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Help for Bookstores in Portland/Seattle
My girlfriend anI are going to the Pacific northwest. All she said was
she wanted to go to Powell's. (Don't worry about Powell's. It's a damn good book store and a wonder to behold. Anyone who gets cranky about this will be condemned to wandering Barnes & Noble in the after life.) I would like to find "rare", "antiquarian" book stores or ephemera shops. I would appreciate a rapid reply. dilatory is my given name. |
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Help for Bookstores in Portland/Seattle
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.. . "Ted Jones" wrote in message ... I would like to find "rare", "antiquarian" book stores or ephemera shops. I would appreciate a rapid reply. dilatory is my given name. look in the yellow pages, dip**** (Top posting fixed for clarity) Or you could try asking in a book collectors group, where perhaps there might be at least one or two people who actually had an interest in the special concerns of collectors. Heck, they might even be able to tell you what their favorite shops specialized in, to save you a needless trip to view a bunch of beat up paperbacks, when you really wanted science fiction or American history. Here's a comprehensive list of on-line lists of bookstores. http://www.bookmarket.com/bookstores.htm The one most often cited here is Evelyn Leeper's list of bookstores all over the planet. It's on Geocities, and sometimes it runs out of bandwidth. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/bookshop.htm#start In Evelyn's long list is a regional one for the Northwestern United States. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4824/na-nw.htm Enjoy your trip! Alice Trying to remember that all people see the world not at it is, but as they are. Even, or perhaps especially, top posters. |
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Help for Bookstores in Portland/Seattle
Useless advice. Rude. Lacking proper capitalization. Trifecta!
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Help for Bookstores in Portland/Seattle
Try:
The Great Northwest Bookstore Longfellow's Books Charles Seluzicki Fine & Rare Books (by appointment only) "Ted Jones" wrote in message ... My girlfriend anI are going to the Pacific northwest. All she said was she wanted to go to Powell's. (Don't worry about Powell's. It's a damn good book store and a wonder to behold. Anyone who gets cranky about this will be condemned to wandering Barnes & Noble in the after life.) I would like to find "rare", "antiquarian" book stores or ephemera shops. I would appreciate a rapid reply. dilatory is my given name. |
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Help for Bookstores in Portland/Seattle
look in the yellow pages, dip****
"Ted Jones" wrote in message ... I would like to find "rare", "antiquarian" book stores or ephemera shops. I would appreciate a rapid reply. dilatory is my given name. |
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Help for Bookstores in Portland/Seattle
rand wrote:
look in the yellow pages, dip**** "Ted Jones" wrote in message ... I would like to find "rare", "antiquarian" book stores or ephemera shops. I would appreciate a rapid reply. dilatory is my given name. Yes, of course the "Yellow Pages" is a compendious list of book dealers who choose to advertise. (Lest you become further exercised, "Yellow Pages" is a singular entity. Thus, "is" agrees with the subject.) I was hoping a person familiar with the Pacific Northwest book scene could provide some wisdom. Clearly, wisdom is not your stock in trade. Perhaps an extended correspondence with the M.I. 5 guy would be a profitable use of your finely honed wit. With all of the respect due you. I remain, "Dip****" n.b. Please capitalize my proper name in any future communication. I'm sorry, perhaps you have not been sufficiently instructed in the art of capitalization with a keyboard. 1.) Depress the key that displays the word "Shift" 2.) Simultaneously press the letter you wish to begin the sentence. Release the key marked "Shift". This will allow you to proceed with smaller letters. On no account, depress the key denoted as "Caps Lock". This will cause your correspondents to "Heap coals of fire on your head". |
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Help for Bookstores in Portland/Seattle
While in Seattle, take the bus over to the Fremont. There are three
quite nice bookstores all on the same stretch of a street called "Stone Way North." Bob Brown (and associates) specializes in science- fiction and mysteries, but one of the others (at least) was a general shop, with pretty good stock. Some nice restaurants and all kinds of shops, for a pleasant afternoon away from downtown. Check over Evelyn's list carefully. It's all but impossible to keep something like that up to date, given how quickly (alas) bookstores go out of business. I hope you have allocated plenty of time for Powell's. g |
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Jim wrote:
While in Seattle, take the bus over to the Fremont. There are three quite nice bookstores all on the same stretch of a street called "Stone Way North." Bob Brown (and associates) specializes in science- fiction and mysteries, but one of the others (at least) was a general shop, with pretty good stock. Some nice restaurants and all kinds of shops, for a pleasant afternoon away from downtown. Check over Evelyn's list carefully. It's all but impossible to keep something like that up to date, given how quickly (alas) bookstores go out of business. I hope you have allocated plenty of time for Powell's. g In my own defense, I have started tagging each entry with the last update to it. This is, of course, totally inadequate. :-) (So I hope people will send me what updates they can.) -- Evelyn C. Leeper Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. -Adam Smith |
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On Sep 9, 1:30 am, Ted Jones wrote:
My girlfriend anI are going to the Pacific northwest. I would like to find "rare", "antiquarian" book stores or ephemera shops. I would appreciate a rapid reply. dilatory is my given name. Besides the "big" Powells in the Pearl District, try the store on Hawthorne Distrist, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Although the selection is not as large as the Pearl District store, often I find interesting titles in the mystery and science fiction areas. Also on the same street is Hawthorne Boulevard Books, 3129 SE Hawthorne Blvd, This is a little white house, stuffed full of books in many different subject areas. No paperbacks, just all hardbacks of various vintages. Not much in genre fiction, but good seleciton of nonfiction of all types. Across the street from Hawthorne Boulevard Books is a mystery bookshop. They specialize in new books but do have some used, Among the new books, they have some titles imported from Great Britain and some from smaller reprint presses that are not easily available in other bookstores. I always hit all three stores when I'm in Portland as well as the downtown Powell's and some of the other bookstores mentioned already. I second the recommendation for the Stone Ave bookstores in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. There's actually three stores in a row: B. Brown & Assocs,with a wide range of fine first editions and rare collectibles in science fiction and horror, SeaOcean Books, which specializes in nautical books both fiction and nonfiction, and Seattle Book Center, which has hardcovers in all fields, lots of firsts and older books. These three are all in the 3500 block of Stone. Hope that all helps, Rosemary http://collectingkidsbooks.blogspot.com/ |
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On Sep 9, 9:14 pm, "Evelyn C. Leeper" wrote:
Jim wrote: Check over Evelyn's list carefully. It's all but impossible to keep something like that up to date, given how quickly (alas) bookstores go out of business. In my own defense, I have started tagging each entry with the last update to it. This is, of course, totally inadequate. :-) (So I hope people will send me what updates they can.) I only meant that as a caution, not an attack, and have used the London pages myself on at least one of my trips. (I did, in fact, send Evelyn updates on my return, and got a quick thank-you.) |
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