{"id":13624,"date":"2023-03-21T02:10:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/r-a-b-bookstore-list-of-cambridge-and-boston-may-26-1992\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T02:10:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:10:07","slug":"r-a-b-bookstore-list-of-cambridge-and-boston-may-26-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/r-a-b-bookstore-list-of-cambridge-and-boston-may-26-1992\/","title":{"rendered":"R.A.B. Bookstore List Of Cambridge And Boston (May 26, 1992)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d<br \/>\nDate: 05-29-92 (01:03)           Number: 10440     Channel 1 (R) [HST 192<br \/>\n  To: ALL                        Refer#: NONE<br \/>\nFrom: NICHAEL CRAMER               Read: YES<br \/>\nSubj: R.A.B BOOKSTORES LIST: CA    Conf: (1479) arts.books<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n\u0652  Newsgroup: rec.arts.books<br \/>\n\u0652 Message-ID:<br \/>\n\u0652    Subject: R.A.B BOOKSTORES LIST: CAMBRIDGE\/BOSTON<\/p>\n<p>   [[ NOTE: Due to a power lossage, this seems to have not got out   ]]<br \/>\n   [[       first try.                    ]]<br \/>\n   [[ BTW, I&#8217;ll be off the net for a while; those needing to contact ]]<br \/>\n   [[      me can do so via Email.  &#8212; Nichael                       ]]<\/p>\n<p>\t R.A.B BOOKSTORES LIST: CAMBRIDGE\/BOSTON [Updated: 26May92]<\/p>\n<p>This is a list of many of what are, to my mind, some of the better\/larger\/<br \/>\nmore important bookstores in the Cambridge\/Boston area.  I&#8217;ve tried to be<br \/>\nsomewhat selective and this list is far from exhaustive.  Each entry<br \/>\ncontains the name of the bookstore, address and (if appropriate) nearest<br \/>\nT-Stop together with a short description of the bookstore.<\/p>\n<p>Sections: GENERAL\/FULL-SERVICE BOOKSTORES<br \/>\n\t  USED BOOKSTORES<br \/>\n\t  UNIVERSITY (BOOKSTORES AND PRESSES)<br \/>\n\t  POETRY<br \/>\n\t  FOREIGN BOOKS<br \/>\n\t  THEOLOGY\/RELIGION<br \/>\n\t  CHILDREN&#8217;S BOOKS<br \/>\n\t  TECHNICAL BOOKSTORES<br \/>\n\t  MISCELLANY<br \/>\n\t  MAGAZINES, ETC.<br \/>\n\t  RELATED NON-BOOK STUFF<\/p>\n<p> o I&#8217;ve received lots of excellent comments, etc.  I&#8217;ve incorporated a<br \/>\n   great deal of this below, sometime quoting wholesale if I knew nothing<br \/>\n   about the store in question or there was a significant difference of<br \/>\n   opinion.  Also, I have kept a list of all comments (which is actually<br \/>\n   twice the length of the original list) and will be glad to email on<br \/>\n   request.<\/p>\n<p> o CONCERNING HARVARD SQUARE [Hereafter: HSq]:<br \/>\n   In this list there is a lot of emphasis on Cambridge, and in particular<br \/>\n   on Harvard Square.  I&#8217;m assuming that most people using this list<br \/>\n   (tourists, weekend-visitors, etc.)  probably want the biggest<br \/>\n   book-buying bang per buck.  And around here that clearly means Harvard<br \/>\n   Square.<\/p>\n<p> o BTW, Most HSq bookstores carry the &#8220;Bookstores of Harvard Square&#8221; guide.<br \/>\n   Pick up a copy; it&#8217;ll make getting around a whole lot easier.<\/p>\n<p> o Information concerning phone numbers, discounts, etc. is intended to be<br \/>\n   correct and up-to-date.  However I&#8217;m only human, so all Standard<br \/>\n   Disclaimers[tm] apply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; GENERAL\/FULL-SERVICE BOOKSTORES<\/p>\n<p>WORDSWORTH, 30 Brattle St. [TStop=HSq Ph=354-5201]<br \/>\nThe flag-ship of HSq book shops. 100,000+ titles.  All books (except texts<br \/>\nand special orders) discounted (10% off paperbacks, 15% off hardcovers<br \/>\n(except texts) and 35%? off on NYT bestseller hbs) Knowledgeable, friendly<br \/>\nstaff.  