List of booksellers in Boston explained
This is a partial list of booksellers in Boston, Massachusetts.
Booksellers in Boston
17th century
- John Allen
- William Avery
- Joseph Brunning (a.k.a. Joseph Browning), Court St.
- Nicholas Buttolph
- Duncan Campbell
- James Cowse
- John Dunton
- Benjamin Elliott, State St.
- John Foster
- Obadiah Gill
- John Griffin
- Benjamin Harris, Cornhill
- Vavasour Harris
- Elkanah Pembroke
- Michael Perry
- Samuel Phillips
- Edmund Ranger
- John Ratcliffe
- Samuel Sewall
- Andrew Thorncomb
- Hezekiah Usher
- John Usher
- James Wade
- Richard Wilkins
18th century
- John Amory
- Andrew Barclay (bookbinder)
- Ebenezer Battelle
- Nathaniel Belknap
- Caleb Blanchard, Dock Square
- Joshua Blanchard
- Nicholas Boone
- Nicholas Bowes
- John Boyles
- Cox & Berry
- Caleb Bingham
- John Boydell
- George Brownell
- Alford Butler
- Alford Butler Jr.
- John Campbell
- John Checkley
- James Foster Condy
- Jeremy Condy[1]
- Cox & Berry; Edward Cox; Edward Berry
- T. Cox
- Michael Dennis
- John Edwards
- Joseph Edwards
- A. Ellison
- Benjamin Eliot
- John Eliot
- Samuel Eliot
- John Fleeming, 1760s-1770s
- John W. Folsom, Union St.
- Hopestill Foster
- Philip Freeman
- Richard Fry
- Samuel Gerrish
- Daniel Gookin
- Nathaniel Gookin
- Benjamin Gray
- William Gray
- Benjamin Guild, 1780s-1790s
- Thomas Hancock
- Charles Harrison
- Daniel Henchman, Cornhill
- John Hodgson
- William Lang
- John Langdon
- Samuel Kneeland
- Henry Knox; London Book-Store
- John Langdon
- Benjamin Larkin, Cornhill
- Ebenezer Larkin, Cornhill
- Thomas Leverett
- Bennet Love
- Walter MacAlpine
- William McAlpine
- John Mein; London Book-Store
- William Miller; Rivington & Miller, London Book-Store
- John Parker
- William Pelham (bookseller)
- John Pemberton
- John Perkins
- Joanna Perry, King St.
- Eleazer Phillips (a.k.a. Eleazar Phillips)
- Gillam Phillips
- John Phillips
- William Phillips
- Nathaniel Proctor
- Thomas Rand
- James Rivington; London Book-Store
- Samuel Robinson
- Ezekiel Russell
- Samuel Sewall, Jr.
- Francis Skinner
- Joseph Snelling
- William Spotswood
- Robert Starkey
- Samuel Webb
- David West
- John West
- Wharton & Bowes; John Wharton; Nicholas Bowes
- James White, Court St.
- Timothy White
- Joshua Winter
19th century
- Joseph F. Alsworth; Crosby & Alsworth
- Samuel T. Armstrong, Cornhill
- N.J. Bartlett
- William Blagrove; Boston Book Store
- Boston Chart and Nautical Bookstore, Custom House St.; Charles L. Blake; Robert A. Blake
- Leonard C. Bowles, Cornhill
- Osmyn Brewster; Crocker & Brewster
- George W. Briggs, Washington St.
- Oliver L. Briggs & Co.
- Brown, Taggard & Chase, Cornhill
- Joseph Bumstead, State St.
- James W. Burditt, Court St.
- Burnham & Brothers, Cornhill
- Thomas Burnham, Cornhill
- James Campbell, Tremont St.
- George Clark, Dock Sq.
- Otis Clapp, School St.; Beacon St.
- Daniel C. Colesworthy
- George W. Cottrell, Cornhill
- Crosby & Nichols, Washington St.
- William Crosby, Washington St.
- Cummings, Hilliard & Co., Cornhill
- Robert S. Davis, Washington St.; R.S. Davis & Co.; P. Stearns Davis.
- William H. Dennet, Washington St.
- Oliver Ditson
- Patrick Donahoe, Franklin St.
- Estes and Lauriat
- Oliver Everett, Cornhill
- Charles Ewer, Cornhill
- Federhen & Co.; Charles Thacher
- William Pembroke Fetridge
- Fields, Osgood & Company
- William B. Fowle, 45 Cornhill
- Patrick Kevin Foley (a.k.a. P.K. Foley), Bromfield St.
- James French, Washington St.
- Richard L. Frye
- Horace B. Fuller
- M.H. Gaughan
- Edwin H. Gill
- Charles Goodspeed, Park Street
- Charles D. Gould; Gould & Lincoln
- Andrew F. Graves, Cornhill
- Benjamin H. Greene
- Oliver C. Greenleaf, Court St.
- William H. Halliday & Co., Cornhill
- Mrs. Mary Hickey, High St.
- Hickling, Swan & Brewer, Washington St.; Thomas M. Brewer
- Henry Hoyt
- Lemuel N. Ide, Washington St.
- John P. Jewett, Cornhill
- David P. King, Washington St.
- Charles Lauriat
- Joshua Lincoln; Gould & Lincoln
- Little, Brown & Co.; Augustus Flagg
- Littlefield's, Cornhill
- James Loring, Cornhill, Washington Street[2]
- Josiah Loring, South Row
- Bela Marsh
- Hugh McDonnell, Washington St.
