List of booksellers in Boston
| Industry | Bookselling |
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| Headquarters | Boston , United States |
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This compilation presents a partial directory of booksellers located in Boston, Massachusetts.
17th century
- John Allen
- William Avery
- Joseph Brunning (also known as Joseph Browning), Court Street
- Nicholas Buttolph
- Duncan Campbell
- James Cowse
- John Dunton
- Benjamin Elliott, State Street
- 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[1]
- James Wade
- Richard Wilkins
18th century
- John Amory
- Andrew Barclay (bookbinder)
- Ebenezer Battelle
- Nathaniel Belknap
- Caleb Blanchard, located at Dock Square
- Joshua Blanchard
- Nicholas Boone
- Nicholas Bowes
- John Boyles
- Cox & Berry partnership
- Caleb Bingham
- John Boydell
- George Brownell
- Alford Butler and Alford Butler Jr.
- John Campbell
- John Checkley
- James Foster Condy
- Jeremy Condy[2]
- Edward Cox and Edward Berry of Cox & Berry; also T. Cox
- Michael Dennis
- John Edwards and Joseph Edwards
- A. Ellison
- Benjamin Eliot and John Eliot; Samuel Eliot also included
- John Fleeming, active during the 1760s-1770s
- John W. Folsom, based on Union Street
- Hopestill Foster
- Philip Freeman
- Richard Fry
- Samuel Gerrish
- Daniel Gookin and Nathaniel Gookin
- Benjamin Gray and William Gray
- Benjamin Guild, working in the 1780s-1790s
- Thomas Hancock
- Charles Harrison
- Daniel Henchman, located on Cornhill
- John Hodgson
- William Lang and John Langdon
- Samuel Kneeland
- Henry Knox, owner of London Book-Store
- Benjamin Larkin and Ebenezer Larkin, both on Cornhill
- Thomas Leverett
- Bennet Love
- Walter MacAlpine and William McAlpine
- John Mein, proprietor of London Book-Store
- William Miller of Rivington & Miller, London Book-Store
- John Parker
- William Pelham (bookseller)
- John Pemberton
- John Perkins
- Joanna Perry, King Street location
- Eleazer Phillips (also spelled Eleazar Phillips)
- Gillam Phillips, John Phillips, and William Phillips
- Nathaniel Proctor
- Thomas Rand
- James Rivington of London Book-Store fame
- Samuel Robinson
- Ezekiel Russell
- Samuel Sewall, Jr.
- Francis Skinner
- Joseph Snelling
- William Spotswood
- Robert Starkey
- Samuel Webb
- David West and John West
- Wharton & Bowes partnership; including John Wharton and Nicholas Bowes
- James White, Court Street address
- 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 on 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 (also known as 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 on 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 on Cornhill
- James Loring with locations on Cornhill and Washington Street
- Josiah Loring, South Row
- Bela Marsh
- Hugh McDonnell, Washington St.
- George M. Merriam on Newbury (Washington) St.
- Israel Moody, Washington St.
- B.B. Mussey, Cornhill
- Munroe & Francis; Edmund Munroe and David Francis; Court St., Cornhill
- Sam F. Nichols; Nichols & Hall
- Old Corner Bookstore, at the intersection of Washington and School Streets
- James R. Osgood & Co., Washington St.; E. Libby
- James A.G. Otis on Washington St.
- Samuel H. Parker
- Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; West Street Bookstore
- Oliver L. Perkins on Cornhill
- James M. Piper
- William J. Reynolds & Co., Cornhill
- Benjamin B. Russell on Washington St.
- Francis S. Saxton on State St.
- Schoenhof & Moeller; Carl Schoenhof and Fanny Moeller
- Nathaniel S. Simpkins, Brattle St.
- George A. Snow; Snow, Boyden & Knight
- C.C. Soule
- William V. Spencer
- Charles Stimpson on Washington St.
- Strong & Brodhead at Cornhill
- Swedenborgian Book Store located on Tremont St.
