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"So fuck Doubleday Doran"
RIP
http://www.shakespeareco.org/

George is still alive, wow!

He used to hide his money everywhere. Behind books, in books, toilet, etc, etc...

If you worked a few hours a day in his bookstore George allowed you to sleep for free among the thousands and thousands of books.
 
Abandoned Planet

In the Mission, SF. Was there last year enquiring about books by Harold Norse. The owner said, well we don't have any, but you can meet the man. And there he was right there reading a paper, 90 years old, shock and awe. We talked about poems, the people he'd met. Man, the people he'd met. Check out Memoirs of a Bastard Angel. This guy fucked everything (male) that moved. Auden, Baldwin. I think his greatest work stands there cheek to jowl with the great 20th C. poetry.
He's a lovely old man. And the bookshop has engravings by Jack Micheline. Cool cats too. Also, the guy who edited Open City seems to lounge there all day. (Don't ask him about Bukowski though. Not flattering. As it should be.)
 
Also, the guy who edited Open City seems to lounge there all day. (Don't ask him about Bukowski though. Not flattering. As it should be.)

Unfortunately, he does'nt lounge there all day anymore. His name was John Bryan and he died recently...:(
 
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Me, sitting in front of Shakespeare and Company, having a great time.

shakespeare & company.jpg buk shelf.jpg as you walk in.jpg

I was in Paris this last may 2009 and bought a first ed. hc of Death on Credit by Celine, published by John Calder Ltd, for 60 euros.
I don't know if it was a good deal but the book is perfect.
 
yeah, beautliful.

I know a nice picture of Hem in front of that store, but have never seen the inside.

Seems the owners favorite Bukowski is 'Ham'. Good choice.
 
Ona that is an amazing story, very sad now though because Harold Norse just passed away about a week ago. I do want to read Norse's Memoirs though, going to make a concentrated effort to do so.
 
that's what i was thinking.

i was there '98 or '99. i forget. i got a couple of Japanese tourists to take a shot to prove it. later i took a stroll along by the Seine. it was perfect, until i got the arm of my jacket caught in one of those stalls that dot the bank, and almost ripped it clean off.
 
Nice photo's and a nice looking book store! Thanks, Black Swan.

Who is the cute little babe sitting on the bench?

That's Brigitte Bardot's younger sister, Gerard...:rolleyes:
 
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In the Mission, SF. Was there last year enquiring about books by Harold Norse. The owner said, well we don't have any, but you can meet the man. And there he was right there reading a paper, 90 years old, shock and awe. We talked about poems, the people he'd met. Man, the people he'd met. Check out Memoirs of a Bastard Angel. This guy fucked everything (male) that moved. Auden, Baldwin. I think his greatest work stands there cheek to jowl with the great 20th C. poetry.
He's a lovely old man. And the bookshop has engravings by Jack Micheline. Cool cats too. Also, the guy who edited Open City seems to lounge there all day. (Don't ask him about Bukowski though. Not flattering. As it should be.)


Such a great post.
 
Me, sitting in front of Shakespeare and Company, having a great time.

I was in Paris this last may 2009 and bought a first ed. hc of Death on Credit by Celine, published by John Calder Ltd, for 60 euros.
I don't know if it was a good deal but the book is perfect.

Thanks for posting Swan! What a wonderful place!! God, I would love to go there some day...:)CRB
 
That's Brigitte Bardot's younger sister, Gerard...:rolleyes:
Do you mean that witch ?

(She's not very appreciated here, now, though being at the head of the main French association fighting for animal protection. She is considered as being racist.)

It's strange, I know the Latin Quarter quite well, I often met my friends in its bars and I still like loosing myself in its little streets...but I've yet never noticed that bookshop :confused: Maybe it's because I'm used to daydream while walking.

I've noted its address and will have a look at it the next time I'll be in this quarter !

And I hope your foot is now completely recovered, Black Swan ;) Next time, whether your foot is hurt or not, we will meet...I'll be a perfect nurse, no matter if we spent the whole day sitting on a bench and feeding pigeons :D
 
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I guess it's not legendandary, yet! But I love Barnes and Noble.

