Left Bank Books
West 4th Street, NYC
by navema
There has been a book shop at this location since 1992, when Arthur Farrier opened Bookleaves. In the early nineties there were a number of used and rare book shops in Greenwich Village, but by 2005 Arthur Farrier's shop was one of only a few in the Village, and the only one left in the West Village. Kim Herzinger bought the shop in early 2005 and made a few important changes, while at the same time attempting to retain something of the atmosphere of Bookleaves, as well as maintaining some of the strengths of the earlier shop--photography, art, and film. Herzinger's major interest is literature, however, and the central focus of the shop is on literary first editions, with a particularly strong selection of signed first editions; British writers; the English-language literature of the Caribbean, Africa, India, Canada, and other Commonwealth countries; as well as a burgeoning collection of literature in translation.
Herzinger was a professor of English for over 25 years, and is more than happy to discuss books with you. And Arthur Farrier has, happily, stayed on at Left Bank Books. After all, he's now officially a Greenwich Village institution.
Left Bank Books
West 4th Street, NYC
by navema
There has been a book shop at this location since 1992, when Arthur Farrier opened Bookleaves. In the early nineties there were a number of used and rare book shops in Greenwich Village, but by 2005 Arthur Farrier's shop was one of only a few in the Village, and the only one left in the West Village. Kim Herzinger bought the shop in early 2005 and made a few important changes, while at the same time attempting to retain something of the atmosphere of Bookleaves, as well as maintaining some of the strengths of the earlier shop--photography, art, and film. Herzinger's major interest is literature, however, and the central focus of the shop is on literary first editions, with a particularly strong selection of signed first editions; British writers; the English-language literature of the Caribbean, Africa, India, Canada, and other Commonwealth countries; as well as a burgeoning collection of literature in translation.
Herzinger was a professor of English for over 25 years, and is more than happy to discuss books with you. And Arthur Farrier has, happily, stayed on at Left Bank Books. After all, he's now officially a Greenwich Village institution.