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Quimby's Bookstore is an independent bookstore located at 1854 W. North Ave in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. [1] In addition to the main location, Quimby's NYC opened in 2017 at 536 Metropolitan Ave in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
Unabridged has an unparalleled sale book section, and an award-winning children's section, an extensive travel room, and offers a great selection of fiction and poetry. For more than 35 years, [11] Unabridged Bookstore has also been Chicago's premier go-to-bookstore for LGBTQ literature and one of the coolest indie bookstores in the United ...
Women & Children First is an independent bookstore located at 5233 North Clark Street in the Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago.The store was founded in 1979 by Ann Christophersen and Linda Bubon as a feminist bookstore and place to celebrate and support women authors and members of the Chicago community.
Kroch's and Brentano's was the largest bookstore in Chicago, and at one time it was the largest privately owned bookstore chain in the United States.The store and the chain were formed in 1954 through the merger of the separate Kroch's bookstore with the former Chicago branch of the New York-based Brentano's bookstore. [1]
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, McClurg, 1917. A. C. McClurg was a stationer, publisher, and book wholesaler for over 120 years in Chicago, Illinois.The business began in 1844 as Chicago's first stationery store and first retail bookstore', [1] changing hands several times, often as the result of a fire.
The Seminary Co-op in September 2014 57th Street Books Seminary Cooperative Bookstores, Inc. , founded in 1961, [ 1 ] is a not-for-profit bookstore with two branches in Chicago . Its flagship, known colloquially as the Seminary Co-op or simply the Sem Co-op , is located at 5751 S. Woodlawn Avenue.
1901 poster from Hill advertising books by L. Frank Baum. L. Frank Baum and W. W. Denslow wanted to publish Father Goose in color. Because few publishers would spend the money to have the book's illustrations done as they desired, they searched for a company to manufacture the book. Denslow had previous involvement with George M. Hill Company.
The Regenstein Library is also the location of the Special Collections Research Center, which houses rare book collections, manuscripts, and university archives. The SCRC was established in 1953 by Herman H. Fussler and was moved to the "Reg" when it opened in 1970. The rare books collection currently holds approximately 265,000 volumes.