Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms. Guido Bruno

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066199302

Table of Contents

       Preface

       The Romance of Buying and Selling Old Things

       The Poor Man’s Hunting Ground

       The Open Air Exchange on Baxter Street

       The Salvation Army

       Connoisseurs

       Auctions As Amusement Places

       The Strange Discovery and Disappearance of Stuart’s Washington

       In New York Book Shops

       The Den of a Pessimist

       A Whitman Enthusiast

       An Optimist

       A Gambler

       The Oxford Book Shop

       Washington Square Book Shop

       A German Bookseller

       Mr. Gerhardt’s Den

       Casement’s Book Emporium

       The Madison Book Store

       Mr. Kirschenbaum’s Shop

       A Specialist in Excitement

       The Man Who Knows His Books

       The Farmer-Bookseller

       A Night Bird

       Mr. Stammer, Their Great Patron

       Dealers in Literary Property

       The Market Price of Some Autographs

       Mr. Madigan’s Interesting Shop

       The Poet’s Income

       Schulte’s Book Store

       George D. Smith, Speculator in Literary Property

       Mr. Cadigan of Brentano’s

       Young Madigan

       The Romance of a Chicago Book Dealer

       Quite a Romance

       Frank Morris and His Famous Shop

       Powner’s Book Shop

       Chicago Revisited

       In Boston

       Old Cornhill

       Burnham’s Antique Book Store

       Lauriat’s

       A New and Evil Spirit

       Book Shops for Boys and Girls

       Books in Ice Box

       The Mysterious Book Shop

       Small Town Stuff

       New York Book Magnates

       Gabriel Wells

       Mr. Drake

       Mitchell Kennerley

       Possessor of 60,000 Original Drawings

       Snapshots in Art Galleries on Fifth