Front matter
Reading edition
ADVENTURES IN AMERICAN BOOK SHOPS
BOOKS BY GUIDO BRUNO
Eternal Moments Sentimental Studies A Night in Greenwich Village Fragments From Greenwich Village The Sacred Band Moore Versus Harris Adventures in American Bookshops To be published in December, Stories By the Way A Handful of Contemporaries Near the Night Lamp
Adventures in American Bookshops, Antique Stores and Auction Rooms
By Guido Bruno Detroit: The Douglas Book Shop 1922 Copyright, 1922, by GUIDO BRUNO
Printed in the United States of America To RAGNA
One thousand copies of this book have been printed and the type distributed.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface9
The Romance of Buying and Selling Old Things11
Auctions as Amusement Places24
The Strange Discovery and Disappearance of Stuart’s Washington30
New York Book Shops39
Den of a Pessimist
A Whitman Enthusiast
An Optimist
A Gambler
Bookshops of Enthusiasts
Book Dealers in Cobwebbed Corners
Specialists in Excitement
Dealers in Literary Property71
Autograph Brokers73
Our President’s Handwriting76
The Romance of a Chicago Book Dealer87
Chicago Book Shops91
Chicago Revisited95
In Boston100
Small Town Stuff108
New York Book Magnates112
Snapshots in Art Galleries on Fifth Avenue117
’Way Down in Greenwich Village120
President Harding’s Favorite Book126
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Z126