Open early, open late (Mon-Sat 8:30-11:30, Sun 10-10:30).  Recently<br \/>\nexpanded.  Also recently opened a separate posters\/calendar shop down the<br \/>\nstreet.  If you have time for only one stop, come here.<\/p>\n<p>HARVARD BOOKSTORE, 1256 Mass Ave. [TStop=HSq]<br \/>\nFull-service bookstore.  Nice classical and remaindered sections.  A fairly<br \/>\ngood used-book section in the basement.  (In spite of name, not associated<br \/>\nwith Harvard so far as I know.)  Currently doing a stamp-your-ticket-for-<br \/>\nevery-$10-and-get-30%-off-you-next-purchase-after-ten-stamps sale.<\/p>\n<p>HARVARD COOP, 1400 Mass Ave. [TStop=HSq Ph=492-1000] Pronounced &#8220;koop&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe official &#8220;college bookstore&#8221; of Harvard. Three floors of books.  (Also<br \/>\nclothes, school supplies, etc.) Currently has 10% discount even for non-<br \/>\ncoop-members (text probably not included).  Good source for that weird anthro<br \/>\ntext you&#8217;ve always wanted. Also has a good music store and poster shop.<\/p>\n<p>M.I.T. COOP, 3 Cambridge Center.  [TStop=Kendall Sq Ph=491-4230]<br \/>\nThe (smaller) M.I.T. analogue of the above.<\/p>\n<p>BARILLARI BOOKS, One Mifflin Place. [TStop=HSq Ph=864-2400]<br \/>\nAnother largish HSq bookstore.  Overall: ho-hum.  A weird case.  In 99% of<br \/>\nthe world, this would no doubt be the best place in town.  But here it just<br \/>\ncomes off as another Wordsworth wannanbe.  Upstairs is primarily a<br \/>\ncoffee-table book shop.  Pretty nice children&#8217;s selection.  Also has an<br \/>\nespresso bar, and patio if your tastes run that way.  Also they&#8217;re open<br \/>\nlate, too (ala Wordsworth).<\/p>\n<p>[I tend to agree, but they seem to have instituted a permanent policy of<br \/>\n25% off on every new (non-remaindered) book except for 35% on NYT<br \/>\nbestsellers. If on a serious binge, that extra 10-15% over Wordsworth can<br \/>\nadd up&#8230;although you&#8217;ll probably have to go to Wordsworth to find what you<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t find there. &#8211;tyg]<\/p>\n<p>CHARLESBANK BOOKSHOP, Kenmore Square, Boston.  [TStop=Kenmore Sq]<br \/>\n*Huge* store.  Contains, as a single component, the Boston University<br \/>\nBookstore.  Books, magazines, maps, etc. etc.<\/p>\n<p>[Better than either the Harvard or MIT Coop&#8217;s for serious non-fiction.<br \/>\nAlso a place of last resort for obscure technical volumes (they had the<br \/>\nonly copy of a Human Genetics text in the city). &#8211;William Loos]<\/p>\n<p>HARVARD BOOKSTORE CAFE, 190 Newbury Street, Boston.  [TStop=Copley Sq]<br \/>\nRestaurant and bookstore in one.<\/p>\n<p>WATERSTONES, Corner of Exeter and Newbury, Boston.  [TStop=Copley Sq]<br \/>\nThe Boston branch of the famous London bookstore.  Again, hmmm&#8230;  I dunno.<br \/>\nVery tony: lots of nice carpets and pretty bookshelves.  Plenty of books,<br \/>\nbut they could have made the store one-third its present size.  A friend<br \/>\nsummed it up best: &#8220;A nice bookstore, not a great bookstore&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: There were requests that the following be included.  To my mind<br \/>\n      they&#8217;re here more for completeness sake than for any other reason.<\/p>\n<p>BORDERS&#8217; BOOKSTORE (in Framingham, RTE9, near Shoppers&#8217; World.)<br \/>\nAnother instantiation of the growing mega-chain.  I&#8217;ve not been to this<br \/>\none, (although I&#8217;ve been to the one in Indianapolis).  My advice: don&#8217;t<br \/>\nmake a special trip, but if you&#8217;re trapped (way!) out west, this&#8217;ll<br \/>\nprobably be your best bet.