A visual feast celebrating the alluring power of bookstores--68 paintings by illustrator Gibbs M.
Smith.
The local bookstore, a place of wonder, refuge, and rejuvenation for book lovers the world over.
Books & Mortar is a celebration of these literary strongholds.
Sixty-eight oil paintings capture these storefronts at a moment in time, and pair the artwork with anecdotes about the shops and reflections on bookselling by many of the owners themselves.
A delightfu.
Books & mortar: a celebration of the local bookstore, hardcover/Gibbs Smith
