List of booksellers in Boston

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This is a partial list of booksellers in Boston, Massachusetts.

## Booksellers in Boston

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### 17th century

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Heaven's alarm to the world. By Increase Mather. Boston: Printed for Samuel Sewell. And to be sold by John Browning at the corner of the Prison-Lane next to the Town-House. 1682

* 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[1]
* James Wade
* Richard Wilkins

### 18th century

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* 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[2]
* 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

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Bradford and Read, Law Book-Sellers. 58 Cornhill Boston, 1811 Samuel T. Armstrong, 1811 Lincoln & Edmands, 1815 Old Corner Bookstore, Washington St. Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 1823 Fetridge & Co., 1852 William Hyde & Co., 134 Washington St., 1832 Lauriat's, Washington St., 1872 Otis Clapp, Beacon St., 1861 William H. Piper & Co., Washington St. Mistaken Identity by George H. Coes, issued by Walter H. Baker, Winter St., Boston, 1893

* 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[3]
* 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[4]
* 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

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* 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[3]
* 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[5]
* R.H. White & Co.
* Women's Educational and Industrial Union; Bookshop for Boys and Girls

### 21st century

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See also: List of independent bookstores in the United States and List of bookstore chains

Lucy Parsons Center, Columbus Ave., 2007

* Ars Libri, Harrison Ave.
* Barnes & Noble
* F. A. Bernett Books
* Borders
* Boston Book Company
* Brattle Book Shop, West St.[6][7][8]
* 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

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* 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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1. ^ William S. Reese (1990), The First Hundred Years of Printing in British North America: Printers and Collectors, American Antiquarian Society, archived from the original on January 19, 2015
2. ^ 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
3. ^ a b "George Talbot Goodspeed" (PDF), Proceedings, American Antiquarian Society, 1997
4. ^ Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, ed. Lois Brown (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000), 152n65
5. ^ Bookstores' demise a sad chapter. Boston Globe. May 23, 1999.
6. ^ R. S. Kindleberger. Brattle's new home; 3 doors away on West St. Boston Globe, Feb 10, 1980. pg. 1
7. ^ Wendy Fox. Q.& A. with Ken Gloss, owner of the Brattle Book Shop. Boston Globe. Nov 16, 1997. pg. 2
8. ^ Sam Allis. Secondhand gold; Bookshop's storied history speaks volumes. Boston Globe. Aug 26, 2007

## General and cited references

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17th-century

* Isaiah Thomas. History of printing in America, 2nd ed. 1874.
* George Emery Littlefield (1900), Early Boston booksellers 1642-1711, Boston: The Club of odd volumes, OCLC 3573345, OL 6929406M 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.

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