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Left, Pedro Rodriguez. Right, Nancy Bass Wyden.
(Photo: Jake Chessum) |
Part of the enjoyment of shopping at the world’s most famous used-book store is the staff; they always seem a bit cleverer than you and not afraid to show it. They are the kids with the groovy glasses from your history class, and almost all of them live in Brooklyn. Here, a lexicon of the Strand look, from the owner to the guy on the loading dock, on a typical Thursday morning.

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