New York / New York / United States
To celebrate the Private Librarys Twentieth Season in New York, providing services to bibliophiles, we are pleased to announce the opening of Jumel Terrace Books at 426 West 160th Street (between St. Nicholas and Edgecombe Avenues). Housed on the garden floor of an 1891 brownstone, the stock draws on private librarian Kurt Thometzs collections on these subjects. Open Friday through Sunday from 11 to 6 - by appointment, serendipity, and invitation - the shop hosts book signings, exhibitions, and special events. The first of these shows features our collection of Africas incunabula, the Onitsha Market Literature familiar to readers of his Life Turns Man Up and Down (Pantheon, $26.95). Please send your vital statistics, including your email address, to be put on our mailing list. Otherwise, check this site for listings. We open in conjunction with George Prestons Museum of Art and Origins, an exemplary collection of African Art, two cobble-stoned blocks away - just past Paul Robesons house - at the other end of Jumel Terrace and open by appointment.