Dauber & Pine was a bookshop on Book Row in New York City, at 66 Fifth Avenue.
The shop opened in 1922, at 83 Fourth Avenue.[1][2] Its founders were Samuel Dauber (1882–1965[3][4]) and Nathan S. Pine (1892–1982[2][3]).[5] That year, Dauber left another shop called Stammer's Bookstore and briefly conducted business from 1351 Prospect Avenue in the Bronx.[6] The shop moved to its longtime Fifth Avenue location in 1923.[7] It became known as "Dauber & Pine" in 1925.[3] At the shop, Pine was responsible for new books; Dauber was the antiquarian book dealer.[7] Charles P. Everitt manned the Americana desk.[1]
The shop issued many catalogs, 100 between 1923 and 1931 alone.[7] Its 100th catalog included an early letter by Herman Melville to a Dr. William Sprague.[8] In 1926, Dauber discovered an early edition of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the first printed outside Graham's Magazine, in a collection of pamphlets.[9]
Murray, Samuel's son, took over on Murray's retirement.[5] Pine retired in 1982.[2] The shop closed in 1983, after The New School for Social Research delivered an eviction notice to further its expansion in the area.[5] When it closed, the store's specialties were literature, history, and philosophy.[10] It was a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America.[10]
References
- Wanders 1934, p. 1824.
- McDowell, Edwin (April 23, 1982). "Publishing: After 60 Years, Dauber & Pine Is Losing Its Pine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
- Burke, W. J.; Howe, Will D. (1943). "Dauber & Pine Bookshops, Inc.". American Authors and Books. Gramercy. p. 178.
- "Samuel Dauber, Book Dealer, 82". The New York Times. May 13, 1965. ISSN 0362-4331.
- "Closing of Store Ending an Era in Book Hunting". The New York Times. May 23, 1983. ISSN 0362-4331.
- "Business Notes". Publishers Weekly. 101 (2): 72. January 14, 1922.
- Dickinson, Donald C. (1998). "Dauber, Samuel". Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-0-313-26675-1.
- "Herman Melville". Notes and Queries. 162 (9): 151–152. February 27, 1932.
- McDade, Travis (2013). Thieves of Book Row: New York's Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Stopped It. Oxford University Press. pp. 63–64. ISBN 978-0-19-992266-6.
- Bookdealers in North America (9th ed.). Sheppard Press. 1983. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-900661-28-0.
Works cited
- Wanders, Claire Myers (November 17, 1934). "Dauber & Pine Bookshops, Inc.: A Rendezvous of the Famous". Publishers Weekly. 126 (20): 1824–1827.
Further reading
- Mondlin, Marvin; Meador, Roy; Stern, Madeleine B. (2004). "Dauber & Pine and the Sparrow Sign". Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade. Carroll & Graf Publishers. pp. 39–56. ISBN 978-0-7867-1305-9.
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