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Two-buck books almost gone

Another book seller leaves Harvard Square

Richard Beaubien mourns the impending loss of the Almost Banned in Harvard Square book guy.

Copyright Richard Beaubien.

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In French what are the varied ways, or what is the correct way they spell what they call the booksellers along the Seine in Paris?...

bouquiner
bouquiniste
bouquinistes

If you knew the answer, why did you post the question?

A direct correspondent sent...

bouquin

little book

booksellers' little stalls?

I get the impression lately that the machine has moved to Cambridge...

Bouquinistes near the gates around Harvard Yard offering books for passersby would be a good thing. For example from time to time there's a bouquiniste at Dexter Gate across the street from the corner of Massachusetts Ave and Plympton Street http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/12.15/18-g...
http://images.google.com/images?q=%22dexter%20gate...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ocherdraco/5906498/

It's sad to see these folks go. I was there Sunday and there were a lot of folks saying goodbye and making donations.

Even though it still holds much cache I've not enjoyed the homogenization of the square over the years. I think Cardullo's is the last of the lot from the post WWII era. At some point they will go and the "urban renewal" will be complete.