Bookstores: a Celebration of Independent Booksellers

Book review by Deane Barker • • tags: books •
An image of the cover of the book "Bookstores: a Celebration of Independent Booksellers"

Lovely coffee table picture book of independent bookstores from around the world.

The writer/photographer spent a lot of time in several major cities – San Francisco, NYC, London, Paris, Vienna, and some smaller cities in Germany, Portugal and The Netherlands. Each bookstore gets a small essay from the owner, then multiple pictures.

I loved the one from Porto, Portugal where JK Rowling visited every day to write the first Harry Potter novel, and which is clearly the inspiration for Hogwarts.

It’s a dangerous book to browse through, because you won’t stop. Every page turn invites another.

Book Info

Author
Stuart Husband
Year
Pages
256
Acquired
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  • A hardcover copy of this book is currently in my home library.
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