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On the banks of the Seine, booksellers open green boxes right above the water. In Kolkata, stacks of books crowd the pavement. In Hay-on-Wye, you can choose a book from an open-air shelf and pay into an honesty box. These photos show what browsing looks like when a whole street or town makes room for books.

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Bouquinistes of Paris
Bouquinistes of Paris: At the Quai de Montebello, the open boxes hold rows of books, postcards, and prints. Old illustrated…
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College Street Book Market
College Street Book Market: At this College Street stall in Kolkata, secondhand books fill the pavement and the doorstep…
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Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye: At Hay Castle in Wales, rows of books sit under a sloping roof in the open air. It is an honesty bookshop…
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Jinbōchō Book Town
Jinbōchō Book Town: You can browse the shelves outside Yaguchi Shoten in Tokyo without leaving the sidewalk. It is one of…
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Southbank Centre Book Market
Southbank Centre Book Market: Under Waterloo Bridge in London, sunlight reaches the center of a long table covered with…
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Redu
Redu: Boxes of books line the street in this photo of Redu’s Easter book festival. The village in the Belgian Ardennes has…
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Cuesta de Moyano Book Stalls
Cuesta de Moyano Book Stalls: Books stand cover-out across the opening of a pale blue kiosk, with more volumes piled behind…
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Al-Mutanabbi Street
Al-Mutanabbi Street: Arabic-language books lie cover-up on a wooden table in front of a Baghdad bookshop. Outdoor tables…
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Bosu-dong Bookstore Alley
Bosu-dong Bookstore Alley: In Busan’s Bosu-dong alley, books spill onto folding tables at the storefront. The trade here…
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Nguyễn Văn Bình Book Street
Nguyễn Văn Bình Book Street: Books are propped cover-out on a wooden table under the trees of Nguyễn Văn Bình Street. The…
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Parque Rivadavia Book Fair
Parque Rivadavia Book Fair: A green stall advertises used schoolbooks at the Parque Rivadavia fair. The Buenos Aires market…
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Daryaganj Sunday Book Market
Daryaganj Sunday Book Market: Stacks of books fill the space beneath blue tarps at Delhi’s Sunday book market. Booksellers…
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Petrivka Book Market
Petrivka Book Market: In this 2009 photo, books fill cardboard boxes set out on a snowy pavement just outside Kyiv’s…
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Plaza Nueva Sunday Bookstalls
Plaza Nueva Sunday Bookstalls: Shoppers pass boxes of used books under the stone arcade of Bilbao’s Plaza Nueva in this…
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Bredevoort
Bredevoort: At this open-air book market in Bredevoort, canopies shade the tables along a leafy square. The Dutch town is…
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Azbakeya Wall Book Market
Azbakeya Wall Book Market: Old magazines and illustrated covers hang in clear sleeves under a translucent awning in this…

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