Gallery Bookshop was founded 44 years ago at the suggestion of Bill Zacha, founder of the Mendocino Art Center. Original owner Marvel Glynn sold the store to Betty Goodman, a retired librarian and patron of the arts, who then sold the store to Tony Miksak in 1980. At the time Gallery Bookshop was as much an art gallery as bookshop. The store featured paintings and prints by local artists (thus the name Gallery Bookshop), art supplies, and greeting cards. Over the years paintings were supplanted by an increasingly broad selection of new books on all topics. In 1988 Tony started the first childrens bookstore in Mendocino county, Bookwinkles Childrens Books located on the corner of Kasten and Albion Streets. When Gallery Bookshop expanded into a larger space on Kasten and Main Street, Bookwinkles moved too. In the years since, Gallery Bookshop & Bookwinkles Childrens Books has served local and international readers with a sophisticated mix of titles that appeals to a broad range of shoppers. Christie has announced her intention to carry forward the Gallery Bookshop tradition while enhancing the things that make the store so special. A complete selection of books by local authors, plus cards, magazines, calendars, wrapping paper, stationery products of all kinds, maps, posters, stickers and writing supplies will continue to define the shopping experience at Gallery Bookshop, according to Christie Olson Day. One of the long-time strengths of the store has been extraordinary customer service provided by a dedicated, book-loving staff of twelve. Some staff members have worked at the bookshop for decades, some for a few years. All have a passion for books and the people who read them that will be carried forward and encouraged to grow under new ownership. Christie and Tony invite everyone to stop by and meet the new owner and help celebrate the happy continuation of this important community resource.
Address: At the corner of Main and Kasten Streets, P.O. Box 270, Mendocino, California 95460
Telephone: (707) 937-2665
Fax: (707) 937-3737
Website: http://www.gallerybooks.com/default.html
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