A used book store opened this week on Bleecker and the Bowery

Codex, which sells used and new books with a focus on literary fiction and art, opened this week on Bleecker Street at the Bowery. (H/T to Lola Sāenz for the photos!)

The shop is in part of the space last occupied by the Latin bistro Agozar! ... and Codex connects to Think Coffee on the corner...



The shop, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, also buys gently used books, per the Codex website.

There's a grand opening reading tonight from 6:30-8 featuring Gabby Bess, Andrew Durbin and Chelsea Hodson.

Here's a quick take on Codex via Instagram...

There’s a new bookstore in the East Village. Codex is on the corner of Bleecker and Bowery, stocks new and 2nd-hand titles, and is especially strong on art, cinema and fiction. Lots of good German and Chinese volumes too. Today is its first day. Go support! #codexbooks #newyorkbookstores #analoghumanities

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Here’s a selection of the modestly-priced gems we discovered at Codex - among them Ursula Molinaro’s wonderfully-titled Encores For A Dilettante, Tan Kok Seng’s timeless Son Of Singapore, and a slightly mysterious work by Joseph Beuys.

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