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Bookstores by Horst A. Friedrichs

Bookstores

A Celebration of Independent Booksellers

Horst A. Friedrichs, Stuart Husband

Prestel Publishing · Print & ebook · March 9, 2021

Explore the magic of independent bookstores in this beautiful photographic journey across the world.

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Who it’s for
A calm, image-led wander through independent bookstores, with enough texture for conversation.
Genres
Architecture Photography, Travel Photography, Small Business
Published
Prestel Publishing, March 9, 2021

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About this book

Explore the magic of independent bookstores in this beautiful photographic journey across the world. Bookstores are treasure troves of knowledge and ideas, invaluable for the imagination, and often reflect their owners' personalities in ways internet behemoths could never re-create. In this book, photographer Horst A. Friedrichs opens the door to the world of bricks-and-mortar bookstores, showcasing their variety, quirkiness, and vitality with lavish photography.

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It celebrates the passion and commitment of the owners with interviews and anecdotes. Explore William Stout Books, a specialty store for architecture and art books in San Francisco, and Baldwin's Book Barn in Pennsylvania, a 5-story bookstore housed in a dairy barn open since the mid-1940s. Discover Gay's the Word, the UK's first and only dedicated LGBTQI bookshop and Livraria Lello, whose Art Deco interior is a temple to reading in the middle of Porto, Portugal. Some of the featured bookstores specialize in a certain genre, some are massive with vaulted ceilings, some are tiny and filled to the brim with books, some are in historic buildings that evoke a different time and place, and some are brand new, hightech, architect-designed spaces. What all the bookstores have in common is that they are all dedicated to spreading the written word to their communities. This is an ideal book for anyone who loves to read, browse, or simply linger in the analog world of books and bookstores.

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A calm, image-led wander through independent bookstores, with enough texture for conversation.

Come here for

  • bookish interiors, coffee, and the quiet theatre of browsing
  • photographs that linger on the feel of a place

Expect

  • a contemplative, browseable pace
  • street-style glimpses shaped for the coffee table

Where it sits

Travel Photography37%
Architecture Photography35%
Small Business34%

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Publisher categories

  • Small Business
  • Photographers - General
  • Lifestyle Photography
Authors
Horst A. Friedrichs, Stuart Husband
Publisher
Prestel Publishing
Published
March 9, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Small Business