I work there and... I think they do an ok job of promoting little known\unknown authors... but the small press focus is almost non-existent. Usually an author has to get a major publisher to get our attention (The Shack is one of those few exceptions to that rule).

But yeah, I still like the store, generally... As a shopper, I like Powell's more if only because they carry BSP books. Plus their small press area is great too.
 
I finally went there this afternoon. I didn't know that street, though it is the street which is just after the street with that famous little theatre with which I'm quite familiar...

A charming place, indeed ! But my friend and I were unanimous : most of the books are expensive ones ! Even the little pocket books with paper of low quality cost around 10 euros !
I can't deny that this bookshop contains some things which can't be found anywhere else but if, like me, you're just looking for classical books, you don't need to ruin yourself in Shakespeare & co. There is a Gibert Jeune bookshop only devoted to books in foreign languages not far from there, that's where I usually go to buy books in english. Here I found the John Keats poetry book I was seeking, for a very reasonable price. I also couldn't help buying Little Women, one of the books that enlightened my youth. :D
 
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And I hope your foot is now completely recovered, Black Swan ;) Next time, whether your foot is hurt or not, we will meet...I'll be a perfect nurse, no matter if we spent the whole day sitting on a bench and feeding pigeons :D

Maybe January, Ambreen.

My toe got smashed by a very heavy metal ashtray at a flea market in Holland, 3 days before I was to leave. On queen's day. It nearly got cut off.

The nail is slowly growing back.
 
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Ouch! That sounds painful, Black Swan. I'm glad you did'nt loose a toe.
 
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That is what happens when you wear flip-flops in a crowd of thousands.
btw, this is the other door of the bookstore, where they sell rare books.

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Documentary on Shakespeare & Company

Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man

beginning, second, trois, cuatro, funf, fin [These videos are unavailable.]
 
This is a great bookstore in Paris called "Un Regard Moderne" located where?
10 rue Gît-Le-Coeur.

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Yes, by the Beat Hotel, a few doors down.
The owner has been there for 20 years and has been a librarian for 40 years. His name is Paul Noël and he mainly sells American litterature and the Beats.
Really cooool.
 
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My, my, that looks like a really cool bookstore. Love the way it looks from the outside, now I want to visit the inside.

Got to see more of France in anyway.

Btw, you make a fine mother/daughter couple, I mean lovely ;-)
 
That wasn't the good moment to take photos, I'm having allergy on the eyes... but I couldn't say no to you. :D

The owner is called Jacques Noël.

The owner has been there for 20 years and has been a librarian for 40 years. His name is Paul Noël and he mainly sells American litterature and the Beats
You forgot to mention the huge amount of porno books, mags and comics. They're on the right side, next time I'll show you them. :D

Yes Mark, that's a cool book store but extremely cramped, not recommended at all for people suffering from claustrophobia : you feel like an elephant in a china shop. And the owner isn't talkative. I first went there last winter because I had a paper to write on a bookstore for a course (and I chose this one because I read on the net that Patti Smith goes there each time she's in Paris) and it turned out to be quite difficult to make him talk... he first let me on the right side, among the said porno books, because he was busy with clients, and I felt that he wasn't happy at the perspective of being interviewed...

I prefer this one, taken in the café near "Shakespeare & Company" (don't remember its name) :

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I was going to ask about the yellow Spermanga book on the left photo #1 side.

I lived on 21 square meters together with a girlfriend, so I think I can handle small places. You hear me scream "I can't breathe! I gotta get outta here!" while I grab the best porn stuff, then run out of the store and jump into the Metro.
 
I found some pictures of the owner and of the inside :
http://www.gonzai.com/sites/default/files/regard_moderne__13_bis.gif
http://www.gonzai.com/sites/default/files/regard_moderne__6_bis.gif
http://a9.idata.over-blog.com/0/24/65/72/jacquesnoel_400.jpg
http://lepoignardsubtil.hautetfort.com/media/00/00/3124401.jpg

Here is how it looks when closed :
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/43/78186244_4c5f0e20cc.jpg
The first time I went there, I didn't check the opening hours and arrived too early. It was closed and I didn't notice it, believing the book covers were posters stick on the wall (hahaha).
 
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