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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A Vienna Demotic Papyrus on Eclipse- and Lunar-Omnia Brown Egyptological Studies, volume IIFirst Editionby Parker, Richard A. (ed. and trans.)
Providence, RI : Brown Univ. Press , 1959
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The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan The Definitive Edition in two volumes. With a new foreword by Churchill's daughter Mary Soamesby Churchill, Winston Spencer; Muller, James W. (edited by)
South Bend, IN : St. Augustine's Press , 2020
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The Logging Railroad Era of Lumbering in Pennsylvania: a history of the lumber, chemical wood, and tanning companies which used railroads in PennsylvaniaSignedby Kilne, Benjamin F.G., Jr.; Casler, Walter; Taber, Thomas T. III
Williamsport, PA : Printed for the authors by Lycoming Printing Company, Inc. , 1974
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Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts Brown University Studies, vol. xviiiby Pinches, T.G. and Strassmaier, J.N. (copied by)
Providence : Brown University Press , 1955
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Kursk: the Battle of ProkhorovkaFirst Editionby Lawrence, Christopher A.
Sheridan, CO : Aberdeen Books , 2015
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Peace Ode written on the Conclusion of the Three Years' Warby [Bridges, Robert]
[Oxford] : [Daniel Press] , 1903
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