Host good evening and welcome to the rare book room. My name is nancy and i am the owner of the store. This strand was founded in 1927 by my grandfather benjamin and then on to my father fred and then on to me. For a little bit of history in the late 18 hundreds, syria around this bookstore here in greenwich village, was the epicenter of publishers and booksellers. Divine press, and they all had editorial offices and down below, they had theks bookstores to display their books rated along Fourth Avenue just around on that side, was known as book row. And spike of the work 48 used bookstores of which strand is the sole survivor. As the owner of the strand, 18 miles of books, i am not easily faced by 1000 books. But the bucket list, and tonights featured book taught me in my tracks. [applause]. s expansive scope is coupled with a delightful wit and a perfect eye for supplies of detail never again will you have to wonder what to read next. It is a one stop shop holiday gift for anybody wh