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Old November 26th 10, 02:47 PM posted to rec.collecting.books
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I just had a week in London, and of course, spent a good deal of time
looking for and at books. Despite the fact that the shops are nothing
like what they used to be, I came home with fifteen hardcover volumes!
I went to Maggs Bros, and was treated very nicely. (I'd heard that
they were not always welcoming to walk-ins, but that was not my
experience...)

It was rather sad to walk along Charing Cross Road. Some of the
buildings which once had housed nice second-hand shops were gone, and
not all the shops I remember were still there. Nevertheless, I found a
few things that had been on my want list for a long time.

One reason for taking the trip when I did was to catch the bookfair at
the Royal National. This was smaller than it used to be, too, but
there was a lot of interesting stuff on view, and more than one dealer
was openly willing to lower the marked price to make a sale. There was
another fair at the Holiday Inn on Coram Street, but this was very
"antiquarian," not so much for the general collector, and priced
appropriately. (One dealer told me he believed the two would have to
merge next year, and all would be at the Royal National.)
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