Bookshops
Just as writing is a passion of me,
so is visiting bookshops and collecting
books. Almost every Saturday when
we go shopping, I go at least to one bookshop. Sometimes,
I visit three bookshops, not counting the books section
of the appartment store where we (used to) park our car.
I have sometimes dreamed of
owning a bookshop myself.
Below, a description of some of the bookshops that I
like with references to stories found in
my online diaries.
This is probably the bookshop I visited most frequently in my whole
life. Almost always when we go into the city, I walk into this store,
even if it is only for a few minutes. They sell books at discount
rates, both left overs from other shops and second hand books.
They always keep some stock of each book in the shop. It is where I
bought some of my most favourite books.
The shop has three floors. On the first floor most popular books
can be found. The second floor has a large collection of second hand
books. The third floor has a mixture of second hand books and
new books sold for discount prices.
There used to be a lot of mirrors in this shop. Some of the pillars
on the first floor were covered with mirrors. Then on the stair leading
to the third floor (which is now closed for public) there are mirrors
around on the floor. If you were standing on the right height you can
see yourself from many directions. If you were standing on the top of
the this stair, you could see through these mirrors a spy mirror on
the first floor reflecting part of the street in front of the store.
(Both the second and third floor do not have any windows from which
the street can be seen.)
Some dates on which I visited this bookshop are:
- Saturday, January 23, 1982.
- Saturday, March 20, 1982.
- Thursday, April 15, 1982.
- Saturday, November 20, 1982.
- Saturday, December 4, 1982.
- Saturday, January 5, 1983.
- Saturday, March 19, 1983.
- Saturday, November 3, 1983.
- Saturday, March 10, 1984: I bought Dutch New Testament and Genesis.
- Saturday, December 3, 1988.
- Tuesday, November 7, 1989: Bought a book with photographs by Shinzo Maeda.
- Saturday, December 16, 1989: Als ik met je praten kon...
- Monday, September 23, 1996:
I bought 'Alte Bekannte - Neue Gesichter'.
- Tuesday, September 24, 1996:
I bought a book about Piet Mondriaan.
- Saturday, October 19, 1996.
- Friday, November 1, 1996.
- Tuesday, July 29, 1997.
- Friday, January 22, 1999.
- Monday, July 5, 1999.
- Saturday, July 24, 1999:
The Gate of the Present.
- Saturday, April 14, 2001.
- Saturday, July 14, 2001.
- Thursday, September 27, 2001.
- Saturday, March 9, 2002: Van Gogh Portfolio.
- Tuesday, April 23, 2002: Monet by Vanessa Potts.
- Saturday, November 1, 2003.
- Saturday, December 13, 2003: Latin dictionary.
- Saturday, December 20, 2003: Confessions of a Philosopher.
- Saturday, January 31, 2004: Book sale.
- Saturday, February 7, 2004.
- Saturday, April 3, 2004: bought a geomorphic map.
- Saturday, July 17, 2004: bought an atlas of Zuid-Holland.
- Saturday, October 2, 2004: bought two books.
- Saturday January 5, 2005: bought two books.
- Saturday, September 30, 2006: bought van Dale dictionary.
- Wednesday, October 25, 2006: met with Li-Xia.
- Saturday, January 13, 2007: bought two books from the sale.
- Saturday, January 20, 2007: bougth one photobook.
- Saturday, May 26, 2007: Li-Xia and I both bought a book.
- Saturday, September 8, 2007: Three architecture books.
- Saturday, November 17, 2007: bought an atlas of Utrecht and
Hemel vlucht.
- Saturday, December 15, 2007:
Maastricht 148.
- Friday, January 4, 2008: at 17:10, I bought two "Pooh" books and one about being melancholic.
- Thursday, January 10, 2008: at 17:58, I bought two books.
- Saturday, January 18, 2008: at 16:58, I bought "Hersenschimmen" ("Mindshaddows") by J. Bernlef.
- Saturday, February 2, 2008: at 16:59, I bought "Hooglied" (Song of songs) with CD.
- Monday, March 17, 2008: at 17:57:13, I bought "Grunbergbijbel" by Arnon Grunberg.
- Saturday, March 22, 2008: at 15:33, I bought "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling.
- Saturday, April 26, 2008: at 16:50:39, I bought Zibaldone.
