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The Brattle Book Shop, shown here in 1968, is one of the oldest continuously operated antiquarian bookstores in the nation. The Brattle Book Shop, shown here in 1968, is one of the oldest continuously operated antiquarian bookstores in the nation. (GLOBE FILE PHOTO)
By Jan Gardner
April 29, 2007

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A handful of local bookstores and bookbinders are among the dozens of century-old shops and establishments chronicled in a new pocket-size guide. (Full article: 538 words)

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