Re: The Cambridge Crew (was: basics (a small aside))
Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:05:31 -0400
On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 02:18:52PM -0700, Chris Ohlhoff wrote:
> Try NYC, it is not far away, just hop on 80 East, but as for names or
> specific locations, I can't help you, I am from about 30 minutes North
> of there originally.
>
> --- Jim Rovira <jrovira@juno.com> wrote:
> > Hey, I'm getting ready to start graduate school in
> > Madison, NJ in about a
> > month and a half. That city is in north Central New
> > Jersey, about 30
> > miles due west of NYC. Now, anyone know of some
> > KILLER used bookstores
> > within about an hour's drive? :)
In the city, try the Strand, at Broadway and 12th. They advertise
"Eight Miles of Books" and they have a good rare-book collection, and
even occasionally have a decent, if slightly overpriced, non-Catcher
Salinger in the rare-book room. (I've never seen a rare copy of
Catcher there.)
Once, that whole area was only bookstores. There are few left. Gotham
(once a Salinger hangout) is uptown and still in business. West 18th
St., just off Fifth Avenue, has a couple of interesting used-book places.
And if you are in driving distance of Montclair, NJ, try the Montclair
Book Center. Mostly used books, a small selection of new titles, and a
good atmosphere.
I have a file of used bookstores north of NYC, but it is so efficiently
filed away, I can't put my hands on it right now.
--tim o'connor