Barry Cassidy Rare Books

We are back from our trip to Paris, Bruges and Amsterdam, where we had a wonderful time. I know I promised updates during the trip but Deborah had me active day and night and I didn't have much time for Facebook or anything else. We did take our friend Michael Liebenson's tip and visit the outdoor book market mentioned below. I bought one book for 10 Euros and would have bought a few more if they had only been priced. There weren't a lot of English language books at the ma...rket. For some reason they all seem to favor French, a local language. Many of the book stalls had books with no prices. I didn't see a lot of sales being made. Across the street from the book market was a bakery that ships bread by airplane to Metropolitan Market, just down the street from our Tacoma home. It's a wonderful bakery, but with only about 200 square feet of selling space. We bought some of their bread and some pastries. We visited quite a few museums, including some odd ones. We were traveling with our friends Jane and Andy Evancho. Jane, who is a high mucky-muck in Tacoma Water Dept. wanted to see the museum / exhibit of the Paris underground sevage system. (Oh, great, I said to Deborah: "Tour de le turd."). Here's a picture of the sign. I have always carried a dummy wallet when we have visited Europe. It has a number of worthless items: AARP cards, credit card come-ons, expired library cards and a selection of those phony bills that you find on the street that are actually ads for a business. And even though it's worth nothing, it still ticked me off when we were on the Paris Metro and a group of three men tried to pickpocket it. I was only able to catch the one with his hand on the wallet while the other two, one of whom bumped me while the other dropped his cell phone, got away. An assisting shove going out the door was the only damage I was able to administer. Bruges is a beautiful city, filled with canals and houses from the 1600 to the 1800 hundreds. The people are friendly and all spoke English. We can fully recommend the Hotel Adornes. In Amsterdam one day while walking back to our apartment we spotted a bar named after one that shows up in the stories of P.G. Wodehouse, my favorite author. Outside the bar was a sign stating that it was the meeting place of the oldest Wodehouse society in the world. Deborah took my picture in front of it. (To be posted later). Later that evening was I was reading my e-mail and the president of the Amsterdam Wodehouse society said there was a meeting of the society the next night. I invited myself and had a great time. And now it's back to work. We will be open Monday and Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will add Saturday hours in after Thanksgiving, also from 10 to 2. The hours can be extended by calling ahead either early or late. Thank you to everyone for my birthday wishes.

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Vacation time We will be on vacation and no packages will be mailed from April 11 through April 18. The store will be closed, except for Monday and Tuesday April 16 & 17, when our cataloger David will be here from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Orders will still be taken during our time away, of course, and we will do our best to upgrade any shipment to Priority Mail when we return. Best wishes, Barry Cassidy

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We are back from our trip to Paris, Bruges and Amsterdam, where we had a wonderful time. I know I promised updates during the trip but Deborah had me active day and night and I didn't have much time for Facebook or anything else. We did take our friend Michael Liebenson's tip and visit the outdoor book market mentioned below. I bought one book for 10 Euros and would have bought a few more if they had only been priced. There weren't a lot of English language books at the ma...rket. For some reason they all seem to favor French, a local language. Many of the book stalls had books with no prices. I didn't see a lot of sales being made. Across the street from the book market was a bakery that ships bread by airplane to Metropolitan Market, just down the street from our Tacoma home. It's a wonderful bakery, but with only about 200 square feet of selling space. We bought some of their bread and some pastries. We visited quite a few museums, including some odd ones. We were traveling with our friends Jane and Andy Evancho. Jane, who is a high mucky-muck in Tacoma Water Dept. wanted to see the museum / exhibit of the Paris underground sevage system. (Oh, great, I said to Deborah: "Tour de le turd."). Here's a picture of the sign. I have always carried a dummy wallet when we have visited Europe. It has a number of worthless items: AARP cards, credit card come-ons, expired library cards and a selection of those phony bills that you find on the street that are actually ads for a business. And even though it's worth nothing, it still ticked me off when we were on the Paris Metro and a group of three men tried to pickpocket it. I was only able to catch the one with his hand on the wallet while the other two, one of whom bumped me while the other dropped his cell phone, got away. An assisting shove going out the door was the only damage I was able to administer. Bruges is a beautiful city, filled with canals and houses from the 1600 to the 1800 hundreds. The people are friendly and all spoke English. We can fully recommend the Hotel Adornes. In Amsterdam one day while walking back to our apartment we spotted a bar named after one that shows up in the stories of P.G. Wodehouse, my favorite author. Outside the bar was a sign stating that it was the meeting place of the oldest Wodehouse society in the world. Deborah took my picture in front of it. (To be posted later). Later that evening was I was reading my e-mail and the president of the Amsterdam Wodehouse society said there was a meeting of the society the next night. I invited myself and had a great time. And now it's back to work. We will be open Monday and Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We will add Saturday hours in after Thanksgiving, also from 10 to 2. The hours can be extended by calling ahead either early or late. Thank you to everyone for my birthday wishes.

Waving a fond goodbye to long-term house guests John Lang and Taylor Bowie!