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Bailey Coy Books

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citysearch.com - expert review - 04/21/2006
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User Reviews of Bailey Coy Books

Yelp.com Review - by Dest S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Whenever I walk by Bailey/Coy I check out the sandwich board to see the first line of a book. If you can name the book you get 20% off. Sometimes I veer way off course just to walk by the sandwich…
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Amber A.

4.0 of 5 stars. Funky little book store. Although not the place to go when you are in search of a specific book (regardless if its indie or not), I can always find something new and interesting in here. They have a…
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Madeleine H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Bailey-Coy has a fabulous selection. I am currently drooling over the Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions, which feature exciting and unexpected artists doing the cover art and new essays, and they have…
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by shannon e t.

5.0 of 5 stars. my favourite seattle bookstore. i regularly enter with no agenda, and leave with several books. while the children's books and art sections are fairly small, there's no shortage of wonderful options.…
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Hans G.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is a bookstore where only things worth reading are sold. The world needs more of these.
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kim B.

5.0 of 5 stars. I love this bookstore. I have made many purchases based solely on the staff recommendations and have never been disappointed. I also once knew the answer to the first line they post on their advert…
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Raymond W.

5.0 of 5 stars. Dig if you will the picture: It's a couple days before a friends birthday or a major gift-giving holiday and I've finally figured out the perfect gift for someone. A book. But not just any book, a…
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrea L.

4.0 of 5 stars. The people who work here are decidedly creepy but it's an independent bookstore with a great selection and old world maps for $4.
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Josh B.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is a really nice bookstore. It may not have as big of a selection or as cool of a feel as Elliot Bay Books downtown, but the staff is really friendly and makes terrific recommendations. I've…
yelp.com - user review - 01/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kimberley D.

4.0 of 5 stars. Stores like this make a case for why a physical bookstore is still relevant in the era of amazon.com. You can go in with only the vaguest idea of what you'd like to read and walk out with a stack of…
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Eleazar J.

4.0 of 5 stars. Everyone seems to mention how the selection is not large. If you think about it, thats whats makes Bailey-Coy, and bookstores like it, so charming. If this were Barnes and Noble or Borders of course…
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Ema N.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is a great book store with a small but excellent selection of books, select magazines, postcards/cards, calendars and graphic novels. I've been coming here for almost 7 years now and always end…
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by jasmine r.

5.0 of 5 stars. Bailey Coy is a small space so there's not going to be 'everything.' However, they do have a great selection of books, weeding out a lot of the junk so you don't have to. And it boils down to this:I…
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Suzanne B.

4.0 of 5 stars. The best part about any bookstore is the exploration. A good bookstore is a delightful trip into the hidden depths and wonderful vagaries of someone else's worldview as told by their selection - and…
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jessi B.

4.0 of 5 stars. a conversation... me: "do you have 100 years of solitude? i couldn't find it under 'G' on the shelf."
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Naoko S.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love to read....but only one writer. I love to read his books. His name is Haruki Murakami,,(if u wanted to know) I'm really no person to grade book stores but Bailey-Coy Books won the mention from…
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by mairead r.

5.0 of 5 stars. When I'm here I feel like Charlie in Willy Wonka's factory. Like Mary in her Secret Garden. A fairly sensible protagonist caught up in an atmosphere of possibility. Bailey-Coy is a clean, well-lit…
yelp.com - user review - 08/23/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Bounce B.

4.0 of 5 stars. If you know which book you need, go elsewhere. If you just need a book, go in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a hoper, a prayer, a magic-bean-buyer. If you're a pretender, go walk by their…
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2007
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Not the largest - but the finest - book store on Cap Hill

Although you can find the mass market paperbacks and NYT bestsellers and Oprah books at Bailey Coy, their specialty is pointing out the finest new books to come out that you may not have heard about. Many of the titles also have reviews written by staff members, so if you find one you like you can get their other recommendations. Also, buy 11 books get one free. And they'll special order anything for you. Highly recommended.
openlist - user review - 07/17/2007

Yelp.com Review - by Zim R.

5.0 of 5 stars. If you charged people for browsing, I' d be broke. I do end up buying, and when I do i get it gift wrapped, not because I am giving it away. Oh no, I just like presents.
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jeff G.

5.0 of 5 stars. Proof that bigger isn't always better. Not a large bookstore, not a gigantic selection. But, one of the best collections of interesting books around. It's amazing how much time you can spend browsing…
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2007
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it was once the greatest bookstore....what happened?

I firmly believe in the importance of supporting your local book store. Bailey Coy was once the greatest bookstore around because they had lots of everything. I was in the other night and the store seemed...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by singlespeed inga r.