- Saturday, May 24, 2008: at 11:57, I bought De wilde getallen, Figuranten and GEB.
- Saturday, June 7, 2008: at 16:47, I bought Rough Guide Map Chicago.
- Sunday, July 6, 2008: Bought five books.
- Satuerday, October 11, 2008: Bought the last book of The Lord of the Rings in Dutch for € 1.50.
- Saturday, October 18, 2008: Bought five books.
- Sunday, November 2, 2008: Bought two books.
- Thursday, November 13, 2008: Bought Trouw schrijfboek at 19:09.
- Saturday, November 22, 2008: I bought the collected works of Gerard Reve.
- Thurday, November 27, 2008: I bought The way of Go.
- Friday, January 2, 2009: I bought Het Magisch Labyrint (The Magical Maze).
- Saturday, February 14, 2009: I bought four books.
- Saturday, February 28, 2009: Encyclopedia.
- Sunday, March 1, 2009: We bought two books.
- Saterday, March 14, 2009: Week of the book.
- Saturday, March 21, 2009: bought three books.
- Saturday, April 4, 2009.
- Sunday, April 5, 2009: bought three books.
- Thursday, April 9, 2009: bought one book.
- Saturday, May 9, 2009: bought two books.
- Saturday, May 16, 2009: bought three books.
- Thursday, June 11, 2009: Arabic geometrical patterns.
- Thursday, June 25, 2009: Grote Historische Atlas Overijssel.
- Thursday, July 16, 2009: bought Kort kort lang.
- Friday, July 31, 2009: bought Anaïs Nin: Dagboek 1931-1934.
- Monday, August 10, 2009: bought Henry en June.
- Thursday, September 10, 2009: bought The Meaning of Life.
- Saturday, September 26, 2009: bought three/four books.
- Thursday, October 1, 2009: bought Duin Messais.
- Thursday, November 26, 2009: Bought two books.
- Saturday, November 28, 2009: Bought two books.
- Tuesday, December 29, 2009: Bought two books.
- Monday, January 11, 2010: Bought one book.
- Thursday, January 21, 2010: Bought one book.
- Saturday, February 6, 2010: Bought one book.
- Thursday, March 11, 2010: Reorganisation.
- Saturday, March 13, 2010: Bought three books.
- Tuesday, March 16, 2010: Bought two books.
- Saturday, April 3, 2010: Bought two books.
- Saturday, April 10, 2010, 12:10:21: Spend € 20.97.
- Wednesday, April 14, 2010: Bought three books.
- Thursday, May 6, 2010: Bought one book.
- Saturday, May 8, 2010: Bought three books.
- Saturday, May 22, 2010: Exchanged a book.
- Saturday, May 29, 2010: Bought CD
- Monday, May 31, 2010: Bought one book.
- Saturday, June 19, 2010: 11% discount.
- Thursday, June 24, 2010: Bought map of Washington DC.
- Thursday, July 8, 2010: Bought one book.
- Saturday, July 31, 2010: Bought Meta Math
- Saturday, August 21, 2010: Upperlandic
- Saturday, October 9, 2010: Bought three books.
- Saturday, November 6, 2010: Bought two books.
- Saturday, December 4, 2010: Erasmus.
- Saturday, December 18, 2010: Bought Metrokaarten.
- Thursday, December 23, 2010: Bought one book.
- Sunday, January 2, 2011: bought Allemaal Film.
- Saturday, January 22, 2011: Bought two books.
- Thursday, February 24, 2011: Bought a book.
- Tuesday, March 1, 2011: Bought a book.
- Wednesday, March 23, 2011: Bought two books.
- Tuesday, April 5, 2011: Bought a book.
- Thursday, April 21, 2011: Bought a book about Dylan.
- Monday, May 2, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, May 7, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, May 21, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, May 28, 2011: Bought one item.
- Wednesday, June 8, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, July 16, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, July 30, 2011: Bought two books.
- Thursday, August 18, 2011: The Unseen University.
- Saturday, September 3, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, September 17, 2011: Bought two books.
- Tuesday, September 27, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, October 1, 2011: Comic for Andy.
- Saturday, October 5, 2011: Comic for Andy.
- Saturday, October 26, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, October 29, 2011: Go Black DVD
- Thursday, November 24, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, November 26, 2011: Three books and DVD.
