Renaissance Books is a large independent bookstore in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, specializing in used books. Founded in the early 1960s by George John and Erwin Just, it is now owned by Robert John, George's younger brother[1]. The store's main building (a former furniture warehouse) is five stories high (plus the two-story building next door) housing somewhere from 350,000 to 600,000 volumes.[2] Renaissance also operates a branch at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport, which opened in 1979[3]. With strong aviation, history, cooking and genre fiction sections, plus rare books, [4], it is believed to have been the world's first used book store in an airport[5]. It holds about 60,000 volumes.
References
- ^ "Shabby Image Threatens to Cost Airport Bookstore Its Lease", Wall Street Journal, July 9, 1980
- ^ "Used bookstores in Milwaukee", OnMilwaukee.com, July 3, 2000
- ^ "Shabby Image Threatens to Cost Airport Bookstore Its Lease", Wall Street Journal, July 9, 1980
- ^ "The Bookstore Arrives at Airports", Publishers Weekly, Sept. 12, 2005
- ^ "The Challenge of Airport Bookselling", Publishers Weekly, July 13, 1984
- "Shabby Image Threatens to Cost Airport Bookstore Its Lease", Wall Street Journal, July 9, 1980
- "The Challenge of Airport Bookselling", Publishers Weekly, July 13, 1984
- "Used bookstores in Milwaukee", OnMilwaukee.com, Mark Zimmerman, July 3, 2000.
- "The Bookstore Arrives at Airports", Publishers Weekly, Sept. 12, 2005
