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Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and BOOKS & CO.
by Tillman, Lynne
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151004250
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004256
- Seller
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Almere, Netherlands
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York/San Diego/London : Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Original boards, dust jacket, frontispiece, a few illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Synopsis
For twenty years, from 1977 to 1997, Books & Co. was one of the premier independent bookstores in the country. Stocking a wide range of quality fiction and nonfiction, Books & Co. was the kind of bookstore writers and readers dream about: a place where reading was an adventure, where interesting works would always be available, where writers would congregate to share ideas and discuss their writing. Its closing, in a rent dispute with the Whitney Museum of Art, caused a media sensation as readers and book lovers decried the end of a cultural icon. In Bookstore, Lynne Tillman tells the story of this legendary store and its determined founder, Jeannette Watson, with help from the voices of Brendan Gill, Roy Blount Jr., Fran Lebowitz, Calvin Trillin, Susan Sontag, Paul Auster, Simon Schama, Lyn Chase, Susan Cheever, Leila Hadley, J.D. McClatchy, Richard Howard, and many more. And the story goes beyond the walls of the store itself to explore the state of publishing and bookselling in a time when the very landscape of the book world has shifted radically. A fascinating account of business, books, and writerly aspiration, Bookstore is a vital window into a world so many have fantasized about.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Klondyke
(NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 321169-XA11
- Title
- Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and BOOKS & CO.
- Author
- Tillman, Lynne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151004250
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004256
- Publisher
- New York/San Diego/London : Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 337
- Keywords
- Boekdrukkunst, Boeken, Boekdrukkunst & Boeken
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques and Collectibles;
Terms of Sale
Klondyke
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives inaccurately described or damaged.
About the Seller
Klondyke
Biblio member since 2018
Almere
About Klondyke
We sell books on Crafts, Arts, Architecture, Photography, Design, History, Literature, Music, Travel, Cookery, Philosophy, Theology, and more. Also visit our website www.klondyke.nl.
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