- Saturday, January 6, 2012: Three books.
- Monday, January 23, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, January 28, 2012: Book sale: bought 8 books.
- Saturday, March 10, 2012: Bought three books.
- Friday, March 23, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, April 28, 2012: Bought two books.
- Tuesday, May 1, 2012: Bought a book.
- Wednesday, May 23, 2012: Special evening opening.
- Saturday, June 15, 2012: Four books.
- Wednesday, June 27, 2012: Exchanged two books.
- Saturday, September 8, 2012: Bought two books.
- Saturday, September 22, 2012: Bought two books.
- Saturday, September 29, 2012: Bought a book
- Sunday, November 4, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, November 10, 2012: Refurbishment.
- Friday, November 16, 2012: De Slegte + ?
- Saturday, November 24, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, December 29, 2012: Bought a book.
- Monday, December 31, 2012: Bought a book.
- Tuesday, January 8, 2013: Bought a book.
- Tuesday, January 22, 2013: Bought a book.
- Wednesday, March 27, 2013: Bought two books.
- Saturday, April 20, 2013: Bought six DVDs.
- Monday, June 17, 2013: Bought a book.
- Thursday, June 27, 2013: Polare.
- Saturday, July 6, 2013: Bought a book
- Saturday, August 3, 2013: Bought two books.
- Saturday, September 14, 2013: Bought two books.
- Wednesday, October 2, 2013: Bought a book.
- Saturday, October 12, 2013: Bought two books.
- Saturday, December 14, 2013: Bought two books.
- Sunday, December 22, 2013: Bought two books.
- Saturday, January 4, 2014: Bought a book.
- Tuesday, January 21, 2014: Bought two book.
- Saturday, January 25, 2014: Bought a book.
- Monday, January 27, 2014: Last customer?
- Saturday, February 15, 2014: Hope?
- Wednesday, February 19, 2014: Temporary reopening.
- Thursday, February 27, 2014: Bought five books.
- Wednesday, March 5, 2014: Bought four books.
- Wednesday, March 12, 2014: Bought a book.
- Saturday, March 15, 2014: Bought a book.
- Wednesday, March 26, 2014: Closure.
- Saturday, April 12, april 2014: Three books with 50% off.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2014: Last month
- Sunday, June 29, 2014: Very last day
This is the first De Slegte shop that I have visited in my life and where
I bought some of my first books. Early 2014, it has been closed.
Dates on which I visited this bookshop are:
- Wednesday, December 25, 1980. Page 152 of my personal diary XIII refers
to this shop by the name "de slechter" on the second line.
- Friday, January 16, 1981. Page 68 of my personal diary XIV, refers
to it as "de slechte" and "de slegte".
- Friday, July 31, 1981. Page 281 of my personal diary 16, mentiones
a visit to "de Slegte".
- Monday, September 23, 1996
- Saturday, July 24, 1999
- Monday, August 9, 1999
Long description of the shop
- Thursday, October 12, 2000
- Tuesday, June 18, 2002: short visit
- Tuesday, July 30, 2002
- Friday, August 11, 2005
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008: Bought two books at 12:42.
- Thursday, August 16, 2012
Referenced in:
- Saturday, October 19, 1996.
- Saturday, November 30, 1996: Umbrellas.
- Saturday, October 7, 2000: Meeting Dick Bruna there.
- Saturday, June 15, 2002: Bought .NET Framework Gids.
- Saturday, January 24, 2004.
- Saturday, February 7, 2004.
- Saturday, October 2, 2004: Bought a CD-ROM.
- Thursday, October 21, 2004: bought Rapid Development.
- Saturday, November 20, 2004: Willem Wilmink.
- Saturday, July 9, 2005: Sale.
- Saturday, January 13, 2007: Bought two books from the sale.
- Sunday, July 6, 2008: Bought one book.
- Saturday, November 22, 2008: Looked at a new diary.
- Saturday, December 6, 2008: Bought a diary.
- Monday, January 5, 2009: Bought Maak jezelf maar klaar by Elsbeth Etty.
- Saturday, January 17, 2009: Sale.
- Saturday, February 14, 2009: We got a free CD.
- Sunday, March 1, 2009.
- Saturday, April 4, 2009.
