What Was On The New York Times Best Seller List 1964?
Slow news day at the shop today so I thought we could look at what books were on the top of the New York Times Best Seller List for October 18th, 1964. Topping the chart was the espionage classic that set the bar for spy thrillers, ‘The Spy Who Came In From The Cold’ by […]
Happy Birthday To Gunter Grass
Landmark Books celebrates the birth of Nobel Laureate Gunter Grass. Sporting the mustache before it was cool, Gunter earned a reputation for works such as ‘The Diary of a Snail’, ‘Cat and Mouse’ and of course, ‘The Tin Drum’. Grass was born on this day in 1927 in Danzig-Langfuhr, Free City of Danzig. His parents […]
Do You Love Typewriters? We Do!
Are you in love with those typing machines of loving grace? We at Landmark Books are, in fact we held the first ever Type-In in Traverse City, Michigan in April. At that event we had owners who displayed typewriters from as far back as 1890 all the way up to the early 1970’s. I got […]