The Strand is a NY institution that everyone should try to visit at least once. I try to buy all of my books from them and not just the $1 paperbacks that they sell on the sidewalk in bins.
This store is crowded and can get hot (even with the new air conditioning) and you have to check your bags (always a nuisance) but you will get to buy cheap books.
This is the place to go to buy new bestsellers (they have reviewed copies for half off) and you should buy your classics here which are always discounted unlike the chain stores (I bought a paperback copy of Catcher in the Rye for $4.95 down from the original price of $5.99. Hey, a dollar saved is still a dollar!
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