The Bookshop: The history of the American bookstore

Evan Friss. First edition, stated third printing. New York: Viking, 2024. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Near Fine condition. No writing or markings found in the book, 403 pp. Jacket dedign by Alban Fischer. 

In The Bookshop, historian Evan Friss explores the evolution of bookstores as cultural institutions—places of resistance, community, commerce, and creativity. Drawing on archival research, interviews, and firsthand reporting, Friss documents how bookshops have shaped intellectual life and why they remain vital today.

A highly regarded modern work on book culture, increasingly sought after by booksellers, librarians, and collectors of contemporary literary history.

A clean, collectible copy of an important modern publishing title.