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The Retail Bookseller Is Entitled…
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The Retail Bookseller Is Entitled…

January 9, 2018January 7, 2018 agreeableplace

Evidence of Refined Taste
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Evidence of Refined Taste

December 13, 2017 agreeableplace

 

There Is Not a More Interesting Occupation than That of the Bookseller
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There Is Not a More Interesting Occupation than That of the Bookseller

September 27, 2017 agreeableplace

 

 

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There Is No Habit More Valuable
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There Is No Habit More Valuable

August 3, 2017 agreeableplace

 

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Paper Rustles
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Paper Rustles

June 1, 2017May 29, 2017 agreeableplace

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The Most Agreeable of Places
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The Most Agreeable of Places

May 25, 2017September 19, 2017 agreeableplace

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In Every Bookstore
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In Every Bookstore

May 18, 2017May 29, 2017 agreeableplace

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“If a Bookseller Knows How to Sell His [or Her!] Wares…”
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“If a Bookseller Knows How to Sell His [or Her!] Wares…”

May 1, 2017May 2, 2017 agreeableplace

“The bookstore should be the most agreeable of places. It should invite those thirsting for knowledge, and those whose appetite needs to be stimulated by a tempting display of books, to come in, and make themselves at home, and buy to the extent that they may please." (Publishers' Weekly, February 28, 1885)

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