. Free books! Boasting a small horror section too (the empty space on the shelf was originally occupied by some old Lovecraft editions. As soon as I picked them up, the guy next to me cried "Are they Lovecraft?" Not being an HPL fan, I handed them over to him dutifully). There's also an "oldies" section on the second floor, so you can carry away A Century of Thrillers free if you travel lightly. A particularly attractive place when compared with the nearby, spacious Oxfam bookshop which has rather optimistic pricing.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Sept 28, 2023 14:18:16 GMT
Run on the "pay what you want; every person three books each day" principle, Book-Cycle is probably worth a visit if you happen to find yourself in Exeter. That looks brilliant. But living 600 miles to the north, it's unlikely that I'll happen to find myself in Exeter.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 4, 2024 19:08:59 GMT
Herbert Felton: A cosmopolitan news-stand off Leicester Square How lovely. Scanned from Paul Cohen Portheim, The Spirit of London (Batsford 1937; 2nd edition. Originally 1935). Thanks to the Bride of Dem for putting me onto it. Note copy of Ghost Stories for Aug. 1926 among the display, and is that the May 1926 issue of Weird Tales?
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