List of booksellers in Boston

This is a partial list of booksellers in Boston, Massachusetts.

17th century



 * John Allen
 * William Avery
 * Joseph Brunning (a.k.a. Joseph Browning), Court St.
 * Nicholas Buttolph
 * Duncan Campbell
 * James Cowse
 * John Dunton
 * Benjamin Elliott, State St.
 * John Foster
 * Obadiah Gill
 * John Griffin
 * Benjamin Harris, Cornhill
 * Vavasour Harris
 * Elkanah Pembroke
 * Michael Perry
 * Samuel Phillips
 * Edmund Ranger
 * John Ratcliffe
 * Samuel Sewall
 * Andrew Thorncomb
 * Hezekiah Usher
 * John Usher
 * James Wade
 * Richard Wilkins

18th century

 * John Amory
 * Andrew Barclay (bookbinder)
 * Ebenezer Battelle
 * Nathaniel Belknap
 * Caleb Blanchard, Dock Square
 * Joshua Blanchard
 * Nicholas Boone
 * Nicholas Bowes
 * John Boyles
 * Cox & Berry
 * Caleb Bingham
 * John Boydell
 * George Brownell
 * Alford Butler
 * Alford Butler Jr.
 * John Campbell
 * John Checkley
 * James Foster Condy
 * Jeremy Condy
 * Cox & Berry; Edward Cox; Edward Berry
 * T. Cox
 * Michael Dennis
 * John Edwards
 * Joseph Edwards
 * A. Ellison
 * Benjamin Eliot
 * John Eliot
 * Samuel Eliot
 * John Fleeming, 1760s-1770s
 * John W. Folsom, Union St.
 * Hopestill Foster
 * Philip Freeman
 * Richard Fry
 * Samuel Gerrish
 * Daniel Gookin
 * Nathaniel Gookin
 * Benjamin Gray
 * William Gray
 * Benjamin Guild, 1780s-1790s
 * Thomas Hancock
 * Charles Harrison
 * Daniel Henchman, Cornhill
 * John Hodgson
 * William Lang
 * John Langdon
 * Samuel Kneeland
 * Henry Knox; London Book-Store
 * John Langdon
 * Benjamin Larkin, Cornhill
 * Ebenezer Larkin, Cornhill
 * Thomas Leverett
 * Bennet Love
 * Walter MacAlpine
 * William McAlpine
 * John Mein; London Book-Store
 * William Miller; Rivington & Miller, London Book-Store
 * John Parker
 * William Pelham (bookseller)
 * John Pemberton
 * John Perkins
 * Joanna Perry, King St.
 * Eleazer Phillips (a.k.a. Eleazar Phillips)
 * Gillam Phillips
 * John Phillips
 * William Phillips
 * Nathaniel Proctor
 * Thomas Rand
 * James Rivington; London Book-Store
 * Samuel Robinson
 * Ezekiel Russell
 * Samuel Sewall, Jr.
 * Francis Skinner
 * Joseph Snelling
 * William Spotswood
 * Robert Starkey
 * Samuel Webb
 * David West
 * John West
 * Wharton & Bowes; John Wharton; Nicholas Bowes
 * James White, Court St.
 * Timothy White
 * Joshua Winter

19th century



 * Joseph F. Alsworth; Crosby & Alsworth
 * Samuel T. Armstrong, Cornhill
 * N.J. Bartlett
 * William Blagrove; Boston Book Store
 * Boston Chart and Nautical Bookstore, Custom House St.; Charles L. Blake; Robert A. Blake
 * Leonard C. Bowles, Cornhill
 * Osmyn Brewster; Crocker & Brewster
 * George W. Briggs, Washington St.
 * Oliver L. Briggs & Co.
 * Brown, Taggard & Chase, Cornhill
 * Joseph Bumstead, State St.
 * James W. Burditt, Court St.
 * Burnham & Brothers, Cornhill
 * Thomas Burnham, Cornhill
 * James Campbell, Tremont St.
 * George Clark, Dock Sq.
 * Otis Clapp, School St.; Beacon St.
 * Daniel C. Colesworthy
 * George W. Cottrell, Cornhill
 * Crosby & Nichols, Washington St.
 * William Crosby, Washington St.
 * Cummings, Hilliard & Co., Cornhill
 * Robert S. Davis, Washington St.; R.S. Davis & Co.; P. Stearns Davis.
 * William H. Dennet, Washington St.
 * Oliver Ditson
 * Patrick Donahoe, Franklin St.
 * Estes and Lauriat
 * Oliver Everett, Cornhill
 * Charles Ewer, Cornhill
 * Federhen & Co.; Charles Thacher
 * William Pembroke Fetridge
 * Fields, Osgood & Company
 * William B. Fowle, Cornhill
 * Patrick Kevin Foley (a.k.a. P.K. Foley), Bromfield St.
 * James French, Washington St.
 * Richard L. Frye
 * Horace B. Fuller
 * M.H. Gaughan
 * Edwin H. Gill
 * Charles Goodspeed, Park Street
 * Charles D. Gould; Gould & Lincoln
 * Andrew F. Graves, Cornhill
 * Benjamin H. Greene
 * Oliver C. Greenleaf, Court St.
 * William H. Halliday & Co., Cornhill
 * Mrs. Mary Hickey, High St.
 * Hickling, Swan & Brewer, Washington St.; Thomas M. Brewer
 * Henry Hoyt
 * Lemuel N. Ide, Washington St.
 * John P. Jewett, Cornhill
 * David P. King, Washington St.
 * Charles Lauriat
 * Joshua Lincoln; Gould & Lincoln
 * Little, Brown & Co.; Augustus Flagg
 * Littlefield's, Cornhill
 * James Loring, Cornhill, Washington Street
 * Josiah Loring, South Row
 * Bela Marsh
 * Hugh McDonnell, Washington St.
 * George M. Merriam, Newbury (Washington) St.
 * Israel Moody, Washington St.
 * B. B. Mussey, Cornhill
 * Munroe & Francis; Edmund Munroe, David Francis; Court St., Cornhill
 * Sam F. Nichols; Nichols & Hall
 * Old Corner Bookstore, Washington & School St.
 * James R. Osgood & Co., Washington St.; E. Libby.
 * James A.G. Otis, Washington St.
 * Samuel H. Parker
 * Elizabeth Palmer Peabody; West Street Bookstore
 * Oliver L. Perkins, Cornhill
 * James M. Piper
 * William J. Reynolds & Co., Cornhill
 * Benjamin B. Russell, Washington St.
 * Francis S. Saxton, State St.
 * Schoenhof & Moeller; Carl Schoenhof, Fanny Moeller
 * Nathaniel S. Simpkins, Brattle St.
 * George A. Snow; Snow, Boyden & Knight
 * C.C. Soule
 * William V. Spencer
 * Charles Stimpson, Washington St.
 * Strong & Brodhead, Cornhill
 * Swedenborgian Book Store, Tremont St.
 * Tappan & Whittemore, Washington St.
 * Joseph Teal, Hanover St.
 * William P. Tewksbury, Washington St.
 * Ticknor and Fields
 * John B. Tileston; Brewer & Tileston
 * Abel Tompkins, Cornhill
 * John Turner
 * William Veazie
 * John X. Watson
 * Thomas Wells, Hanover St.
 * Wells & Lilly; William Wells and Robert Lilly, Court St.
 * Henry White
 * Rev. Thomas Whittemore, Cornhill
 * John K. Wiggin; Wiggin & Lunt

