tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199172620528470353.post1876430935320808926..comments2023-09-03T05:58:11.601-05:00Comments on The Exile Bibliophile: FOUND: Book MineBenjamin L Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489486832142866020noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199172620528470353.post-44864648260583990062010-12-14T17:26:05.120-06:002010-12-14T17:26:05.120-06:00You should live in New England - or, at least visi...You should live in New England - or, at least visit once in awhile. In addition to the Numerous bookstores in this immediate area (new & used), including book mines, there are state directories of antiquarian & used, etc. book dealers (ABAA).<br /><br /> We used to occasionally do a book tour, marking out on the calendar the locations of those on a state list and marking out any diners we were able to locate, connecting the dots, so to speak. <br /><br /> Our favorite: Book Farm (in a barn, enormous number of books, all nicely sorted), Heniker NH <br /><br /> Take a tour: <br />http://hq.abaa.org/books/antiquarian/databases/bookseller_search.htmlNancy B. T.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199172620528470353.post-85792778073667119452010-09-01T08:27:19.478-05:002010-09-01T08:27:19.478-05:00We have an organised version of your Book Mine in ...We have an organised version of your Book Mine in Rochester, England called Baggins Book Bazaar. It goes on forever, you loose friends in there. It has stacks of books you'd never want. The air sits on your lungs - full of damp book spores, if there is such a thing. It has an un-nagivable basement and odd classifications. Yet still you think you'll find something unusual and cheap and rare and beautiful. I have to confess I didn't.Shelf Appealhttp://www.shelfappeal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199172620528470353.post-37982842687935758322010-08-28T09:54:33.808-05:002010-08-28T09:54:33.808-05:00Have you ever watched the show, "American Pic...Have you ever watched the show, "American Pickers" on the History Channel? Those guys go picking in a lot of obscure, dirty places, and often come away with some incredible finds... but mostly engine parts for old cars and motorcycles, and other things that are more sturdy and able to survive such harsh conditions... I have yet to see them pick up a book. But a book mine by your definition sounds like the bookstore equivalent to some of the places that those guys have visited.The Traveling Antiquarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06773426778748818294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199172620528470353.post-484951477146954572010-08-27T15:34:41.931-05:002010-08-27T15:34:41.931-05:00I think you have it pretty well covered - at least...I think you have it pretty well covered - at least you didn't get the (mine) shaft! I know of a couple of bookstores here in Helena, Aunt Bonnie's is one, and the other is in a two-story house run by a fellow named Richard Van Nice - and he KNOWS where every book is and has probably read it. Two stories of books? I think that comes close to being an open pit mine, don't you?MrCachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380421021822593083noreply@blogger.com