<\/p>\n<p>READING INTERNATIONAL, 47 Brattle St.  [TStop=HSq Ph=864-0705]<br \/>\nI&#8217;m afraid I don&#8217;t care much for RI although a lot of people seem to like<br \/>\nit.  They remodeled a year or so back and the net effect seems to be a<br \/>\ndrop in the number of books by about 1\/3.  Some people see it as low-key<br \/>\nand more layed back; I see it as blah.  Take your pick.  Reasonably good<br \/>\nmagazine selection.<\/p>\n<p>BARNES AND NOBLES, Downtown Crossing, Boston.<br \/>\nA giant example of the famous chain.  Again, there are better places<br \/>\naround, but if you&#8217;re trapped downtown check it out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; USED BOOKSTORES<br \/>\n[NOTE: Often the phrase &#8220;used book store&#8221; is used to mean something like<br \/>\n       &#8220;paperback junk shop&#8221;.  This is not true in these cases; Harvard<br \/>\n       Square alone has four great used book shops.]<\/p>\n<p>PANGLOSS BOOKSHOP, 65 Mt Auburn. [TStop=HSq Ph=354-4003]<br \/>\nFocus on humanities and social sciences.  Seems to be primarily hardback.<br \/>\nWeird double shelving scheme.<\/p>\n<p>MCINTRYRE AND MOORE BOOKSELLERS, 8 Mt Auburn St. [TStop=HSq Ph=491-0662]<br \/>\nGeneral used books.  They have an excellent selection of history and other<br \/>\nnon-fiction, but their fiction section is relatively small.  My personal<br \/>\nfavorite (i.e. I can find something here I want a tad more often than the<br \/>\nother places listed).<\/p>\n<p>THE BOOK CASE (AND ANNEX), 42 Church St. [TStop=HSq Ph=876-0832]<br \/>\nYour average college-town used book shop gone mad.  Upstairs has a lot of<br \/>\nold stuff (posters, postcards, etc).  The downstairs (where the majority of<br \/>\nthe books are) is not for the claustophobic.<\/p>\n<p>STARR BOOKSHOP, 92 Plympton. [TStop=HSq Ph=547-6864]<br \/>\nIn the back half of the Harvard Lampoon building.  Be sure to check out the<br \/>\n&#8220;new&#8221; used book section (i.e. first dibs before these new acquires get<br \/>\nshelved &#8211;this seems to be a default place to dump review copies).<br \/>\nSurliest staff on the east coast.<\/p>\n<p>BRATTLE BOOKSHOP, 9 West St, Boston. [TStop=Park St]<br \/>\nAncient.  Also has &#8220;antiquarian&#8221; paraphernalia; e.g. autographs, etc.  Nice<br \/>\nold\/used magazine selection.<\/p>\n<p>[Again, strongest on history and other non-fiction.  Most of their<br \/>\npaperbacks are $3\/1 on a big unsorted table; you can usually find some good<br \/>\nones if you take the time to weed through it. &#8211;Sandra Loosemore]<\/p>\n<p>AVENUE VICTOR HUGO, 339, Newbury St, Boston. [TStop=Hynes Convention<br \/>\n                                                     Center\/I.C.A.]<br \/>\n[The best in Boston for used science fiction but they have much more.  The<br \/>\nshelves are about 12 feet high set in rows 40 or 50 feet long.  The sf is<br \/>\nhalf of one row (hardcover on one side, paper on the other), which is a<br \/>\nhuge selection , but only about 10% of the total.  (And not just run of<br \/>\nthe mill sf either &#8212; in one haul there I found four by William Morris,<br \/>\ntwo by Charles Williams, and one by George MacDonald.)  The overall<br \/>\nselection contains something of everything.  This is the place where *I&#8217;ve*<br \/>\nfound more stuff than any other.  The prices though tend toward the high<br \/>\nend.  &#8211;William Loos]<\/p>\n<p>HOUSE OF SARAH BOOKS, 225 Hampshire St., Cambridge. Ph: (617) 547 &#8211; 3447;<br \/>\n[Small but *quite* good &#8212; all the stock is in good condition (*and* very<br \/>\nwell ordered, which helps immensely).  