Dauber & Pine
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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]
