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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 fall include Jeanette Walls, Sue Grafton, Sherman Alexie, David Plouffe, Richard Dawkins and many others. Harvard Professor Michael Sandel and historian Gordon Wood will be at the Constitution 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

 

From Archipelago, one of our favorite publishers!

Gerard de Nerval
Originally published as a serial work in the 1850s, The Salt Smugglers is a biting and hilarious satire of the politics and censorship of literature; it is an unearthed pre-postmodern classic.
                          
Pierre Michon
 In Small Lives, Michon paints portraits of eight individuals in his native region of La Creuse. In the process of exploring their lives, he explores the act of writing and his emotional connection to both.             

More new titles of interest

 Nonfiction

 

 

Books for Children

 
 
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