- Saturday, June 27, 2009: Bought one book during sale.
- Thursday, January 21, 2010: Bought one book.
- Saturday, January 30, 2010: 75% off.
- Saturday, February 13, 2010: bought three books.
- Saturday, May 8, 2010: Bought one book.
- Saturday, June 19, 2010: Tijn Touber.
- Saturday, September 18, 2010: Bought diary 2011.
- Saturday, December 4, 2010: Nina Hagen.
- Thursday, January 14, 2011: Winter sale. Bought three books.
- Saturday, March 12, 2011: Bought topographic atlas of Overijssel.
- Saturday, October 15, 2011: SKA exhibition.
- Saturday, October 26, 2011: Bought a book.
- Sunday, December 18, 2011: Bought diary 2012.
- Saturday, February 4, 2012: Bought a book.
- Wednesday, February 8, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, February 11, 2012: Bought three book.
- Monday, March 19, 2012: Bough a book.
- Saturday, March 24, 2012: Bough a book.
- Saturday, April 7, 2012: Bought a book.
- Wednesday, July 25, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, October 20, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, October 27, 2012: Bought a book.
- Sunday, November 4, 2012: Bought diary 2013.
- Saturday, January 12, 2013: Winter sale. Bought four items.
- Saturday, January 26, 2013: Bought a book.
- Thursday, February 7, 2013: 145 years. Bought a book.
- Saturday, March 23, 2013: Bought a book. Got a free book.
- Monday, June 17, 2013: Bought a calendar.
- Saturday, July 6, 2013: Exhibition opening.
- Saturday, October 19, 2013: Bought diary 2014.
- Wednesday, March 26, 2014: Taking-over Polare.
- Saturday, April 12, april 2014: Three books with 50% off.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2014: (Re)opening second hand books.
- Saturday, April 19, 2014: Three books with 62.5% off.
- Saturday, April 26, 2014: Seven books with 50% extra discount.
- Thursday, May 1, 2014: Bought one book with discount.
- Friday, May 2, 2014: Bought one book with 50% off.
- Sunday, May 4, 2014: Bought two books.
- Monday, May 19, 2014: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, May 21, 2014: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, May 27, 2014: Poem and two books.
- Tuesday, June 10, 2014: Bought one book.
- Thursday, July 3, 2014: Bought one book.
- Saturday, July 12, 2014: Bought one book.
- Thursday, July 17, 2014: Bought Moleskine notebook.
- Saturday, August 16, 2014: Bought one book.
- Monday, October 13, 2014: Bought two books.
- Sunday, November 2, 2014: Bought three books.
- Saturday, November 8, 2014: Bought one book.
- Saturday, November 22, 2014: Bought one book.
- Saturday, November 29, 2014: Bought two books.
- Saturday, December 6, 2014: Bought one book.
- Saturday, December 20, 2014: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, December 30, 2014: Bought one book.
- Saturday, January 17, 2015: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, February 17, 2015: Bought one book.
- Saturday, February 21, 2015: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, March 31, 2015: Bought one book.
- Saturday, April 11, 2015: Bought one book.
- Thursday, April 23, 2015: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, May 12, 2015: Bought one book.
- Saturday, May 23, 2015: Bought one book.
- Saturday, May 30, 2015: Bought one book.
- Saturday, June 27, 2015: Bought two books.
- Tuesday, July 7, 2015: Bought one book.
- Thursday, July 30, 2015: Bought one book.
- Thursday, September 10, 2015: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, October 13, 2015: Bought one book.
- Saturday, November 7, 2015: Bought one book.
- Saturday, November 21, 2015: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, November 24, 2015: Bought five books.
- Friday, January 8, 2016: Winter sale. Bought two books.
- Monday, January 18, 2016: Bought one book.
- Sunday, April 3, 2016: Bought one book.
- Saturday, June 25, 2016: Bought one novel.
- Sunday, October 2, 2016
- Thursday, November 24, 2016: Bought one book.
- Sunday, November 27, 2016
- Saturday, January 12, 2016: Winter sale. Bought one book.
- Saturday, March 4, 2017: Bought one book.
- Saturday, April 1, 2017: Bought one book.
- Saturday, April 15, 2017: Exhibition.
- Monday, August 14, 2017: Bought CD and sketchbook.