- George M. Merriam, Newbury (Washington) St.
- Israel Moody, Washington St.
- B. B. Mussey, Cornhill
- Munroe & Francis; Edmund Munroe, David Francis; Court St., Cornhill
- Sam F. Nichols; Nichols & Hall
- Old Corner Bookstore, Washington & School St.
- James R. Osgood & Co., Washington St.; E. Libby.
- James A.G. Otis, Washington St.
- Samuel H. Parker
- Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; West Street Bookstore
- Oliver L. Perkins, Cornhill
- James M. Piper
- William J. Reynolds & Co., Cornhill
- Benjamin B. Russell, Washington St.
- Francis S. Saxton, State St.
- Schoenhof & Moeller; Carl Schoenhof, Fanny Moeller
- Nathaniel S. Simpkins, Brattle St.
- George A. Snow; Snow, Boyden & Knight
- C.C. Soule
- William V. Spencer
- Charles Stimpson, Washington St.
- Strong & Brodhead, Cornhill
- Swedenborgian Book Store, Tremont St.
- Tappan & Whittemore, Washington St.
- Joseph Teal, Hanover St.
- William P. Tewksbury, Washington St.
- Ticknor and Fields
- John B. Tileston; Brewer & Tileston
- Abel Tompkins, Cornhill
- John Turner
- William Veazie
- John X. Watson
- Thomas Wells, Hanover St.
- Wells & Lilly; William Wells and Robert Lilly, Court St.
- Henry White
- Rev. Thomas Whittemore, Cornhill
- John K. Wiggin; Wiggin & Lunt
20th century
- J.Q. Adams & Co.
- Avenue Victor Hugo, Newbury St.
- E.E. Babb & Co.
- Walter H. Baker & Co.
- N.J. Bartlett & Co.
- C.E. Beale
- F.W. Bird
- Boston Book Co.
- John A. Boyle & Co.
- Buddenbrooks
- Burnham's Antique Book Store; Richard C. Lichtenstein
- William A. Butterfield
- H.M. Caldwell Co.
- H.H. Carter & Co.
- Theo. H. Castor & Co.
- W.B. Clarke Co.
- William G. Colesworthy
- C. James Connelly
- H.M. Connor
- Curtis & Cameron
- Cupples & Schoenhof
- DeWolfe & Fiske Co.
- Eaton & Mains
- Dana Estes & Co.
- Thomas J. Flynn
- Patrick Kevin Foley (a.k.a. P.K. Foley), Beacon St.
- Four Seas Company, Copley Sq.
- Garden Side Book Shop, Boylston St.
- Ginn & Co.
- Globe Corner Bookstore
- Goodspeed's Book Shop
- J.L. Hammett Co.
- Mrs. H.L. Hastings
- D.C. Heath & Co.
- F.C. Herrick, Copley Sq.
- Home Library and Supply Assoc.
- Houghton & Dutton
- Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Park St.
- George W. Humphrey
- Jordan Marsh
- Keep's Book Store, Columbus Ave.
- E.L. Kellogg & Co.
- Knight & Millet, Columbus Ave.
- C.A. Koehler & Co.
- Lauriat's, Washington St.
- A.A. Lewis, Hanover St.
- C.F. Libbie
- Little, Brown and Company
- George E. Littlefield, Cornhill
- Lee Lothrop & Shepherd
- A.D. Maclachlan
- Bertha Mahony
- Mutual Book Co., Franklin St.
- A.J. Ochs Co.; Boston Neck Book Store, Washington St.
- Old Corner Book Store, Bromfield St.
- Pitts-Kimball Co.
- George H. Polley, Court St.
- John A. Ryan, Brattle St.
- Smith & McCance, Bromfield St.
- South End Book Store, Washington St.
- Waterstone's[3]
- R.H. White & Co.
- Women's Educational and Industrial Union; Bookshop for Boys and Girls
21st century
See also: List of independent bookstores in the United States and List of bookstore chains.
- Ars Libri, Harrison Ave.
- Barnes & Noble
- F. A. Bernett Books
- Border's
- Boston Book Company
- Brattle Book Shop, West St.[4] [5] [6]
- Bromer Booksellers, Boylston St.
- Buddenbrooks, Newbury Street
- Commonwealth Books
- James F. O'Neil
- Lucy Parsons Center, Columbus Ave.
- Peter L. Stern & Co.
- Trident Booksellers, Newbury St.
See also
General and cited references
- 17th-century:
- 18th-century:
- 19th-century:
- 20th-century:
External links
- Library Thing. Boston listings
- Web site: (Boston) . Bibliophemera . Chuck Whiting . Blogspot .
Notes and References
- Elizabeth Carroll Reilly. "The Wages of Piety: The Boston Book Trade of Jeremy Condy," in Printing and Society in Early America. Joyce et al. eds., Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1983
- Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, ed. Lois Brown (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000), 152n65
- Bookstores' demise a sad chapter. Boston Globe. May 23, 1999.
- R. S. Kindleberger. Brattle's new home; 3 doors away on West St. Boston Globe, Feb 10, 1980. pg. 1
- Wendy Fox. Q.& A. with Ken Gloss, owner of the Brattle Book Shop. Boston Globe. Nov 16, 1997. pg. 2
- Sam Allis. Secondhand gold; Bookshop's storied history speaks volumes. Boston Globe. Aug 26, 2007
