Never heard of it, but, oh, wow. That's exactly what a bookshop should be. Sod the lottery, I'd be prepared to get loans and stuff and really make a go of that. It'd be wonderful. And Oxford would be just the place for it...
There was a great bookshop near me when I lived in NodNol, second hand & antiquarian, twenty four hours more or less (well, it closed during the morning, and was open at 3 am when I couldn't sleep, so clearly had the right attitude to hours), gave tea and coffee to the regulars (who occasionally brought in cake to share) and had an excellent shop keeper who bought books on the premise you'd like them based on past purchases and long conversations, and if you didn't want them then put them on the shelf. That was rather a long sentence. It was great. Unfortunately it closed - not due to a lack of money or staff - but because the owner emigrated.
Sounds like the old Voltaire and Rouseau, off Gibson Street in Glasgow's West End, just by The University. I was hardly ever out of the place as an undergrad. Sadly, the drink finally got to the owner (well, it was either that or he was going to set himself on fire), and the new owners just don't have any class.
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Date: 2004-07-28 08:41 am (UTC)Go on! Let's do something crazy!
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