- Wednesday, October 11, 2017: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, December 20, 2017: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, January 3, 2018: Bought two books.
- Thursday, January 25, 2018: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, February 7, 2018: 150 years.
- Tuesday, February 13, 2018: Bought CD.
- Wednesday, March 7, 2018: Bought one book.
- Thursday, March 15, 2018: Bought one book and got a book for free.
- Thursday, March 22, 2018: Bought one book.
- Saturday, April 7, 2018: Bought two photo-books.
- Tuesday, August 14, 2018: Bought one book.
- Friday, October 12, 2018: Bought a daily planner.
- Saturday, October 27, 2018: Bought a notebook.
- Saturday, January 12, 2019: Winter sale
- Wednesday, January 23, 2019: Bought one book.
- Saturday, February 2, 2019: Bought two book.
- Saturday, March 16, 2019: Bought one book.
- Saturday, March 2, 2019
- Sunday, March 31, 2019: Bought one book and got a book for free.
- Thursday, April 18, 2019
- Sunday, September 29, 2019: Geachte Afwezige...
- Thursday, October 10, 2018: Bought a daily planner
- Saturday, October 26, 2019: Bought one book.
- Friday, January 10, 2020: Sale
- Thursday, January 30, 2020: Bought one book.
- Saturday, February 29, 2020: Exhibition Jacq de Groot
- Saturday, April 11, 2020: Bought one book.
- Saturday, October 24, 2020: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, December 22, 2020: Bought Moleskin daily planner through webshop
- Wednesday, May 19, 2021: Bought one book.
- Saturday, May 29, 2021: Bought one book and got a book for free.
- Thursday, October 21, 2021: Bought a daily planner and a book.
- Saturday, November 27, 2021: Bought one book.
- Saturday, January 22, 2022: Exhibition.
- Friday, January 28, 2022: Collected one book.
- Monday, February 7, 2022: Bought two sets of books.
- Saturday, May 28, 2022: Bought two book.
- Monday, June 6, 2020: Bought one book.
- Saturday, July 9, 2022: Bought one book at summer sale.
- Thursday, July 28, 2022: Summer sale: 3 for 10€
- Monday, August 22, 2022: Bought one book.
- Saturday, October 1, 2021: Bought a daily planner.
- Saturday, October 15, 2022: Bought one book.
- Monday, November 7, 2022: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, November 29, 2022: Bought one book.
- Saturday, December 10, 2022: Bought one book.
- Monday, January 9, 2023: Bought one book.
- Saturday, April 15, 2023: Bought four book and three maps.
- Saturday, July 8, 2023: Summer sale.
- Tuesday, July 18, 2023: Bought one book from summer sale.
- Monday, October 16, 2023: Bought one book.
- Saturday, November 25, 2023: Bought two books.
- Monday, March 11, 2024: Bought one book.
- Sunday, May 5, 2024: Bought three books.
A second hand bookshop in Enschede. This shop was owned for a long time
by Erik Kappelhoff. Around 2006 it was taken over by Margriet Kramer.
But she closed the shop in May 2013.
- Thursday, August 30, 2007: Bought Pinguin pocket The Flight from the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch.
- Saturday, March 28, 2009: Bought Zwerftocht tussen de sterren (Citizen of the Galaxy) by Robert Heinlein.
- Saturday, May 16, 2009
- Saturday, June 19, 2010: Closed.
- Saturday, July 30, 2011: Bought a PhD thesis.
- Saturday, June 30, 2012: Mulisch: Poetry and drama.
- Saturday, October 10, 2012: Children of Dune.
- Saturday, October 17, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, April 20, 2013: Bought six books.
- Thursday, April 25, 2013: Henry Miller
This is a large aparment store with also a considerable book section.
The store was open from August 28, 2002 till January 1, 2014.
- Saturday, August 31, 2002: Opening.
- Thurday, March 6, 2003: BIJmagazine.
- Saturday, October 3, 2009: Bought Moleskine Pocket Diary 2010.
- Sunday, April 11, 2010: Bought Het geheim van Eberwein.
- Saturday, June 19, 2010: Bought two books.
- Saturday, August 14, 2010: Bought a book.
- Saturday, November 20, 2010: Bought a book.
- Saturday, August 6, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, November 5, 2011: Bought a book.
