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Established in 1951, Joseph Fox Bookshop is a general independent bookstore in the Rittenhouse Square area of downtown Philadelphia with a choice selection of literature, non-fiction, art, architecture, design, music, poetry and books for children. Our knowledgeable staff can help you find the right book for the right person and if we don’t have the book you need we are happy to take a special order – it will often arrive the next day. We look forward to seeing you in the store!
Last June customers waited patiently all day to meet David Sedaris.
AUTHOR APPEARANCES
Joseph Fox Bookshop participates in hundreds of off-site Author Events each year as the official bookseller for the Free Library of Philadelphia's Author Events program, as well as for author appearances at the National Constitution Center and numerous other venues. 
We also sponsor our own events in partnership with Friends Select School in their modern four hundred seat auditorium and provide booksellers for private events. Signed books may be reserved in advance and are often available after the appearances as well.
Featured authors at the Free Library this season include Francine Prose, John Banville, Tim O'Brian, Michael Lewis, Billy Collins, Peter Carey, Isabel Allende, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Columbia University president Lee Bollinger and journalist Sana Butler will be at the National Constitution Center; artist Maira Kalman will lecture at the Institute of Contemporary Art; and writers Elizabeth Gilbert and Catherine Gilbert Murdock will appear together in an event supporting the Spells Writing Center. Keep an eye on the calendar and sign up for our Author Events Newsletter.
Barack Obama signing books at the Free Library of Philadelphia of Philadelphia in October 2006. Joseph Fox Bookshop was the bookseller for the event.
Photo Credit Kelly & Massa
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin signing books for the shop the day after the 40th anniversary of his historic walk.
Of Special Interest - New Fiction
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Coming Soon
Appetite For America
Stephen Fried
The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and history for three generations—from the 1880s all the way through World War II—and still influence our lives today in surprising and fascinating ways. Now award-winning journalist Stephen Fried re-creates the life of this unlikely American hero, the founding father of the nation’s service industry, whose remarkable family business civilized the West and introduced America to Americans.
Appetite for America will be released in March 2010; to pre-order, please click here. Watch our calendar for upcoming book events with Stephen Fried.
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