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Fear, Loathing, and Rare Books in Las Vegas?
It seems an unlikely match.
Bauman Rare Books, a Philadelphia-based rare and out-of-print bookstore, has recently opened up a satellite store in, of all places, The Palazzo Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The Palazzo now joins Mandalay Bay as the only destinations on the Las Vegas Strip housing bookstores. And soon, Bauman’s at The Palazzo will be on its own: Mandalay Bay has announced it will close its Reading Room sometime in the near future.
Which isn’t terribly surprising, considering one doesn’t immediately think of Las Vegas as a particularly bookish city. Even I, the Book Snark, didn’t do much reading on the occasions I visited Sin City. I played The Price is Right slot machines till my fingers turned blue. I attended an “adult revue” that had entirely too many innies and not nearly enough outies. I made love to a sixteen mile long buffet at three in the morning. But reading? Naw, I didn’t do much of that.
Yet I have to hand it to the folks at Bauman. They’ve claimed their little corner of Vegas, and, at least according to store managers, have been doing exceptionally well. “We are averaging 2,500-3,000 people a week who are coming into the gallery,” says store manager Laura Minor. Fellow manager Justin McShea seconds that. “I think on a slow day we see 200 people through the door,” he says.
Remember, this is no Barnes & Noble or Borders. Bauman only sells very rare old books, like a $375 paperback copy of Octopussy by Ian Fleming. And yes, they have a signed first edition of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for sale as well.
Given their locale, Bauman does try to get out the message that anyone can collect rare books. They even have a few on their shelves for just over $100.
But clearly, the store will benefit the most from those who just won a crapload at craps and are suddenly in the mood for a first edition of Remembrance of Things Past.
As for me, the next time I’m in Las Vegas, I now know where I will spend my Plinko money.
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