- Saturday, March 17, 2012: Bought a book.
- Saturday, August 4, 2012: Bought three books.
- Saturday, August 18, 2012: Bought s book.
- Saturday, March 16, 2013: Bought a book.
- Tuesday, March 19, 2013: Bought a book.
- Tuesday, December 31, 2013: Bought a book.
This is not a bookshop but a charity shop with a good selection of secondhand
books.
- Thursday, March 19, 2015: Bought one book.
- Thursday, April 16, 2015: Bought five books.
- Thursday, April 30, 2015: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, June 3, 2015: Bought one book.
- Monday, July 20, 2015: Bought one book.
- Friday, August 21, 2015: Bought three book.
- Monday, August 24, 2015: Bought one book.
- Friday, September 24, 2015: Bought one book.
- Thursday, October 8, 2015: Bought one book.
- Monday, October 12, 2015: Bought one book.
- Friday, October 16, 2015: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, December 23, 2015: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, January 13, 2015: Bought one book.
- Monday, January 18, 2016: Bought two books.
- Tuesday, February 2, 2016: Bought three books.
- Thursday, February 18, 2016: Bought three books.
- Thursday, February 25, 2016: Bought one book.
- Friday, February 26, 2016: Bought three books.
- Friday, March 4, 2016: Bought one book.
- Monday, March 14, 2016: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, March 16, 2016: Bought one book.
- Friday, March 18, 2016: Bought one book.
- Monday, March 28, 2016: Bought one book.
- Monday, April 11, 2016: Bought one book.
- Friday, May 13, 2016: Bought two books.
- Wednesday, May 18, 2016: Bought one book.
- Monday, May 23, 2016: Bought one book.
- Monday, June 6, 2016: Bought one map.
- Monday, July 4, 2016: Bought one book.
- Thursday, July 14, 2016: Bought three books.
- Tuesday, August 9, 2016: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2016: Bought three books.
- Wednesday, August 17, 2016: Bought one book.
- Friday, September 16, 2016: Bought one book.
- Thursday, September 29, 2016: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, November 16, 2016: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, December 6, 2016: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, December 20, 2016: Bought one book.
- Friday, January 6, 2017: Bought four books.
- Thursday, January 19, 2017: Bought one book.
- Monday, February 6, 2017: Bought one book.
- Friday, February 10, 2017: Bought three books.
- Friday, March 3, 2017: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, April 19, 2017: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, May 17, 2017: Bought one book.
- Thursday, June 1, 2017: Bought one book.
- Monday, July 3, 2017: Bought two catalogues.
- Wednesday, July 5, 2017: Bought one book.
- Friday, July 21, 2017: Bought two books.
- Tuesday, July 25, 2017: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, August 2, 2017: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, August 23, 2017: Bought one book.
- Monday, November 13, 2017: Bike stolen.
- Wednesday, November 22, 2017: Bought four booklets and map.
- Thursday, December 7, 2017: Bought one book.
- Thursday, January 25, 2018: Bought one magazine.
- Monday, January 29, 2018: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, February 7, 2018: Bought four books.
- Tuesday, February 20, 2018: Bought seven books.
- Wednesday, March 28, 2018: Bought one book.
- Friday, March 30, 2018: Bought one book.
- Friday, April 6, 2018: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, April 17, 2018: Bought two books.
- Monday, April 30, 2018: Bought one book.
- Thursday, May 3, 2018: Bought three books.
- Wednesday, May 9, 2018: Bought two books and seven comics.
- Wednesday, May 23, 2018: Bought one book.
- Thursday, July 5, 2018: Bought two comics.
- Tuesday, July 17, 2018: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, August 28, 2018: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, August 29, 2018: Bought one book.
- Monday, September 3, 2018: Bought one book.
- Monday, October 15, 2018: Bought one book.
- Saturday, November 3, 2018: Bought two books.
- Thursday, January 3, 2019: Bought one book.
- Saturday, January 26, 2019: Bought one book.
- Friday, February 1, 2019: Bought one book.
- Saturday, March 9, 2019: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2019: Bought one book.
- Friday, April 19, 2019: Bought two books in cassette.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2019: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, May 14, 2019: Bought three books.
- Tuesday, May 21, 2019: Bought one book.
- Saturday, June 8, 2019: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, June 18, 2019: Bought one book.