- Tappan & Whittemore on Washington St.
- Joseph Teal of Hanover St.
- William P. Tewksbury on Washington St.
- Ticknor and Fields
- John B. Tileston; Brewer & Tileston
- Abel Tompkins at Cornhill
- John Turner
- William Veazie
- John X. Watson
- Thomas Wells of Hanover St.
- Wells & Lilly; William Wells and Robert Lilly at Court St.
- Henry White
- Reverend Thomas Whittemore at Cornhill
- John K. Wiggin; Wiggin & Lunt
20th century
- J.Q. Adams & Company
- Avenue Victor Hugo, Newbury Street
- E.E. Babb & Company
- Walter H. Baker & Company
- N.J. Bartlett & Company
- C.E. Beale
- F.W. Bird
- Boston Book Company
- John A. Boyle & Company
- Buddenbrooks
- Burnham's Antique Book Store; Richard C. Lichtenstein
- William A. Butterfield
- H.M. Caldwell Company
- H.H. Carter & Company
- Theo. H. Castor & Company
- W.B. Clarke Company
- William G. Colesworthy (Daniel Clement Colesworthy)
- C. James Connelly
- H.M. Connor
- Curtis & Cameron
- Cupples & Schoenhof
- DeWolfe & Fiske Company
- Eaton & Mains
- Dana Estes & Company
- Thomas J. Flynn
- Patrick Kevin Foley (also known as P.K. Foley), Beacon Street
- Four Seas Company, Copley Square
- Garden Side Book Shop, Boylston Street
- Ginn & Company
- Globe Corner Bookstore
- Goodspeed's Book Shop
- J.L. Hammett Company
- Mrs. H.L. Hastings
- D.C. Heath & Company
- F.C. Herrick, Copley Square
- Home Library and Supply Association
- Houghton & Dutton
- Houghton, Mifflin & Company, Park Street
- George W. Humphrey
- Jordan Marsh
- Keep's Book Store, Columbus Avenue
- E.L. Kellogg & Company
- Knight & Millet, Columbus Avenue
- C.A. Koehler & Company
- Lauriat's, Washington Street
- A.A. Lewis, Hanover Street
- C.F. Libbie
- Little, Brown and Company
- George E. Littlefield, Cornhill
- Lee Lothrop & Shepherd
- A.D. Maclachlan
- Bertha Mahony
- Mutual Book Company, Franklin Street
- A.J. Ochs Company; Boston Neck Book Store, Washington Street
- Old Corner Book Store, Bromfield Street
- Pitts-Kimball Company
- George H. Polley, Court Street
- John A. Ryan, Brattle Street
- Smith & McCance, Bromfield Street
- South End Book Store, Washington Street
- Waterstone's
- R.H. White & Company
- Women's Educational and Industrial Union; Bookshop for Boys and Girls
21st century
- Ars Libri, Harrison Avenue
- Barnes & Noble
- F.A. Bernett Books
- Borders
- Boston Book Company
- Brattle Book Shop, West Street
- Bromer Booksellers, Boylston Street
- Buddenbrooks, Newbury Street
- Commonwealth Books
- James F. O'Neil
- Lucy Parsons Center, Columbus Avenue
- Peter L. Stern & Company
- Trident Booksellers, Newbury Street
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
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- ↑ 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
General and cited references
- 17th century
- Isaiah Thomas. History of Printing in America, 2nd edition, 1874.
- George Emery Littlefield. Early Boston Booksellers 1642-1711. Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1900.
- 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 edition, 1874.
- Henry Knox - Bookseller. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. 61, June 1928, pp. 227 and following.
- 19th century
- Boston Directory, 1823.
- Boston Directory, 1849.
- Boston Directory, 1858.
- Boston Directory, 1868.
- Sargent. Lauriat's, 1872-1922: A Sketch of Early Boston Booksellers, 1922.
- 20th century
- James Clegg. International Directory of Booksellers and Bibliophile's Manual, 1906.
External links
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