mapping the bookstore

Mapping the Bookstore in 19th Century New York City

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Kristen Doyle HighlandNew York University

kdh253@nyu.edu@kdhighland

25 March 2014Columbia Book History Colloquium

Stephen Gould’s Law Book and Stationery Store, Wall St., 1820

"Wall Street., Trinity Church, And the First Presbyterian Meeting, 1820.” Source: I.N. Phelps

Stokes, New York Past and Present; Its History and Landmarks, 1524-1939, 1939. p.28

C.S. Francis Bookstore, 252 Broadway, 1854

Francis' New Guide to the Cities of New York and Brooklyn and the Vicinity. NY: C.S. Francis & Co., 1854, 136.

“View of Broadway, opposite Fulton Street, New York.” Harper’s Weekly, 18 Feb 1860.

“View of Broadway, opposite Fulton Street, New York.” Harper’s Weekly, 18 Feb 1860.

"New York from the Steeple of Saint Paul's Church, Looking East, South, and West.” ca.

1848

“DUNIGAN’S CHEAP CASH BOOK STORE”

American Museum

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“Clinton Hall, Bookman St.”

New York, Bourne, Broadway. 1831.

American Antiquarian Society.

“Clinton Hall, Bookman St.”

New York, Bourne, Broadway. 1831.

American Antiquarian Society.

Pictorial Directory of the Commercial Metropolis of the World pub. Jones, Newman,& Ewbank. NY. 1848. New York Historical Society.

Pictorial Directory of the Commercial Metropolis of the World pub. Jones, Newman,& Ewbank. NY. 1848. New York Historical Society.

New York City Bookstores1834

New York City Bookstores1834

New York City Bookstores1834

New York City Bookstores1834

New Bookstore Locations in Yellow

With first-time Booksellers

In Red

Data projected onto 1845 map of “City of New York” by Samuel Breese and Sidney E. Morse.

Map courtesy of David Rumsey Map Collection.

Catalogue of New Works and New Editions of Standard Works in the various departments of Literature.Published by Appleton & Co. 200 Broadway, New York and George S. Appleton, 148 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.1840. Library Company of Philadelphia.

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D. Appleton & Co., 1854New-York Historical Society.

Interior view of Appleton's Book Store, 346 & 348 Broadway, New York. 1856. The historical picture gallery : or, scenes and incidents in American history. NYPL Digital Gallery.

D. Appleton & Co., 1854.New-York Historical Society.

Cornell's Intermediate Geography. NY, 1856.Advertisement includes a wood engraving of the D. Appleton and Company bookstore.American Antiquarian Society.

Catalogue of a Large and Valuable Collection of Ancient and Modern Books in Every Department of Human Knowledge; for Sale, at extremely Low Prices for Cash, by John Doyle, at the Cheap Ancient and Modern Bookstore, the Moral Centre of the Intellectual World, No. 146 Nassau Street, New York.” [written date on cover, May 1848].

American Antiquarian Society

New York City Bookstores, 1850

Nassau Street

New York City Bookstores1820

Pearl Street Concentration

New York City Bookstores1830

Shift to Broadway

Pioneer Gift Book Store. D.W. Evans & Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue

New York, 1858.Library Company of Philadelphia

CHRISTMAS IN THE BOOKSTORES.; Books for Presents - What the Publishers Have Done for the Holidays. The New-York Times. 19 Dec 1863.

THE HOLIDAY SEASON.; CHRISTMAS. Its Literacy Aspect

in New-York. The New-York Times.

18 Dec 1865.

Interior view of Appleton's Book Store, 346 & 348 Broadway, New York. 1856. The historical picture gallery : or, scenes and incidents in American history. NYPL Digital Gallery.

William Bartow. Day book, 1825-1835.American Antiquarian Society.

D. Appleton & Co. Stereoscope Gallery

“St. Marks Bookshop on the MOVE” Indiegogo Fundraising Campaign