Book Shopping
Dec. 22, 2011
New York’s independent booksellers offer plenty of eye candy in the form of illustrated books, photo books, prints and objects. DART’s short list of the best:
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| Photos: Peggy Roalf |
Downtown
Dashwood Books (above), 33 Bond St., between Bowery and Lafayette
Clic Bookstore & Gallery, 3 locations: 255 Centre, 424 Broome, 189 Lafayette
Printed Matter, Inc., 195 10th Ave.
192 Books, 192 10th Avenue at 21st St.
Bookmarc, 400 Bleecker Street, at 11th St.
New Museum of Contemporary Art, 235 Bowery, opposite Prince Street
St. Mark's Bookshop, 31 Third Avenue, between 8th and 9th Streets
McNally Robinson, 52 Prince Street, between Lafayette and Mulberry
The Strand Bookstore, 828 Broadway and 12th St.
Shakespeare & Co. Booksellers, at four locations
Forbidden Planet, 840 Broadway, at 13th St.
The Center for Book Arts, 28 W 27th Street, 3rd Floor
Aperture Book Store and Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
Opening Ceremony at the Act Hotel, 1190-1192 Broadway, @ 29th St.
The Old Print Shop 150 Lexington Avenue Between 29 & 30th.
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| Printed Matter, in Chelsea. Photos: Peggy Roalf |
Uptown
MoMA Store, 11 West 53rd St.
Museum of Arts & Design Store, 2 Columbus Circle
The Phillips de Pury Company Shop, 450 Park Avenue, at 57th St.
Argosy Book Store, 116 East 59th St.
International Center of Photography Bookstore, 1133 Avenue of the Americas,
Rizzoli Bookstore, 31 West 57th St.
Ursus Books & Prints, 699 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor
Whitney Museum Bookstore, 945 Madison Avenue
Gagosian Shop on Madison Avenue recently closed, but offers items online.
Archivia Books, 993 Lexington Ave.
Museum of the City of New York Store, Fifth Avenue at 103rd St.
Brooklyn & Queens
Artbook@MoMA PS 1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, QNS
powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn
Spoonbill & Sugartown, 218 Bedford Avenue, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Greenlight Bookstore, 686 Fulton Street (@ S. Portland), Fort Greene, Brooklyn