- Friday, June 21, 2019: Bought one book.
- Monday, September 16, 2019: Bought one book.
- Friday, October 25, 2019: Bought one book.
- Thursday, November 14, 2019: Bought two books.
- Friday, December 6, 2019: Bought one book.
- Thursday, December 12, 2019: Bought two books.
- Thursday, December 19, 2019: Bought one book.
- Friday, January 10, 2019: Bought two catalogues.
- Monday, January 13, 2020: Bought one book.
- Friday, January 17, 2020: Bought two book.
- Thursday, February 13, 2020: Bought one book.
- Friday, April 24, 2020: Bought one book.
- Friday, May 15, 2020: Bought one book.
- Thursday, June 4, 2020: Bought three books.
- Wednesday, July 15, 2020: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, July 28, 2020: Bought one book.
- Thursday, August 13, 2020: Bought two book.
- Tuesday, September 29, 2020: Bought one book.
- Monday, October 12, 2020: Bought one book.
- Monday, November 23, 2020: Bought a loose-leaf atlas.
- Tuesday, March 9, 2021: Bought one book.
- Thursday, May 20, 2021: Bought four books.
- Wednesday, June 2, 2021: Bought one book.
- Thursday, August 26, 2021: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, August 31, 2021: Bought one book.
- Saturday, September 18, 2021: Bought two book.
- Monday, November 1, 2021: Bought one book.
- Friday, November 12, 2021: Bought one book.
- Saturday, November 27, 2021: Bought one book.
- Friday, December 10, 2021: Bought one book.
- Monday, January 17, 2022: Bought three book.
- Wednesday, January 26, 2022: Bought three book.
- Friday, February 11, 2022: Bought a slipcase with two books.
- Thursday, April 14, 2022: Bought one book in the new shop.
- Friday, April 29, 2022: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, August 10, 2022: Bought two books.
- Wednesday, September 14, 2022: Bought three book from a book sale.
- Wednesday, February 8, 2023: Bought two books.
- Monday, March 27, 2023: Bought one book.
- Saturday, April 15, 2023: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, May 10, 2023: Bought two books.
- Tuesday, May 30, 2023: Bought two books.
- Monday, June 12, 2023: Bought two book.
- Wednesday, June 21, 2023: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, July 19, 2023: Bought one book.
- Tuesday, October 3, 2023: Bought one book.
- Thursday, October 26, 2023: Bought two books.
- Wednesday, November 29, 2023: Bought one book.
- Thursday, December 14, 2023: Bought one book.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2024: Bought one book.
- Friday, April 26, 2024: Bought two books.
- Thursday, September 12, 2024: Bought three book.
This is not a bookshop but a charity shop with a selection of secondhand books.
For some periods this shop carried the name "Selexyz Broese" and later
"Polare". This bookshop is near the central public library.
- Friday, June 24, 1977. Page 41 of my third diary makes mention of a
bookshop. Because I remark that English is a usefull language, I
conclude that it must have been this bookshop because it has many
English titles.
- Friday, January 16, 1981. Page 68 of my personal diary XIV,
referes to a book being sold out from a bookshop near the library.
- Tuesday, July 30, 2002
- Friday, August 11, 2005
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008
- Thursday, August 16, 2012
- Saturday, November 26, 2016
- Sunday, May 28, 2017
- Sunday, November 26, 2017: Bought two books and diary 2018
- Saturday, September 15, 2018
- Sunday, November 11, 2018
- Sunday, August 3, 2019
- Thursday, August 22, 2019
- Saturday, January 18, 2020
- Thursday, February 6, 2020: Bought one book
- Wednesday, November 9, 2022
This is often the first bookshop that I visited when I go to Utrecht.
- Saturday, November 26, 2016
- Sunday, May 28, 2017
- Sunday, November 26, 2017
- Saturday, September 15, 2018
- Sunday, November 11, 2018: Bought one book
- Tuesday, August 22, 2019
- Saturday, January 18, 2020: Bought one book
- Thursday, February 6, 2020
- Saturday, September 17, 2022
- Tuesday, November 8, 2022: Bought one book
- Friday, September 6, 2024
- Thursday, September 26, 2024: Bought one book.
