Le Bookiniste

11/30/2023

Visit Le Bookiniste for books on art, theatre, poetry, radicalism, and African-Americana!

01/13/2023

Our first book fair of 2023! Visit us online for the Rare Book & PaperPalooza. Noon New York time on Friday through 7 pm Sunday, January 13-15. We'll have art, theatre, poetry, radicalism, and other good stuff. At https://getmansvirtual.com.

Oblong Octavo (8 3/4 x 8 inches; 225 x 205 mm), [20] leaves, printed rectos only, bound into illustrated blue-gray wrappers (soft cover). 

02/12/2022

Book fair! We're at the ABAA's California Virtual Book Fair through Monday, February 14. I've got art, theatre, poetry (especially the Beats), and radicalism. At abaa.org/vbf. Join me and 130 other dealers!

09/09/2021

The New York (Virtual) Book Fair! Join me and 170 other dealers from around the world, beginning Thursday (September 9) at noon New York time and running through 3 pm Sunday. I've got art, poetry, and radicalism. www.abaa.org/vbf

02/27/2021

Terrific article about the influence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who has died at age 101.

Through his City Lights bookstore and publishing imprint, Lawrence Ferlinghetti changed the country. Here's what we can learn from him.

02/13/2021

Live! Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair, open through Monday!

12/26/2020

A fun read about Chuck Roberts and his Books by the Foot.

Books by the Foot curates shelves full of books for Washington offices, hotels, TV sets—and, now, Zoom backdrops.

12/05/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/books/emmanuel-carrere-yoga-helene-devynck-france.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

Emmanuel Carrère’s latest novel, “Yoga,” has stoked debate in France after the author’s ex-wife, Hélène Devynck, accused him of writing about her without her consent.

11/07/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/world/europe/france-paris-seine-books.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage

The coronavirus lockdowns have taken a steep toll on Paris’s “bouquinistes,” whose bookstalls stretch for miles along the Seine. “We are barely making enough to eat.”

10/27/2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/books/the-strand-bookstore-nyc.html?smid=tw-nytimesbusiness&smtyp=cur

“It’s awkward because the track record for the ownership here is not great,” one customer said. “But it’s also an institution. My parents shopped here.”

06/22/2020

Charming neighborhood shops and slick chain outlets welcomed back customers, who snatched up titles as eclectic as the city itself.