There tends to be a wide variety of<br \/>\ntopics with comparatively fewer in each topic.  However, fiction, general<br \/>\nreligion, and history are fairly large.  A specialty is Women in Religion<br \/>\n(get it?  &#8220;House of Sarah&#8221; as opposed to the &#8220;House of Abraham&#8221;).  The<br \/>\nowner is also quite nice.  The prices on balance are toward the low end of<\/p>\n<p>Continued in the next message&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\n * PCB\/UseNet Gateway from Sparkware #3<br \/>\n\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d<br \/>\nDate: 05-29-92 (01:03)           Number: 10441     Channel 1 (R) [HST 192<br \/>\n  To: ALL                        Refer#: NONE<br \/>\nFrom: NICHAEL CRAMER               Read: YES<br \/>\nSubj: R.A.B BOOKSTORES LIST: CA    Conf: (1479) arts.books<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n\u0652  Newsgroup: rec.arts.books<br \/>\n\u0652 Message-ID:<br \/>\n\u0652    Subject: R.A.B BOOKSTORES LIST: CAMBRIDGE\/BOSTON<\/p>\n<p>(Continued from the previous message)<br \/>\nthis group of stores.  &#8211;William Loos]<\/p>\n<p>BRYN MAWR BOOKSTORE, 373 Huron Ave.  [Ph=661-1770]<br \/>\n[A wide selection.  All profits go to establish scholarships at Bryn Mawr<br \/>\nand for this reason they don&#8217;t buy books but only accept them as donations.<br \/>\nOne result is that a portion (but only a minority) of the books are not in<br \/>\nas good condition as one would like.  Another is that everything is<br \/>\nsignificantly cheaper, being closer to 1\/3 list price rather than the 1\/2<br \/>\nwhich is the norm.  &#8211;William Loos]<\/p>\n<p>ZEMBLA BOOKS, Davis Square, Somerville.  [TStop=Davis Square]<br \/>\n[Pleasant small store w\/used books, some good finds in the way of new review<br \/>\ncopies.  Plus a truly literary weekly in-store quiz. &#8212; Mark Eckenwiler]<\/p>\n<p>[Yet another good small one.  It&#8217;s most like the House of Sarah, in size,<br \/>\nprice, and quality of books.  Being small, it&#8217;s easier to keep things in<br \/>\norder.  All the books are in good condition and the prices tend towards the<br \/>\nlower side.  A good chance of finding something.  &#8211;William Loos]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; UNIVERSITY (BOOKSTORES AND PRESSES)<\/p>\n<p>HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS DISPLAY ROOM, 1354 Mass Ave. [TStop=HSq Ph=495-2625]<br \/>\nThe name says it all.  A whole *roomful* of Loeb Classics (at a small<br \/>\ndiscount, even).<\/p>\n<p>[More than a small discount.  There&#8217;s a whole section of books discounted<br \/>\ndue to damage.  However, the damage is often slight.  It&#8217;s worth checking<br \/>\nout, though the amount that different books are discounted seems to vary<br \/>\nwildly.  My impression is that it has to do with how long they&#8217;ve been<br \/>\ntrying to unload a given book.  Very nice staff here also &#8230;  &#8211;William<br \/>\nLoos]<\/p>\n<p>MIT PRESS BOOKSTORE 292 Main St.  [TStop=Kendall Square Ph=253-5249]<br \/>\n&#8216;nuf said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; POETRY<\/p>\n<p>GROLIER BOOK SHOP, 6 Plympton St. [TStop=HSq Ph=547-4648 or 1-800-234-POEM]<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know what all to say about Groliers.  As the sign on the door says<br \/>\n&#8220;minimum of prose&#8221;.  Poetry to the ceiling.  Like Ralph, if Louise doesn&#8217;t<br \/>\nhave it &#8211;or know about it&#8211; you can probably get along without it.  Has to<br \/>\nbe seen to be believed.  (BTW, they also do mail\/phone\/fax orders.