The Brattle Book Shop on West Street in Boston is an antiquarian book shop. They have a wide variety and don’t specialize. You could get 10,000 books at $1 each – or – one book for $10,000. They have an alley next door that they use to put out books for sale. After hours, the books are kept in cabinets and the cabinets are painted to look like books and bookshelves. The second image in the gallery, that break in the books is an old chimney.
For the curious, here is a video about the shop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGlmXRAh5cE
Wow, what an awesome looking store! I love the artwork!
Isn’t it great. The owners were so creative to do this. It’s awesome. Thank you. Cheers 😊
I know that place! I love it 😍
I don’t think I’ve ever been inside. Maybe I’ll actually get in Boston when it is not dawn and can visit it. Cheers
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Now that’s a cool book store!
Thanks, Teri. It was a good find. Cheers!
Oh yes I agree cool shop….street art feeling plus bookstore….have a happy day Chris! 😀
Isn’t the street art amazing. Thanks you, Hedy Have a great day. Cheers 🤓
What a wonderful shop! The video is great. They even have ‘customers who call in sick’–I love that! I would do it, too! 🙂
I’m glad you enjoyed it Lois. It’s close to where I often shoot but on a side street so I’d never visited. Cheers
Stunning place, love it 😀
And the big yellow pencil is superb!
Ciao
Sid
Thank you, Sid. Yes, I want a pencil like that. But where would I put it. Cheers
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Cheers!
Sid
Clever! I would love to visit! Very engaging.
Come visit. They are rather clever.
My wife used to live within walking distance of this book store. We would go there to get old books for $1 each, and limit ourselves to what we could carry.
It sounds like an awesome place. I’ll have to visit when they are open. Cheers
It’s worth a trip, it occupies four floors, not just the street level. They put out the old $1 books on carts outside during the Summer.
The pencil across its front is architectural genius! I love bookstores 🙂 Great photo. Knowing me, I’d opt for the 10,000 books for $1 each 😉 My mom would try to bargain them down in price!
Ha ha ha. I like your Mom. I spotted another giant pencil at a shop near MIT last week. They are more common than I thought. I’m glad you enjoyed this. Cheers
I could get lost in a bookstore like this for hours. Would be perfect if they had a cozy reading nook inside (but probably not good for business)
I know what you mean. I can get lost in book stores too. Cheers
Especially the ones with this much character.
I love all bookstores, but this one looks especially interesting!
So many used bookstores have charm. They are so fun to hunt around in. Thank you. Cheers!
Wow, I like the look of this place. I love any kind of bookshop, but antiquarian ones are the most fun. I like the feeling of adventure, not knowing what you might find, but sometimes I can feel overwhelmed. I’ve had to ban myself from bookshops for a while. I currently have 113 books I bought but haven’t read yet!
Thank you. This seems like a special place. It sounds like you have quite the reading list. Cheers
Wow! That’s definitely a bookshop I need to see! But then I need to see every bookshop in the world 😉 But this one is a rare beauty. Thanks for sharing Chris!
I agree. I can’t go by a used book shop without stopping. Thank you, Sarah. Cheers!
I think it´s sacrilegious! 😉
Great shots. I love bookshops – although I haven’t been in any recently b/c got no more room on my bookshelves. But if I had a private library, I would buy $5000 for $2 each thankyou.
Thank you. With 5,000 more books, we better get you some more bookshelves. Cheers!
Terrific photographs of an iconic location, Chris! I like how you put the phrase about book pricing. . . 😊
Thank you, Robin. The pricing info is from their website. Cheers
Amazing book store! Si beautiful, thks for sharing 🙏🖒
My pleasure. I am glad you liked it. Thank you for the comment. Cheers 😊
Excellent artistic solutions. Great ! 🙂
Thank you! Isn’t it great. You would love it. It’s good to see you blogging again. Cheers!