20th century

 * J.Q. Adams & Co.
 * Avenue Victor Hugo, Newbury St.
 * E.E. Babb & Co.
 * Walter H. Baker & Co.
 * N.J. Bartlett & Co.
 * C.E. Beale
 * F.W. Bird
 * Boston Book Co.
 * John A. Boyle & Co.
 * Buddenbrooks
 * Burnham's Antique Book Store; Richard C. Lichtenstein
 * William A. Butterfield
 * H.M. Caldwell Co.
 * H.H. Carter & Co.
 * Theo. H. Castor & Co.
 * W.B. Clarke Co.
 * William G. Colesworthy
 * C. James Connelly
 * H.M. Connor
 * Curtis & Cameron
 * Cupples & Schoenhof
 * DeWolfe & Fiske Co.
 * Eaton & Mains
 * Dana Estes & Co.
 * Thomas J. Flynn
 * Patrick Kevin Foley (a.k.a. P.K. Foley), Beacon St.
 * Four Seas Company, Copley Sq.
 * Garden Side Book Shop, Boylston St.
 * Ginn & Co.
 * Globe Corner Bookstore
 * Goodspeed's Book Shop
 * J.L. Hammett Co.
 * Mrs. H.L. Hastings
 * D.C. Heath & Co.
 * F.C. Herrick, Copley Sq.
 * Home Library and Supply Assoc.
 * Houghton & Dutton
 * Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Park St.
 * George W. Humphrey
 * Jordan Marsh
 * Keep's Book Store, Columbus Ave.
 * E.L. Kellogg & Co.
 * Knight & Millet, Columbus Ave.
 * C.A. Koehler & Co.
 * Lauriat's, Washington St.
 * A.A. Lewis, Hanover St.
 * C.F. Libbie
 * Little, Brown and Company
 * George E. Littlefield, Cornhill
 * Lee Lothrop & Shepherd
 * A.D. Maclachlan
 * Bertha Mahony
 * Mutual Book Co., Franklin St.
 * A.J. Ochs Co.; Boston Neck Book Store, Washington St.
 * Old Corner Book Store, Bromfield St.
 * Pitts-Kimball Co.
 * George H. Polley, Court St.
 * John A. Ryan, Brattle St.
 * Smith & McCance, Bromfield St.
 * South End Book Store, Washington St.
 * Waterstone's
 * R.H. White & Co.
 * Women's Educational and Industrial Union; Bookshop for Boys and Girls

21st century



 * Ars Libri, Harrison Ave.
 * Barnes & Noble
 * F. A. Bernett Books
 * Border's
 * Boston Book Company
 * Brattle Book Shop, West St.
 * Bromer Booksellers, Boylston St.
 * Buddenbrooks, Newbury Street
 * Commonwealth Books
 * James F. O'Neil
 * Lucy Parsons Center, Columbus Ave.
 * Peter L. Stern & Co.
 * Trident Booksellers, Newbury St.

General and cited references

 * 17th-century:
 * Isaiah Thomas. History of printing in America, 2nd ed. 1874.
 * Google books
 * George Emery Littlefield. The early Massachusetts press, 1638-1711. Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1907.
 * Worthington Chauncey Ford. The Boston book market, 1679-1700. Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1917.


 * 18th-century:
 * Boston Directory. 1789.
 * Isaiah Thomas. History of printing in America, 2nd ed. 1874.
 * Henry Knox - Bookseller. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. 61. June 1928, p. 227+


 * 19th-century:
 * Boston Directory. 1823.
 * Boston Directory. 1849.
 * Boston Directory. 1858.
 * Boston Directory. 1868.
 * Sargent. Lauriat's, 1872-1922: being a sketch of early Boston booksellers. 1922.


 * 20th-century:
 * James Clegg. International directory of booksellers and bibliophile's manual. 1906.