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My girlfriend gave me a

Conor — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:09:53 -0800

My girlfriend gave me a birthday present yesterday of a trip to Stockholm for Valentine’s week…

My attention is naturally drawn toward bookstores over there as I trawl the internet for things to see and do. Any suggestions from Swedish Typophiles would be great…

Ta.

I liked Powell’s in

gthompson — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:32:52 -0800

I liked Powell’s in Chicago (I visited the one near the campus a year ago when I stayed in C for a week) — a nice selection of secondhand books on typography.
And there was a bookstore specializing in architecture and design in downtown Chicago that had a few cases full of graphic design and type. Can’t remember their name… (old age, I guess).

There’s a Powell’s at 2850 N. Lincoln Ave, in Chicago that’s usually better than the other stores. It’s remaindered or used, and the best (expensive) stuff is in the room in the back. The one at 828 S. Wabash is worth a visit if you have the time.

I think the other one you’re referring to is Prairie Ave. Bookshop at 418 S. Wabash in the South Loop. It’s mainly an architectural bookstore, but carries the best selection of new graphic design and type books in the city.

George
I felt bad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no Bodoni

Bologna (Italy) Fabrica Via

lore — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:48:29 -0800

Bologna (Italy)
Fabrica
Via Rizzoli, 8
Tel:051/271165

and the more obvious Feltrinelli in all major Italian cities.

Perhaps used/antiquarian

Miss Tiffany — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:33:21 -0800

Perhaps used/antiquarian should be another section in the wiki?

This just in… Dot Dot Dot

Ricardo Cordoba — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:47:43 -0800

This just in... Dot Dot Dot is available at the Dexter Sinister workshop and occasional bookstore in NYC’s Lower East Side: 38 Ludlow Street (basement). I see that they have some other design and typography titles there as well.

Also, do used bookstores count? Both Skyline Books (13 West 18th Street, across the street from Academy Records) and, to a lesser extent, Mercer Street Books and Records (206 Mercer Street) carry art, design and typography books. Skyline even has a section on books about books and book arts...

Not exactly typography, but

Blue — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:20:51 -0800

Not exactly typography, but great independent book arts:
Printer Matter, 195 Tenth Ave (near 22nd), NYC: www.printedmatter.org
New Museum, 556 West 22nd, NYC: www.newmuseum.org

Eheh. Err. I have no idea.

Miss Tiffany — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:49:06 -0800

Eheh. Err. I have no idea.

Gee, Tif, why would you want

Linda Cunningham — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:40:58 -0800

Gee, Tif, why would you want shoes when you can get design books? ;-)

Yep that’s it. Thanks!

Miss Tiffany — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:29:55 -0800

Yep that’s it. Thanks!

Hey, this whole place is a

hrant — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:00:10 -0800

Hey, this whole place is a shopping plaza! ;-)
Maybe you mean the Third Street Promenade, which is a nice
pedestrian-only shopping/dining street, in which case, yes.
http://www.hennesseyingalls.com/hennessey/text_2.asp?s_id=0&

hhp

Hrant, is that the bookstore

Miss Tiffany — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:52:27 -0800

Hrant, is that the bookstore that is in the shopping plaza? I know that is vague. :^/ A friend took me to this amazing shopping area in So Cal and the bookstore we went to kept us occupied for 4 hours. (Needless to say we didn’t have time to shop for shoes.)

Hennessey & Ingalls in Santa

hrant — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:48:43 -0800

Hennessey & Ingalls in Santa Monica, CA is quite good.

hhp

I liked Powell’s in

bert_vanderveen — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:25:13 -0800

Here in the

kristin — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:33:37 -0800

Here in the hinterlands:

http://www.mnbookarts.org/theshop/theshop.html

The Shop at Minnesota Center for Book Arts
1011 Washington Ave S, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55415
PHONE: 612-215-2520
EMAIL: mcba@mnbookarts.org

http://www.lauriebooks.com/index.php

James and Mary Laurie Books
921 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN, 55402
Telephone: 612-338-1114
info@lauriebooks.com

William Stout Architectural

TGaskin — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:02:12 -0800

William Stout Architectural Books
804 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94133
www.stoutbooks.com
415.391.6757
Upstairs is architectural, downstairs is design, tons of graphic design and typography books.

Typophile Bookstores

Conor — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:10:44 -0800

Similar to the Typophile Books resource, I’d love to see a directory of specialist art & design related bookstores from around the World.

Who’s up for it? I don’t mind compiling it, should I receive info.