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Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeanette Watson and Books & Co.
by Tillman, Lynne
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151004250
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004256
- Seller
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Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1999 323pp. Spine and edges of wraps are sunned. Abbreviated month written on spine in ink. Spine ends are bumped. Spine is cocked. Text is unmarked. 0151004250. Advance Reading Copy / Uncorrected Proo. Paperback. Very Good. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
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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- Seller
- Recycled Records and Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 31063
- Title
- Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeanette Watson and Books & Co.
- Author
- Tillman, Lynne
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Advance Reading Copy / Uncorrected Proo
- ISBN 10
- 0151004250
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004256
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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