Corner Book Shop (New York, N. Y.)
The Corner Book Shop, 102 Fourth Ave, NYC, was founded by Eleanor Lowenstein in 1940. It specialized primarily in books on food, cookery, and wine; other specialties were theater, radio, television, puppetry, crime, and psychology. Lowenstein, a Cornell graduate and former social worker, became an internationally renowned expert on cookbooks, and edited two revised editions of Waldo Lincoln's bibliography, American Cookery Books, published by the American Antiquarian Society, 1954 and 1972.
From the description of Records, 1940-1980 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006551
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Corner Book Shop (New York, N. Y.). Records, 1940-1980 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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| associatedWith | American Antiquarian Society. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Beard, James, 1903-1985. | person |
| associatedWith | Child, Julia. | person |
| associatedWith | Culinary Institute of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lincoln, Waldo, 1849-1933. | person |
| associatedWith | Lowenstein, Eleanor. | person |
| associatedWith | Wine and Food Society. | corporateBody |
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| New York (N.Y.) | |||
| New York (State)--New York |
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| Booksellers and bookselling |
| Publishers and publishing |
| Bibliographers |
| Booksellers' catalogs |
| Businesswomen |
| Cooking |
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Active 1980
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