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Footnotes* from the world's greatest bookstores : *true tales and lost moments from book buyers, booksellers, and book lovers / Bob Eckstein ; Foreword by Garrison Keillor.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks NC 975.5 .E29 A4 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eckstein, Bob, artist, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eckstein, Bob--Themes, motives.
- Eckstein, Bob.
- Bookstores in art.
- Bookstores--Anecdotes.
- Bookstores.
- Themes, motives.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 x 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "From beloved New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein, Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores invites you into the heart and soul of every community: the local bookshop, each with its own quirks, charms, and legendary stories, "--Amazon.com.
- Eckstein has collected brief anecdotes about bookstores from across the globe, and accompanied each with a painting of the building, store front, or mobile unit. Each two page spread captures our lifelong love affair with books, bookstores, and book-sellers.
- ISBN:
- 9780553459272
- 0553459279
- OCLC:
- 930059099
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