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 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6364 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 9 11 June 2012 at 5:16am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm going to London and Edinburgh this week. Any recommendations for used book stores that have a decent selection of language books?
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5550 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 2 of 9 12 June 2012 at 2:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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One of the best language bookshops in London (Britain even!) is LCL International
Bookseller, 104 Judd Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9NT - Near to Kings Cross/St Pancras station and the British Library. Grant and Cutler at Foyles at 113 Charing Cross Road is also an excellent choice. Edited by Elexi on 12 June 2012 at 2:20pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| vermillon Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4663 days ago 602 posts - 1042 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, German | Message 3 of 9 12 June 2012 at 7:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd recommend Grant & Cutler largely over LCL:
-much bigger -better choice of languages -better choice of books, prices are written on the books (while at LCL you bring your books to the cashier to know how much they cost...) -books in foreign language: huge section for French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Russian, Japanese. (I'm just talking of native reading material here, there are obviously many more languages in terms of learning material). -and it's located in the biggest bookshop in Europe. But if you have time, go to both, of course. As for Edinburgh, I'm afraid there is nothing there worth a visit in terms of language learning material... at least, I am not aware of any after living there for a year. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| sekard Newbie England Joined 4679 days ago 10 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian | Message 4 of 9 12 June 2012 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Don't forget the European Bookshop( at 5 Warwick st,London,Wc1 5lu) nearest tube station is Piccadilly
circus.Wide selection of European languages with a large selection of books especially French. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6364 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 9 13 June 2012 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
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| Elexi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5550 days ago 938 posts - 1840 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 6 of 9 08 February 2013 at 10:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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LCL has now closed down its Judd Street shop - a testiment to the online age and changing expectations of
customer service (i.e. businesses with surly and rude staff fail, no matter what the old skool charm of the place). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6850 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 7 of 9 14 April 2014 at 7:40pm | IP Logged | ||
Would love to check it out! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cod2 Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4539 days ago 48 posts - 69 votes | Message 8 of 9 07 July 2015 at 1:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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The people at the LCL were quite bad. But their stock was fantastic. I picked up Beaton's
German Usage for £30, when Amazon was quoting £1,500 for a used copy. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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