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; FOREIGN BOOKS<\/p>\n<p>SCHOENHOF&#8217;S FOREIGN BOOKS, 76A Mt Auburn St.  [TStop=HSq Ph=547-8855]<br \/>\nForeign language books; literature, non-fiction, language learning, etc.<br \/>\n160 languages in reference section.<\/p>\n<p>[I don&#8217;t think the listing really does this place justice.  Simply put, this<br \/>\nis THE foreign bookstore for the entire east coast.  Smartest sales staff<br \/>\nin HSq, bar none.  &#8211;Mark Eckenwiler]<\/p>\n<p>[See also Loeb classics at HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS DISPLAY ROOM, above]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; THEOLOGY\/RELIGION<br \/>\n[NOTE: These stores are not &#8220;Religious&#8221; bookstores, per se; rather they are<br \/>\n       bookstores that function as sources for the many seminaries and<br \/>\n       religious schools in the Greater Boston area.]<\/p>\n<p>DIVINITAS, 5 Magazine St.  [TStop=Central Sq Ph=354-1114]<br \/>\nNice selection.  Often has good prices on remaindered\/damaged books.<\/p>\n<p>HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL BOOK STORE, Francis St. [TStop=HSq]<br \/>\nAgain, name says it all.<\/p>\n<p>MASSACHUSETTS BIBLE SOCIETY BOOKSTORE, 41 Bromfield, Boston [TStop=Park St]<br \/>\nSmallish.  Very &#8220;bible&#8221; oriented.<\/p>\n<p>ISRAEL BOOKSTORE, ?? Harvard Street, Brookline.<br \/>\n[More specialized, but worth mentioning.  In their domain, they have an<br \/>\nexcellent selection.  They give Starr a good run for least helpful staff,<br \/>\nthough.  &#8211;Jonathan Delatizky]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; CHILDREN&#8217;S BOOKS<\/p>\n<p>CHILDREN&#8217;S BOOK SHOP, 237 Washington, Brookline.  [TStop=Brookline Village]<br \/>\nExcellent selection.<\/p>\n<p>SAVANNA BOOKS, 858 Mass Ave.  [TStop=Central Sq Ph=868-3423]<br \/>\n(Note: I&#8217;ve never actually been here, but I&#8217;ve been told it&#8217;s quite good.)<\/p>\n<p>[My impression is that they have children&#8217;s books from all over the world,<br \/>\nwith special emphasis on the Third World and Africa in particular.<br \/>\n&#8211;William Loos]<\/p>\n<p>[See also BARILARI and WORDSWORTHS above]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; TECHNICAL BOOKSTORES<\/p>\n<p>QUANTUM BOOKS, 4 Cambridge Center. [TStop=Kendall Sq Ph=494-5042]<br \/>\nLarge selection of physics, math, etc.  Rather computer-heavy.<\/p>\n<p>[They will give a 10% corporate discount, depending on where you work.<br \/>\nI buy all my technical texts there, since the Wordsworth discount<br \/>\ndoes not apply to textbooks.  &#8212; Dennis A. Franciskovich]<\/p>\n<p>[See also MIT COOP and MIT PRESS BOOKSTORE above.]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; MISCELLANY<\/p>\n<p>GLOBE CORNER BOOKSTORE, 49 Palmer St.  [TStop=HSq Ph=497-6277]<br \/>\nTravel books, maps (USGS, ATC, NOAA, DMA), globes, atlases, related<br \/>\nparaphernalia&#8230;  If you&#8217;re having trouble getting around Cambridge\/Boston,<br \/>\nthis is the place for you.  A branch of the original store, which is<br \/>\nat the (suprise!) corner of School and Washington in downtown Boston.<\/p>\n<p>SEVEN STARS, 58 JFK St. [TStop=HSq]<br \/>\nStandard college-town occult\/new-age bookshop.<\/p>\n<p>GLAD DAY BOOKSTORE, 673 Boylston.  [TStop=Copley Sq]<br \/>\nI forget what the acronym stands for (Gay and Lesbian ).  On the<br \/>\nsecond floor so it can be a little easy to miss.  Has sort of a split<br \/>\npersonality: as you enter, the back half is basically an adult bookstore.<br \/>\nThe front is what one might call a full-service gay bookstore (i.e. they<br \/>\nseem to carry about any book available that has so much as a single gay<br \/>\ncharacter).  