BOOKSTORE: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co. by Tillman, Lynne - (1999)

New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company,, (1999). Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. "For twenty years, from 1977 to 1997, Books & Co. was one of the premier independent bookstores in the country. . . 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." Photographs. Includes Jeannette Watson's secret list of 50 bestsellers, a list of all the readings done in the store, a list of contributors and an index. xxv, 337 pp.