List of booksellers in Boston

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 CondyElizabeth 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 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 George M. Baker & Co. Walter H. Baker & Co. 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 StreetSusan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, ed. Lois Brown (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000), 152n65 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'sBookstores' demise a sad chapter. Boston Globe. May 23, 1999. R.H. White & Co. Women's Educational and Industrial Union; Bookshop for Boys and Girls

21st century

Ars Libri, Harrison Ave. Barnes & Noble F. A. Bernett Books Borders Boston Book Company Brattle Book Shop, West St.R. S. Kindleberger. Brattle's new home; 3 doors away on West St. Boston Globe, Feb 10, 1980. pg. 1Wendy Fox. Q.& A. with Ken Gloss, owner of the Brattle Book Shop. Boston Globe. Nov 16, 1997. pg. 2Sam Allis. Secondhand gold; Bookshop's storied history speaks volumes. Boston Globe. Aug 26, 2007 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 Books in the United States Early American publishers and printers Bibliography of early American publishers and printers List of early American publishers and printers

Citations

General and cited references 17th-century Isaiah Thomas. History of printing in America, 2nd ed. 1874. Google books George Emery Littlefield. The early Massachusetts press, 1638-1711. Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1907. Worthington Chauncey Ford. The Boston book market, 1679-1700. Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1917.

18th-century Boston Directory. 1789. Isaiah Thomas. History of printing in America, 2nd ed. 1874. Henry Knox - Bookseller. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. 61. June 1928, p. 227+

19th-century Boston Directory. 1823. Boston Directory. 1849. Boston Directory. 1858. Boston Directory. 1868. Sargent. Lauriat's, 1872-1922: being a sketch of early Boston booksellers. 1922.

20th-century James Clegg. International directory of booksellers and bibliophile's manual. 1906.

External links

Library Thing. Boston listings