Brattle Book Shop at 9 West Street in Boston, Massachusetts. One of America’s oldest and largest used book shops, the Brattle features an outside sale lot, two floors of general used books, and a third floor of rare & antiquarian books. Housed in a three-story building in the heart of Downtown Boston, The Brattle Book Shop carries an impressive stock of over 250,000 books, maps, prints, postcards and ephemeral items in all subjects. In addition to its general used and out-of-print stock, The Brattle Book Shop also maintains an inventory of collectibles, first editions and fine leather bindings in its rare book room. (photos by Lance Gagnon)
This is, without a doubt, one of the most magical places in Boston.
If you visit me, I will take you here. We will peruse old books and be merry. It will be wonderful.
THE BRATTLE BOOK SHOP!
I went here on Sundays—not every Sunday, but a lot of them—with my dad. We’d take the T in and I’d find some book to read and he’d talk with the owner and buy some old books. Some of my favorite memories involve that place.
