Jay Platt

Jay Platt decided to devote his life to bookselling after a visit to New York's 'Book Row' in the late 1960s. Jay opened his own shop in 1975. West Side Book Shop operates out of Ann Arbor, MI and specializes in Polar Exploration, Voyages & Travel, Americana, Modern First Editions, Mysteries & Detective Fiction, Photography, and Edward S. Curtis. ABAA Member since 1980. Interviewed by Michael Ginsberg on November 15, 2014 at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.