ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4696 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 1 of 6 22 May 2014 at 3:43am | IP Logged |
Hi all,
I will be in Paris for a few days soon. Obviously, the majority of my free time will be
spent on site-seeing. However, are there any well-known used bookstores worth visiting? I
was thinking it would be cool if I found a bunch of Assimil courses in the French base to
snag for a song.
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1e4e6 Octoglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4275 days ago 1013 posts - 1588 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian Studies: German, Danish, Russian, Catalan
| Message 2 of 6 22 May 2014 at 3:46am | IP Logged |
I think that there is an Assimil store near Le Palace des Elysées, on
11 Rue des Pyramides
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sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5376 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish
| Message 3 of 6 22 May 2014 at 7:50am | IP Logged |
Try Gibert Jeune surrounding the Fontaine Saint-Michel (Left Bank right across from Notre Dame). The store is actually made up of a huge series of annexes all with yellow awnings - can't miss it. Facing the fountain, the foreign language annex will be on your right. They sell new and used books (the used will have stickers on the spines). French literature/fiction is across the street (on the top floor I believe). A bit further down Boulevard Saint-Michel is Gibert Joesph, which though smaller, has a pretty good language section as well. Have fun and bring an extra suitcase!
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Elanguest Newbie Malta elanguest.com Joined 3851 days ago 19 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 4 of 6 22 May 2014 at 10:40am | IP Logged |
Well, there's Shakespeare & Company. :) http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/
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garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5192 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 5 of 6 22 May 2014 at 10:44am | IP Logged |
Attica on Boulevard Richard Lenoir is a good language bookshop. I had a look in last time I was in Paris. I don't remember if they had used books though, but they had a good selection of Assimil and all the rest, as well as various foreign-language books and DVDs.
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DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6136 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian
| Message 6 of 6 22 May 2014 at 5:30pm | IP Logged |
sctroyenne wrote:
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This store is incredible. I strongly recommend a visit.
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