amazing bookshops

[itsasmallworld1]

fotos.infobae.com/index.html?slug=las-librerias-mas-bellas-del-mundo#fotos

hope the link works, it is a couple of pics of the best bookshops around the world.Have you been to any of these?

[Liiisa]

Just Shakespeare & Co! though I follow The Last Bookstore in LA on Twitter.

We could use this thread to list our favorite bookstores, though.
DC: www.politics-prose.com/
NYC: mcnallyjackson.com/ and www.stmarksbookshop.com/
London: www.dauntbooks.co.uk/
Miami, of all places: www.booksandbooks.com/
I better stop here for now....

[Webs]

Oh Liiisa, what would I do without you.

Niantic, CT: www.bookbarnniantic.com/
Portland, OR: www.powells.com/
Seattle, WA: www.elliottbaybook.com/

[Liiisa]

Aw heck Webs.

Northampton, Massachusetts: www.ravenusedbooks.com/

[mapletree]

www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g187870-d2208448-Reviews-Libreria_Acqua_Alta-Venice_Veneto.html

I spent a morning in this bookshop in Venice this fall. It's a fascinating place packed full of used books in all languages, old postcards and prints and a few cats.

[Deleted]

Brooklyn NY: powerhousearena.com/

[lillielangtry]

I can't believe I've never been to Barter books, I used to live pretty close by!

This is my favourite bookstore in Cologne for everything to do with art, photography, design, film and so on:
www.buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de/Default.aspx
And this is a picture of the outside:
de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Buchhandlung_Walther_K%C3%B6nig_K%C3%B6ln_%280637-39%29.jpg&filetimestamp=20110225213606

Edited to say, you need to copy the whole link out for that second one to work...

[vinnyd]

I've been to the Selexyz in Maastricht.

My favorite here can't be called a bookstore, since everything is free: www.bookthing.org/.

[Queen]

I've been to the several of Itsa's link;
Brussels,
Porto (which is lovely - shame I can't read any of the books)
Maastricht
Paris - several times.

The Maastricht one isn't that special IMHO - the venue is amazing but the selection of books is less so.

I'd put Hatchards on the list;



their staff are WONDERFUL. Last time I was there a child was being led out of the shop crying and shrieking. All the staff member said was "oh, another customer crazy about books"

And there should also be Daunt books on that list... oh and then there's the "Hard to Find Bookstore" in Auckland,

And if anyone wants to visit Amsterdam, there's a hotel with its own library - filled with signed copies by visiting writers - the Ambassade.

[vinnyd]

Q, the evening after you posted that I was reading a short story (USAnian) that mentions the Ambassade. Funny how things pop up. He didn't mention the library, though.

[itsasmallworld1]

my latest fav one is amazon
but I love EL ateneo.. go there often, to reload my batteries.

[tzarine]

shakespeare & co in paris

love daunt in london!
the manager gave us a bag b/c they couldn't do an event with us. the book tzar & i were in hadn't arrived.

[HalcyonDaze]

I was at a fantastic restaurant yesterday that had shelves and shelves of second hand books for sale. The food was too good to leave the table and browse, but I will go back another time.

[itsasmallworld1]

wow HD that is like my dream come true. food and good books together ..

[whothingie]

I've just visited the one in Porto. Absolutely stunning to look at - the staircase is incredible as is the range of books they carry (including a reasonable selection in English)

[Sticktoria]

Barter Books is great, but I almost get too overwhelmed! The food's pretty good too.

[Queen]

Feb 10, 2013 12:18:47 GMT -5 whothingie said:

I've just visited the one in Porto. Absolutely stunning to look at - the staircase is incredible as is the range of books they carry (including a reasonable selection in English)

I was there some years ago - there were no books in English then, just a really small section in French, and everything else in Portuguese.... Nice to hear it's changed.