Postcards, records, tapes, etc.<\/p>\n<p>ASIAN BOOKS, 12 Arrow St.  [TStop=HSq Ph=354-0005]<br \/>\nLarge selection of books, cards, prints, etc. on history, language,<br \/>\nliterature, architecture, art, etc. of Asia and Islamic world.<\/p>\n<p>NEW WORDS, 186 Hampshire St, Cambridge. [Ph=876-5310 TDD=876-3340]<br \/>\n[One block from Inman Square, down Hampshire St, towards Kendall Sq]<br \/>\nFeminist\/women&#8217;s bookstore.  Cards, journals, music.<\/p>\n<p>KATE&#8217;S MYSTERY BOOKS, 2211 Mass Ave, Cambridge. [Ph=491-2680]<br \/>\n[If you&#8217;re going to take the T you best shot is Davis Square.]<br \/>\nKATE&#8217;S is to mysteries what GROLIERS is to poetry.  The bottom half of a<br \/>\nhouse filled with books.  Great black cat collection.  Seems to have lots<br \/>\nof readings and signings.  (See if you can find the secret panel\/doorway in<br \/>\nthe back room.)<\/p>\n<p>SPENCER&#8217;S MYSTERY BOOKSHOP, ?? Newbury St.  [TStop=Hynes Convention Center\/<br \/>\n                                             I.C.A.]<br \/>\n[It&#8217;s about a block down Newbury St. from the Avenue Victor Hugo.  The<br \/>\nselection and atmosphere isn&#8217;t quite the same as Kate&#8217;s, but it&#8217;s a more<br \/>\nconvenient location.  Both places have a good selection of used books, too.<br \/>\n&#8211;Sandra Loosemore]<\/p>\n<p>REVOLUTION BOOKS, 38 JFK St.   [TStop=HSq Ph=492-5443]<br \/>\nWell, it _is_ Cambridge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[It was suggested that I make clear that &#8220;revolution&#8221; in this context does<br \/>\n_not_ mean &#8220;as in 1776&#8221;.  The store is run by the RCP (the Revolutionary<br \/>\nCommunist Party). &#8211;NLC]<\/p>\n<p>Others seem to prefer the following:<\/p>\n<p>RED BOOK STORE, Jamaica Plain.  [TStop=Orange Line to Green Street]<br \/>\nRed Book has no formal political affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>PANDEMONIUM BOOKS, 8 JFK St.  [TStop=HSq Ph=547-3721]<br \/>\nThe kind little SF shop that you would expect to find in HSq.<\/p>\n<p>[On JFK over the Wursthaus.  Devoted to sf\/fantasy\/gaming and has 10%<br \/>\ndiscounts. They carry some specialty press stuff not available elsewhere<br \/>\nthe Square.&#8211;tyg]<\/p>\n<p>NEW ENGLAND MOBILE BOOK FAIR, 82 Needham St, Newton.<br \/>\n*Huge* warehouse of a store.  It has three sections: hardbacks, paperbacks<br \/>\nand remaindereds, each section being as big as any other bookstore you&#8217;ve<br \/>\nprobably ever been in.  All at discount prices.  (Warning: except for a few<br \/>\nspecialty sections, most books are sorted by Publisher alphabetical by<br \/>\n*TITLE*!  This makes browsing nearly impossible, and it can be pretty<br \/>\noverwhelming your first time there, but if you know what you want, it can<br \/>\nbe a good deal.  Copies of _Books in Print_ all over the place.)  No one<br \/>\nseems to why it&#8217;s called &#8220;Mobile&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Continued in the next message&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\n * PCB\/UseNet Gateway from Sparkware #3<br \/>\n\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d<br \/>\nDate: 05-29-92 (01:03)           Number: 10442     Channel 1 (R) [HST 192<br \/>\n  To: ALL                        Refer#: NONE<br \/>\nFrom: NICHAEL CRAMER               Read: YES<br \/>\nSubj: R.A.B BOOKSTORES LIST: CA    Conf: (1479) arts.books<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n\u0652  Newsgroup: rec.arts.books<br \/>\n\u0652 Message-ID:<br \/>\n\u0652    Subject: R.A.B BOOKSTORES LIST: CAMBRIDGE\/BOSTON<\/p>\n<p>(Continued from the previous message)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; MAGAZINES, ETC.