Referenced in:
March 2014, this shop has been closed. Referenced in:
- Saturday, December 19, 2009: bought Tractus
- Saturday, January 19, 2013: bought one book
- Tuesday, June 4, 2013: One step inside
- Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Short visit
- Saturday, September 21, 2013: bought one book
On May 15, 2019, a De Slegte shop was opened again in the Vijzelstraat.
Referenced in:
For some periods this shop carried the name "Selexyz Scheltema" and later
"Polare". In 2015 she shop moved to Rokin 9. Visited on:
- Thursday, July 17, 2008
- Saturday, December 19, 2009
- Saturday, January 19, 2013
- Tuesday, June 4, 2013
- Tuesday, July 23, 2013: Bought two books
- Saturday, September 21, 2013: Bought one book
- Saturday, September 6, 2014: Bought diary 2015
- Saturday, October 18, 2014: Bought one book
- Friday, September 4, 2015: Bought diary 2016
- Sunday, January 10, 2016: Very short visit
- Saturday, April 2, 2016: Bought two books
- Wednesday, June 15, 2016: Bought book and audiobook
- Saturday, July 9, 2016: Bought one book as a present
- Saturday, August 3, 2016
- Saturday, October 15, 2016: Bought diary 2017
- Sunday, July 9, 2017
- Friday, September 1, 2017
- Saturday, December 9, 2017: Bought two books
- Sunday, March 18, 2018
- Saturday, July 7, 2018
- Monday, September 17, 2018: Bought two books
- Thursday, March 29, 2019
- Sunday, August 3, 2019
- Thursday, August 22, 2019: Bought two books
- Saturday, October 2, 2021
- Saturday, September 17, 2022
- Thursday, September 14, 2023
- Friday, January 19, 2024
- Friday, July 7, 2024
- Friday, September 6, 2024
- Wesnesday, March 9, 2016: Bought two books
- Saturday, July 9, 2016: Bought one book
- Sunday, July 9, 2017: Short visit
- Friday, September 1, 2017
- Sunday, March 18, 2018: Bought one book
- Saturday, July 7, 2018
- Monday, September 17, 2018
- Thursday, March 29, 2019
- Saturday, July 6, 2019: Bought one book.
- Sunday, August 3, 2019
- Friday, January 19, 2024: Probably for the last time.
This is definitely one of the largest bookshops that I have
every visited. Whether it also had the most titles, I am not sure,
because they they seemed to carry multiple copies of each title.
(Picture.)
Dates on which I visited this bookshop are:
- Wednesday, July 26, 2006: Bought a maps and a Go book.
- Saturday, July 29, 2006.
- Sunday, July 30, 2006.
- Thursday, August 3, 2006: We bought some CD's, VCD's and DVD's.
- Monday, August 7, 2006.
- Friday, August 11, 2006: Bought two Go books.
- Wednesday, July 14, 2010
- Friday, July 16, 2010
- Saturday, July 17, 2010: Bought two books
- Monday, July 19, 2010
- Monday, July 27, 2010: Bought three books
- Wednesday, July 28, 2010: Bought three Go books
When I went to Eastbourne in 1978, I
visited this bookshop twice (if I am not mistaken). The first time was
on July 15. On July 21, I went all on my own to this bookshop in London.
There I bought LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual.
Birmingham
I remember two bookshops in Birmingham. One is the Waterstones Booksellers
shop at 24 High Street. The other that I remember had exists on more than
one street. I also have a vague memory that some part was on the opposite
site of a little alley.
This was a small bookshop on Kruisstraat number 4. I bought some of my first
books here, including books about puzzles and
typewriters. Around 1995 is was combined with the bookshop mentioned below.
- April 3, 1978: Bought the book "Spelen met puzzels".
This was a bookshop and stationary shop in the Voorstraat (mainstreet) on
the number 28 and 30. I bought several novels here, including
Dune. Now the shop is owned by
Fa W. Karssen en Zn.
- March 17, 1977: Order the book "Weersatalieten" (Weather satalites) by Jansen and Schimmel. (Delivered on March 25.)
- February 11, 1978: Bought the book "Duin" (Dune).
- March 3, 1978: Bought the book "Duin Messias" (Dune Messiah).
- March 16, 1978: Bought "Kinderen van Duin" (Children of Dune).
Others
Home and email |
My readings |
My books