Things have changed in the Boston since the first ABAA Boston Book Fair was launched. And in a profession that deals in the old, change can be a good thing. There were shops that were within walking distance from each other. Others were a short subway ride or car ride away. And while we're going down memory lane, let's include Cambridge and a suburb or two. (Greg, Gloucester is not a suburb of Boston, but I'll mention you anyway). Back in the day (let's use the first ABAA Boston Book Fair as a reference point), there was Brattle, Goodspeed's, Starr, Sam Morrill, F.A. Bernett, Temple Bar, The Bromers, Mike Ginsberg, Robin Bledsoe, Ernie Morrell, the O'Neals (David and Mary,) the O'Neills (Jimmy and Gene), and Harold Burstein. Change came about in a variety of ways. Goodspeed's lost momentum during the 1990s. As a result, George closed the ... [more Changes: The Boston Bookstore Scene]
Blog posts by Joyce Kosofsky
Joyce Kosofsky's career in the trade began in the 1970s when she was hired by Brattle Book Shop. Joyce is still at Brattle today overseeing all of the shop's daily operations. She has written a number of articles related to books and the trade, and also appears as an appraiser on the popular PBS program Antiques Roadshow.
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The Old Latin Gospels: A Study of Their Texts and LanguageFirst Editionby Burton, Philip
Oxford : Oxford University Press 2000
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Saints and Relics in Anglo-Saxon EnglandFirst Editionby Rollason, David
Oxford : Basil Blackwell 1989
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Nordic Latin Manuscript Fragments: The Destruction and Reconstruction of Medieval BooksFirst Editionby Ommundsen, Aslaug, Tuomas Heikkila (eds.)
London/NY : Routledge 2017
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The Bible in the Early Irish Church (A.D. 550 to 850) COMM 13First Editionby McNamara, Martin
Leiden : Brill 2022
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A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the north-west coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and DixonFirst Editionby Portlock, Captain Nathaniel
London : for John Stockdale and George Goulding , 1789
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Public Relations, Edward L. Bernays and the American Scene Annotated bibliography of and reference guide to writings by and about Edward L. Bernays from 1917 to 1951by n/a
[Boston] : [F.W. Faxon Company; printed by the Rumford Press, Concord, NH] [1951]
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