Richard wrote:
> Jeremy, it seems like Brussels is suddenly crowded
with Rara-avians now
that
> I no longer live on Rue du Mail in Ixelles. Let me
recommend to you (and
> others who go through Brussels) to the bookstore
"Polar & Co." at 257
> Chaussee d'inelles, 1050 Brussels which features
both new and used books,
> primarily crime but some SF. Most of its stock is
French language but it
> does feature some English language used paperbacks.
The hill is damn
steep
> from the tram stop. Some old Gold Medals turn up
there now and then.
I worked in Brussels for a month last year and found it to be
a wonderful city and a surprising source of US pulp
paperbacks. The two main sources for me were the fleamarket
in the Place du Jeu de Balle and Pele-Mele at Bd Maurice
Lemonnier 55. Two of the biggest collections of PBOs I've
ever seen were in Brussels. One filled an entire room, the
other just a single wall
(but it was a long and very high wall). Both collections were
amassed entirely from local sources. To put that in
perspective, in Edinburgh
(Scotland) where I normally reside, I found a paltry 3 Gold
Medal titles last year. When I returned from Brussels I had a
half-size rucksack full of them.
Al Guthrie
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