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Good Book Stores In NYC

post #1 of 10
3/3/09 at 2:52am
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Can anyone recommend me a good book store in Manhattan? Perhaps something other than a B&N or Borders?
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post #2 of 10
3/3/09 at 3:12am
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Originally Posted by DocHunter View Post
Can anyone recommend me a good book store in Manhattan? Perhaps something other than a B&N or Borders?

Good for what?

The Strand is the gigantic used book emporium.

Printed Matter is good for art books.

The Housing Works Book Store in Soho has a nice environment.

Spoonbill & Sugartown on Bedford Ave is good for art books too.
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post #3 of 10
3/3/09 at 3:12am
I like McNally Jackson on Prince st. Also close by is Shakespeare Books on B'Way and Waverly, i believe, and if you head north on B'way you will run into the Strand.

Baumans (sic?) on madison has some interesting rare and signed editions. There is also a place in the west village whose name i can't recall which has the same.
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post #4 of 10
3/3/09 at 10:13am
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The Strand is the gigantic used book emporium.

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post #5 of 10
3/3/09 at 10:35am
quick add on: St. Marks Books, just east of Third Ave on Stuyvesant/9th Sts.
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post #6 of 10
3/3/09 at 12:50pm
Amazon is one of New York's best, and they deliver anywhere in the City.
Abebooks is very good for used books.
Both are open 24 hours.
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post #7 of 10
3/3/09 at 12:57pm
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The Housing Works Book Store in Soho has a nice environment.
+1 - great place to just hang with a book
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post #8 of 10
3/3/09 at 12:59pm
do the strand love, if you feel love. it's the new wave, that's what we say, do the strand
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post #9 of 10
3/3/09 at 1:34pm
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Amazon is one of New York's best, and they deliver anywhere in the City.
Abebooks is very good for used books.
Both are open 24 hours.

If you order a used book from one of the secondary sellers on amazon you're often dealing with Strand. I once found an almost perfect condition out of print Guy Bourdin book that was missing from my library that way and these Strand fuckers shipped from London even though the location said NYC.
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post #10 of 10
3/3/09 at 7:18pm
I like that Japanese book store across the street from Bryant Park. The store is on 6th ave between 40th and 41st. You should go there.

I dont remember the name of the store, however........
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