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The bookshop : a history of the American bookstore  Cover Image Book Book

The bookshop : a history of the American bookstore

Friss, Evan (author.).

Summary:

"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 been unlike any other kind of store, shaping readers and writers, and influencing our tastes, thoughts, and politics. They nurture local communities while creating new ones of their own. Bookshops are powerful spaces, but they are also endangered ones. In The Bookshop, we see those stakes: what has been, and what might be lost. Evan Friss's history of the bookshop draws on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters, catalogs, and interviews with leading booksellers to offer a fascinating look at this institution beloved by so many-not just as a merchant, but as a gathering place for likeminded people who cherish books. The story begins with Benjamin Franklin's first bookstore in Philadelphia, and takes us to a range of booksellers including The Strand, Chicago's Marshall Field & Co., Gotham Book Mart, specialty stores like Oscar Wilde and Drum and Spear, sidewalk sellers of used books, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Books, and Parnassus. The Bookshop is also a history of the leading figures in American bookselling, often impassioned eccentrics, and a history of how books have been marketed and sold over the course of more than two centuries-including, for example, a 3,000-pound elephant who appeared to sign books at Marshall Field's in 1944. The Bookshop is a book every bookstore will want to carry, as there has never been a more affectionate and engaging celebration of this beloved institution"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780593299920
  • ISBN: 0593299922
  • ISBN: 9780593299937
  • Physical Description: 403 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
    print
  • Publisher: [New York City] : Viking, [2024]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-385) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: booksellers (people)
bookstores (business)
Bookstores
Librairies Ɖtats-Unis Histoire
Booksellers and bookselling United States
Bookstores United States History
Genre: Informational works.
Documents d'information.

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