8”x10” Fine art print printed on archival paper.

The venerable Brattle Book Shop was founded in 1825. It got its start in Boston’s Cornhill neighborhood on Brattle street (where City Hall is today). The shop has been run by the Gloss family since 1949.

Brattle Books had to move around several times in the 1960s due to redevelopment in Boston. It shared a space with a card shop (where illegal drugs were sold on upper floors) then moved to West Street. The original West Street location burned to the ground in the 1980s, creating the now-loved outdoor book lot. Thanks to donations and local support, the bookstore was able to purchase the storefront next door and move in within a month of the fire.