5.0 of 5 stars. There's allot of cats in this store and I'm not really a cat person. But these are really cool fat slobby cats and dig this store. Not only did I score a mint copy of Johnny Cash's " The Man in Black"…
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Scott J.

5.0 of 5 stars. What this bookstore lacks in size it makes up for in quality. This is the one bookstore that I know for fact that I can walk into not knowing what I want and come out with several must reads. They tend…
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Heavenly O.

4.0 of 5 stars. bailey/coy is a great local bookstore---i always go there to buy unique cards. they have an excellent stationery selection and even some cool wrapping paper. i only wish i could afford to go in there…
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by gina e.

5.0 of 5 stars. aw, my other favorite bookstore (the other is elliott bay). lots of queer literature, art books, and now fab used books too. they can order you anything you'd like if they don't have it & have…
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by john b.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is an excellent bookstore -- it's not a regurgitation of mass market paperbacks you get at "Big Bookstore". The staff is great, and they can recommend great books to read and have a great…
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2007
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They recommend books I actually like

Located on Capitol Hill, Bailey Coy has always been a source of great new books to read. They have ...
judysbook.com - user review - 01/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Geoff N.

4.0 of 5 stars. Curse you Bailey Coy! Curse your time and money sucking heart! Every time I walk into your store expecting to pick up a quick gift for a friend or family member, I wind up distracted by your…
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Michelle B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Bailey Coy is one of those bookstores that you can get lost in. It's not your average, we got everything you could ever want to read on an airplane, type of bookstore. But, the selections they do have…
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Oh Bailey-Coy, you would get 5 stars except you've moved stuff around so much I can barely find anything anymore! Plus, you no longer have those astrology books I like to look at. Still, your young…
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin V.

5.0 of 5 stars. Every time I stop in here, something on the tables catches my eye, and I have to buy it. And I have spent the past 10 years working in bookstores, and a lifetime shopping in them - so this is no small…
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2006
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Bailey Coy, a great little bookstore!

This is a great local business and worth the visit if you're in the neighborhood. The staff and owne...
judysbook.com - user review - 06/21/2006
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Borrow, buy online and buy from local retailers

We borrow from the library kids books and things that are consumable, but there are still so many bo...
judysbook.com - user review - 06/08/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Stardust L.

5.0 of 5 stars. The first great thing about Bailey-Coy is the sandwich-board sign posted on the sidewalk in front of the store. The staff at Bailey-Coy picks a book every day and writes the first sentence of the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Omar S.

5.0 of 5 stars. One of my favorite bookstores ever. The best part? They actually have more sports books than you'd expect from an indie-ish bookstore like this.
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Noelle C.

5.0 of 5 stars. My favorite book store in Seattle. Love the staff recommendations throughout the store. Excellent art/photography books section (it's my first stop for gift buying), cooking, and kids sections too.…
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Christine S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Awesome selection. Attentive and friendly staff. So, I could go on and on about the books but my favorite thing about this place is their cards- some are very unique and beautiful....others,…
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Jolene N.

4.0 of 5 stars. This locally owned bookstore has got a lot to like. Staff is friendly and not overly attentive. Their tables always have something new and interesting and you'll find a bit of top sellers and some…
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Margaretta L.

5.0 of 5 stars. Bailey-Coy stocks all the fun stuff other bookshops tend not to - novels from small publishers, water-proof erotica collections (for better skinny dipping), and some really nice local non-fiction…
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by katie j.

4.0 of 5 stars. Bailey-Coy has the greatest card selection on the hill. . . . totally unique and charming. They also have many fabulous gift books and comics.. . .I think that supporting a great local bookstore is our…
yelp.com - user review - 10/24/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Libby C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Bailey-Coy is a lovely, lovely place. At first, I thought that it must be a national chain because it was so clean, well organized, and din't have the "bookshop smell". Not the case, however.…
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Les S.

5.0 of 5 stars. There is nothing I love more than an independent book shop, and there is a huge lack of them. But, when you find one as spectacular as Bailey-Coy, you shop there as much as possible, in hopes that it…
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by MM R.

4.0 of 5 stars. I love Bailey-Coy. The staff is extremely helpful and friendly. Broad selection in small space. Windows always highlight something unique and current. Get a punch card to earn credit, will gift…
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2005
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Capitol Hill's Best Bookstore

If you're looking for a great selection of new books (often accompanied by wonderful recommendations from the staff) in a store that's cozy enough to make you overlook its small size (when compared to the...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/02/2002
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