<\/p>\n<p>OUT OF TOWN NEWS, 0[!] Harvard Sq.  [TStop=HSq]<br \/>\nA Cambridge Fixture.  Newspapers from all over.  Good Magazine selection.<\/p>\n<p>NINI&#8217;S CORNER.   [TStop=HSq]<br \/>\nRight across the street from OUT OF TOWN NEWS.  Better magazine selection.<\/p>\n<p>See READING INTERNATIONAL above.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; RELATED NON-BOOK STUFF<\/p>\n<p>There are also a lot of nearby sites you may want to check out.<\/p>\n<p>Henry (and Alice and William Sr and Jr) James&#8217; graves in Cambridge Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Authors Ridge&#8221; at the cemetery in Concord (the graves of Thoreau, Emerson,<br \/>\nL M Alcott and [?]).<\/p>\n<p>Out at Amherst is the Emily Dickinson house and grave.<\/p>\n<p>Walden Pond is just down the road at Concord.  If you come, be sure to<br \/>\nbring a rock with you (really!).  At the site of Thoreau&#8217;s cabin is a cairn<br \/>\nof rocks that has built up over the years by people who have brought rocks<br \/>\nfrom their homes.<\/p>\n<p>[Charlesbank, Wordsworth, Harvard Bookstore, Borders&#8217;, and Kate&#8217;s are very<br \/>\nstrong on author appearances and readings and visitors might want to call up<br \/>\nand find out if anyone they&#8217;re interested in is doing one while they&#8217;re in<br \/>\nthe area. Waterstone&#8217;s may also be, but I&#8217;m less sure on them.  &#8211;tyg]<br \/>\n[Also, while there&#8217;s no central local source for listing for readings, etc,<br \/>\nyou can usually get some idea what&#8217;s happening in the Globe&#8217;s Weekend<br \/>\nsection (put out on Thursdays) and The Phoenix &#8211;NLC]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nComments, corrections, additions, etc, from:<\/p>\n<p>Ron Newman<br \/>\nSandra Loosemore<br \/>\ntyg (Tom Galloway) tyg@hq.ileaf.com<br \/>\nDave Murphy<br \/>\nScott Drown drown@alliant.com<br \/>\nLOOS@Frodo.MGH.Harvard.EDU (William D.B. Loos)<br \/>\neck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler)<br \/>\nJonathan Delatizky<br \/>\nDave Murphy<br \/>\ngary@futon.SFSU.EDU (Gary Hoo)<br \/>\nDennis A. Franciskovich (daf@loghost)<\/p>\n<p>As always, corrections, comments, additions, etc., actively solicited. &#8211;N<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n * PCB\/UseNet Gateway from Sparkware #3<\/p>\n<p>\u00f9HEADER:USENET<\/p>\n<p>Path: channel1!uupsi!psinntp!rpi!think.com!news.bbn.com!bbn.com!ncramer<br \/>\nFrom: ncramer@bbn.com (Nichael Cramer)<br \/>\nNewsgroups: rec.arts.books<br \/>\nSubject: R.A.B BOOKSTORES LIST: CAMBRIDGE\/BOSTON<br \/>\nMessage-ID:<br \/>\nDate: 28 May 1992 09:21:30 GMT<br \/>\nReply-To: ncramer@labs-n.bbn.com (Nichael Cramer)<br \/>\nOrganization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA<br \/>\nLines: 433<br \/>\nNNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-right'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-13624 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='13624' data-nonce='41b6e01389' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-13624 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-13624 status align-right'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d\u062d Date: 05-29-92 (01:03) Number: 10440 Channel 1 (R) [HST 192 To: ALL Refer#: NONE From: NICHAEL&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-13624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-othernonsense","tag-english","wpcat-7-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13625,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13624\/revisions\/13625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}