A wall of TBSL

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A wall of TBSL

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1harrygbutler
Ene 21, 2016, 6:01 pm

One of the regular bookstores I visit for older fiction is The Book Garden, in Cream Ridge, N.J. Inspired by Hannah's sharing of the photos of The Archive in her recent thread, I took a couple photos of the great big wall of TBSL books at the back of the store. The wall is somewhere between 40 and 50 feet long, I think. There are 10 sets of 9-shelf bookshelves there.



There are plenty of TBSL books scattered around the shop, but the bulk are to be found along this back wall, priced between $3 and about $20 (some more valuable books are in a case toward the front).



The whole shop is close to square, with several rows containing sets of double bookcases in the middle, and others to be found in front.

I had gone in an unsuccessful attempt to find Extricating Obadiah, by Joseph C. Lincoln, or perhaps Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, by Alice Hegan Rice, but all I ended up with were three mysteries from the 20s and 30s: The Wailing Rock Murders, by Clifford Orr, and two by J. Jefferson Farjeon — Seven Dead and The Green Dragon.

Well worth a visit if you are anywhere in the neighborhood!

22wonderY
Ene 21, 2016, 6:30 pm

Sigh!!!

3SylviaC
Ene 21, 2016, 7:40 pm

Oooooh! That looks lovely!

4MissWatson
Ene 22, 2016, 4:31 am

Somehow it reminds me of the bookstore in Firmin. How I wish we had something like this!

5MrsLee
Ene 22, 2016, 10:44 am

>1 harrygbutler: Nice, do add what you can to the "Local" section on LT for your stores.

There is a mystery titled "The Green Dragon"? Let me know if you enjoy it, I am always attracted by those words. :)

6Marissa_Doyle
Ene 22, 2016, 4:49 pm

>5 MrsLee: I just bought a bottle of Green Dragon sauce from Trader Joe's this week mostly for the name, but it turns out to be quite tasty.

7harrygbutler
Ene 22, 2016, 5:14 pm

>5 MrsLee: I'm almost reluctant, as I think every store for which I've added photos has gone out of business since. However, I've now added one of my photos to the venue page: http://www.librarything.com/venue/9433. A great place to spend hours.

I'll be sure to let you know what I think of The Green Dragon once I've read it. :-)

8abbottthomas
Ene 22, 2016, 5:59 pm

>1 harrygbutler: J Jefferson Farjeon has at least three books reissued in the rather attractive British Library Crime Classic series (see here: http://www.librarything.com/publisherseries/British+Library+Crime+Classics )

9harrygbutler
Editado: Ene 22, 2016, 6:32 pm

>8 abbottthomas: Thanks! I didn't realize there was a publisher series set up on LT. I can use that to help keep track. I already have Mystery in White: A Christmas Story and Thirteen Guests.

I see that you are one of the helpers on the series. Are there any complications in the series arising from Poisoned Pen Press getting the U.S. publishing deal? Poisoned Pen doesn't seem to have the Alan Melville books yet, for example: http://www.poisonedpenpress.com/genre/british-library/page/3/.

10abbottthomas
Ene 23, 2016, 11:54 am

>9 harrygbutler: I hadn't caught up with the Poisoned Pen Press issues - I'm glad they are keeping the covers. I see from your link that we are getting some British Library Spy Stories as well. As to the LT series, the books don't seem to be formally numbered and it gets increasingly difficult to work out the numbering as the series grows.

11fuzzi
Ene 29, 2016, 8:11 pm

>1 harrygbutler: great view!

Are the books sorted or categorized?

12harrygbutler
Ene 30, 2016, 1:41 pm

>11 fuzzi: The books are grouped alphabetically by author, but not further alphabetized within each letter. On this wall, all genres are mixed — mysteries cheek by jowl with westerns and popular romances. The rest of the bookstore has an array of sections (both fiction and nonfiction) by subject or genre, plus some unsorted areas for modern firsts and similar collectibles and for Modern Library editions, among others, as well as ephemera. There are some sections for children's books and classics that get older fiction as well.

13harrygbutler
Editado: Feb 16, 2016, 4:54 pm

>5 MrsLee: I did enjoy The Green Dragon, which was more an old-style thriller story of mysterious goings-on than a mystery, and a fairly light-hearted one at that. I expanded a bit more in the post on my thread: http://www.librarything.com/topic/209596#5477060.

14MrsLee
Feb 16, 2016, 9:08 pm

>13 harrygbutler: That does sound fun! I'm a little disappointed that the book isn't green. :)

15harrygbutler
Editado: Feb 16, 2016, 9:44 pm

>14 MrsLee: I can see that. The sign for the inn, which has a green dragon on it, does show up on the dust jacket of at least one edition: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WRDsxbYDVdE/VbpoYY920FI/AAAAAAAAQ3A/L_SGPSUb_cI/s1600/.... Though the dragon looks harmless, and more like a salamander or newt to me. :-)