Leary's Book Store

Leary's Book Store

Leary’s Book Store was a landmark in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for nearly one hundred years. In 1969, when it closed, it was known as the “oldest book store in the United States.”

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Famous quotes containing the words leary, book and/or store:

    I’ve never heard of Timothy Leary before, but I want to get into advertising, so I liked when he talked about how whoever controls your eyeballs controls your mind.
    Amy Stewart (b. 1975)

    In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself from simply copying entire documents. Indeed, I sometimes sank down among the documents and said to myself, I can’t improve on these.
    Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

    Taking a child to the toy store is the nearest thing to a death wish parents can have.
    Fred G. Gosman (20th century)