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2. Women & Children First (bookstore) - Wikipedia

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   Women & Children First is an independent bookstore located at 5233 North Clark Street in the Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago. The store was founded in 1979 by Ann Christophersen and Linda Bubon as a feminist bookstore and place to celebrate and support women authors and members of the Chicago community. Women & Children First specializes ...

3. Kroch's and Brentano's - Wikipedia

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   Books, magazines. Kroch's and Brentano's was the largest bookstore in Chicago, and at one time it was the largest privately owned bookstore chain in the United States. The store and the chain were formed in 1954 through the merger of the separate Kroch's bookstore with the former Chicago branch of the New York-based Brentano's bookstore. [1]

4. Unabridged Bookstore - Wikipedia

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   Unabridged Bookstore is an independent bookstore started in 1980 by Edward Devereux. [1] Unabridged Bookstore opened on November 1, 1980, [2] with two business partners and $18,000. [3] Unabridged Bookstore is known for its dedicated and knowledgeable staff. Hand-written, personal recommendations from employees line the shelves.

5. M.A. Donohue & Co. - Wikipedia

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   M.A. Donohue & Co. based in Chicago, Illinois was established in 1861, initially known as Cox and Donohue, Bookbinders. The publisher's original location was 407-429 Dearborn St. in Chicago's South Loop. The company was known for inexpensive editions of popular works of fiction. It focused on publishing sets and series of books (i.e. "libraries ...

6. Seminary Co-op - Wikipedia

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   The Seminary Co-op in September 2014. 57th Street Books. Seminary Cooperative Bookstores, Inc., founded in 1961, [1] is a not-for-profit bookstore with two branches in Chicago. Its flagship, known colloquially as the Seminary Co-op or simply the Sem Co-op, is located at 5751 S. Woodlawn Avenue. Prior to October 2012, it was located a block away ...

7. Great Books Foundation - Wikipedia

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   greatbooks .org. The Great Books Foundation is an independent nonprofit educational organization in Chicago, Illinois that publishes collections of classic and modern literature as part of reading and discussion programs for children and adults. The foundation has two main programs: Junior Great Books, serving students in kindergarten through ...

8. Open Books - Wikipedia

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   Open Books is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, that sells donated books to fund literacy programs for kids. [3] Founded by Stacy Ratner in 2006, Open Books has since started several literacy programs for kids, and has taken part in literacy events in Chicago. Open Books has three store locations, based in Pilsen, West Loop ...

9. A. C. McClurg - Wikipedia

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   A. C. McClurg. A. C. McClurg was a stationer, publisher, and book wholesaler for over 120 years in Chicago, Illinois. The business began in 1844 as Chicago's first stationery store and first retail bookstore', [1] changing hands several times, often as the result of a fire. Alexander McClurg came into management of the business at the time of ...