In which Pyat visits old haunts

[pyat]

I went to "Elliot's Books" today, for the first time since about 1997. It doesn't go up as far as I remember - I recalled it as having four floors, for some reason. But the three floors were enough, each one smaller than the last, and reached with a progression of narrower flights of creaky stairs.

I bought a copy of Orwell's wartime broadcasts, and a collection of his essays I didn't already have. He really didn't like Salvador Dali.

I also popped into "Grey Region", and bought the copy of Pawns: The Opening Move quite possibly the same copy that I bought there in 1995, and sold back to him in 1996.

There had six copies of Chill! And a collection of Shoe comics!

Comments

[toad-hall.livejournal.com]

aaaahhhh

i miss elliot's so much

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Is Belleville light on the used bookstores?

Mind you, if you venture as far as Peterborough, Kingston or Brockville, there are a ton of excellent used bookstores without having to suffer through GTA traffic to get there.

[toad-hall.livejournal.com]

no, we have fine used bookstores. elliot's is special because it was my neighbourhood (more or less) store from all but 2 years of my life in toronto.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I spent a lot of time and money there when I was a poor university student. :)

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Does Grey Region still have the train along the ceiling?

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I didn't see it, if there was one!

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Hmm...did they have the first edition of Chill, or???

I've always remembered they only had the three floors.

::B::

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Nah, the hardcover. I would not be surprised to find a first edition there somewhere, though you're not going to find any deals. Even battered and coverless stuff usually goes for 10 bucks or more, and 10 year old sourcebooks sell for $30.

[(Anonymous)]

Nod. The only thing that ever remotely interested me was three battered booklets for the first edition of "Lace & Steel", selling for $30 a pop (or $90 Canadian total!) and this without the box or the cards.

Even I won't pay that much for an OOP RPG(at least not yet...).

::B::