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The bookshop a history of the American bookstore

"An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations Bookstores have always be...

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Main Author: Friss, Evan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [New York City] : Viking, [2024]
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Bookstores > United States > History.
Booksellers and bookselling > United States.
Bookstores.
Informational works.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The UPS driver
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • The smell
  • The Old Corner
  • The buyer
  • Parnassus on Wheels
  • The artist + the suffragette
  • Marshall Field & Company
  • The architect
  • The Gotham Book Mart
  • The cat
  • The Strand
  • The kids
  • The Aryan Book Store
  • The grandmother
  • Oscar Wilde
  • The convener
  • Drum & Spear
  • The guy who never buys anything
  • Barnes & Noble
  • The weirdo
  • The Sidewalk
  • The wall
  • Amazon Books
  • The teacher
  • Parnassus
  • The bookstore book.

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