And the store is not called (regretfully?) THINGS WITH WORDS AND PICTURES IN THEM THAT ARE NOT GLOWING RECTANGLES or Off Track Books or Better Books Than Those Sold By That Crazy Sassmonster In Front Of The Old Methadone Clinic Down The Street Who Threatened My Girlfriend After She Laughed At His Sea Shell Chandelier...
Anyway, people who shopped here yesterday have good things to say...
EV Grieve reader BaHa said, "Not just art and photography, good selection of fiction. Picked up an Edith Wharton I had wanted for 30% off cover. Nice people, too."
And from another reader:
I bought an hp lovecraft book and "all the pretty horses." They were around $6 each. Curated I think in this case means "classics" or well known or essential reading. Which is kind of nice as long as they have more of a more recently published selection. I asked them what the store was called and they said "mast."
Previously on EV Grieve:
More on the Avenue A used bookstore
5 comments:
Best wishes to Bryan and the staff at Mast. I happened to be walking by last night and had a chat with him and Jeff Ladd (both are in this picture you shot). Jeff offers a bit of a backstory on his blog, 5B4: http://bit.ly/auT0W5
very nice bookshop. good selection, good prices. some annoying European hipsters crowding around, but that's Ave A for you. glad to see they're getting a brisk business in their first weekend.
Very nice bookstore--nice people too!
Good to hear! Thanks for the feedback.
And thanks for the link, Cary.
I spent $20 at Mast yesterday. I'm still skeptical about their longterm survival but it's a sweet store, everyone was friendly, and the prices seemed fair. I bought a book about John Frankenheimer, an Eric Drooker pamphlet, and a Tamar Shopsin book (and I saw a couple other books that I might have bought in the old economy.)
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