Word: stores
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...distinct personality of the individual store undoubtedly is due in large part to each one’s idiosyncratic owner...
Relations between Harvard’s booksellers are much more amicable than one might think. Each store inhabits a distinct niche that sets it apart from the others. James & Devon Gray Booksellers at 12 Arrow St. carry books written before 1700, while Lame Duck Books, in the basement just below it, specializes in modern intellectual history. Both bookstores have a pretty pricy stock—Lame Duck has a rare photograph of Fyodor Dostoyevsky selling for $85,000—but it’s worth it to go into either one just to browse. Entering one of these stores...
...multi-talented Mitchell might show a customer how a water filter he has patented works by folding up an 18th century map, or perhaps have the customer try on the emergency parachute that he keeps in the front of the store, but his life in the Square hasn’t been all fun and games. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...know, just broken,” Mitchell said. “How do you sell things without a license? I chose books because of the First Amendment.” Mitchell’s first big sale of a suitcase full of rare used books bought him his store...
...Most booksellers buy from each other. When nobody’s buying, [booksellers] buy. We give them the book to sell, and if they don’t sell it we take the book back,” Mitchell said. Similarly, store owners are happy to direct customers to other stores if they don’t have exactly what the customer is looking...