Emblem's

War Emblem's place in history won't be as the 12th Triple Crown winner, rather as the 16th thoroughbred to fall short in the longest race in the series.

CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2002 2002

Collectors of county histories, however, and genealogy-hunters and their kind, knew that at Emblem's, where they would be most likely to get what they wanted, they would have to pay the market price for it.

In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

In those days, if a man wanted a book of county history, or of genealogy, or of heraldry, he knew where was his best chance of finding it, for Emblem's, in its prime and heyday, had its specialty.

In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

It made Mr. James -- his surname has never been ascertained, but man and boy, Mr. James has been at Emblem's for twenty-five years and more -- leave his table where he was preparing the forthcoming catalogue, and go to the open door, where he wasted a good minute and

In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

Perhaps, however, the most delightful spot in all London for a second-hand bookshop is that occupied by Emblem's in the King's Road,

In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

Emblem's is one of two or three shops which stand together, but it differs from its neighbors in many important particulars.

In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

Emblem's, as must be confessed, is no longer quite what it was in former days; twenty, thirty, or forty years ago that glass case was filled with precious treasures.

In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

Now for Emblem's to have its door open, was much as if Mr. Emblem himself should so far forget his self-respect as to sit in his shirt-sleeves.

In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

But Emblem is now old, and Emblem's shop is no longer what it was to the collector of the last generation.

In Luck at Last Walter Besant 1868

Both Fire Emblem and Dragon Quest sold 136,000 units, but Fire Emblem's shown at the top of the chart.

Eurogamer 2010