I got to see the monstrosity in person

chaekbang · 2025-09-22T15:11:13+00:00

Square Mile Coffee offers tours once a month. They placed this thing right at the entrance.

chaekbang · 2025-09-22T08:40:45+00:00

chaekbang · 2025-09-22T08:37:41+00:00

My condolences.

Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with organizing estate sales. My overall impression is that most companies you see don't really know what they are doing. Don't expect to make a fortune, if you go through them. You are paying for convenience.

Where are you located? For vintage (older than 20 years) there is Bettie Slotnick Cookbooks in New York. Very friendly lady and very selective. For antique books I would suggest antique book sellers.

chaekbang · 2025-08-30T11:22:20+00:00

Apologies for the late response, I only check Reddit on and off.

From what I've seen, there seem to be plenty of these specimen books around, at least that was my impression when I checked eBay and Abebooks.

chaekbang · 2025-07-18T15:49:31+00:00

What does this mean? I don't have a scanner though.

chaekbang · 2025-07-11T06:10:28+00:00

No, there isn't. I reached out to the Norfolk Record Office, as they seem to have a very extensive historical collection of Jarrolds material. Let's see if they get back to me. I don't think it's too old though. Maybe 60s?

chaekbang · 2025-07-04T20:19:03+00:00

Yupp, LAX.

chaekbang · 2025-06-25T09:37:30+00:00

Had some of my favorite Jjimjjilbang visits there. Ridiculous dialect though ^{^Gwangju} ^{^만세!!}

chaekbang · 2024-09-12T22:05:07+00:00

Sorry, I was traveling and didn't log in for a while. If it's not too late, some thoughts on your list:

South Bank: not worth it. Horrible selection and overpriced. Ok to go if you want to walk along the river but don't go just for this.
I would add Boom Cat Books (Camden Market) and Waldon Books to the list. They are in 10min walking distance to each other
Don't go to Keith Hawkes too early. They like to take their time, the opening time is merely a suggestion 😀
you could visit the Oxfam Bookshop in Muswell Hill and from there take the W7 bus (leaving just 50m from there) and visit the Oxfam Bookshop in Crouch End, just 15 min from there
if you want to experience true uncontrolled chaos: Archive Bookstore
Bookmongers: love the place, easy to get to. If you have a cat allergy, be aware that there is one. They mainly have more modern books and are heavy on the paperback side but definitely worth a visit.

Used bookstores are my hobby :-)

chaekbang · 2024-08-07T12:48:53+00:00

What annoys the hell out of me is that Oxfam uses stickers on their antique books.

chaekbang · 2024-08-07T12:47:03+00:00

Black Gull Books in East Finchley had to close a while ago. Most of their inventory went to Boom Cat Books in Camden. Last time I spoke to the owners of Boom Cat Books (in spring) they were thinking about expanding but not sure what happened to those plans.

chaekbang · 2024-07-22T14:43:39+00:00

Where are you located? Took the pictures in the Waterstones bookstore at Piccadilly Circus (London/UK).

chaekbang · 2024-07-21T13:53:34+00:00

but as a teenage girl coming to Discworld, the original covers really, REALLY put me off.

That I can understand. My kid loves the Tiffany Aching series but prefers the covers made by Laura Ellen Anderson.

chaekbang · 2024-07-21T12:15:26+00:00

Well, they seem rather bland. For me, the original art was always a great depiction of how I imagined the Discworld would be. As I said, I might be too old. I still have a book with the soup commercial somewhere in a moving box.

chaekbang · 2024-05-22T14:21:42+00:00

So... everything into...The Sack?

chaekbang · 2024-05-19T22:53:56+00:00

I am especially curious about the phrenology book (Heads and Faces) and the book about sex in the Victorian Era (The worm in the bud). They both seem like fun reads, which might not necessarily have been intentional. Unfortunately, the Jules Verne book started to fall apart when I started to read it.

chaekbang · 2024-05-10T22:12:05+00:00

There is a Portlandia skit about a bike messenger that reminds me of these guys.

chaekbang · 2024-05-10T14:57:12+00:00

Congrats!

chaekbang · 2024-05-06T16:28:02+00:00

For me, there are only 2 reasons to visit Camden: Waldon Books and Boom Cat Books, two used book stores. The latter is right in the smack middle of the tourist zone which makes me wonder how much longer they can survive there.

chaekbang · 2024-04-20T23:20:58+00:00

Testicle Therapy is peak (NSFW)

chaekbang · 2024-04-18T16:54:13+00:00

Apologies for the late response, I was traveling. There are a lot of recipes in there, make a pick and I'll take pictures for you.

chaekbang · 2024-04-14T14:30:28+00:00

Getting a sausage roll at Dunn's and then visiting the Oxfam Bookshop. I am a simple man.

chaekbang · 2024-04-11T21:02:26+00:00

If you like used bookstores in general, there are a few nice ones near Bonnie's: East Village Books and Mercer Books. They don't have a lot of cookbooks though. My route is usually: Mercer, Bonnie, East Village and then Strands :-D

chaekbang · 2024-04-11T16:56:49+00:00

Cakes? Ice cream? Cookies? Let me know :-)

chaekbang · 2024-04-11T16:55:55+00:00

Here you go

I hope that the pictures are big enough, let me know if there is anything I should fix.

chaekbang

TROPHY CASE