TWO MORE PARIS BOOKSHOPS
Today, Wednesday, while en route to the Musee Maillol, a delightful but lesser-known museum in the 6th, I found two previously unvisited bookshops and in spite of my best intentions I ended up adding to my already overweight bag!
L’ecume des Pages at 174 boulevard Saint-Germain was a large wonderfully stocked store, most titles in French but also an impressive selection of non-fiction English titles. Annie works in the fashion industry and was drawn to their extensive range of fashion-related titles. Purchase – Vintage Paris Couture – The French Woman’s Guide to Shopping – Jessica Clayton – Universe – E22.
Also a fun, tongue in cheek title, The Best Places to Kiss in Paris!
Next to Librairie Gallimard at 15 boulevard Raspail, another large shop with a big array of most interesting stock out on the street. I bought Nouvelle Revue Francaise published 1 May 1953 at 195Fr for three Euros (about NZ$7). There were many different issues there, they look a little like early editions of Landfall but all in French of course, and I really would love to have bought 10 or 12 copies but alas the weight………….
I had also hoped to day to get to Calignani on the rue de Rivoli, which boasts of being the “oldest bookshop on the Continent, but as always happens in Paris I have run out of time and tomorrow we board the train for Toulon and the coast. Au revoir Paris.
More from Toulon, home of rugby in France.
Today, Wednesday, while en route to the Musee Maillol, a delightful but lesser-known museum in the 6th, I found two previously unvisited bookshops and in spite of my best intentions I ended up adding to my already overweight bag!
L’ecume des Pages at 174 boulevard Saint-Germain was a large wonderfully stocked store, most titles in French but also an impressive selection of non-fiction English titles. Annie works in the fashion industry and was drawn to their extensive range of fashion-related titles. Purchase – Vintage Paris Couture – The French Woman’s Guide to Shopping – Jessica Clayton – Universe – E22.
Also a fun, tongue in cheek title, The Best Places to Kiss in Paris!
Next to Librairie Gallimard at 15 boulevard Raspail, another large shop with a big array of most interesting stock out on the street. I bought Nouvelle Revue Francaise published 1 May 1953 at 195Fr for three Euros (about NZ$7). There were many different issues there, they look a little like early editions of Landfall but all in French of course, and I really would love to have bought 10 or 12 copies but alas the weight………….
I had also hoped to day to get to Calignani on the rue de Rivoli, which boasts of being the “oldest bookshop on the Continent, but as always happens in Paris I have run out of time and tomorrow we board the train for Toulon and the coast. Au revoir Paris.
More from Toulon, home of rugby in France.
Sigh. One day....
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