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A look at Brand Bookshop

Brand Bookshop owner Jerome Joseph, right, and longtime manager Noriaki Nakano in the shop in 2003.

Brand Bookshop owner Jerome Joseph, right, and longtime manager Noriaki Nakano in the shop in 2003.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

Brand Bookshop, which opened in 1985, announced in June 2014 that it will close its doors. Here’s a look at the eclectic used bookstore in Glendale.

Brand Bookshop - bios

The many categories at Brand Bookshop include Cinema: Biographies - Directors & Producers.  (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)

Brand Bookshop - Gaiman/Wilde

Shelves at Brand Bookshop often displayed clever juxtapositions, such as a cover photo of Neil Gaiman opposite an Oscar Wilde pose.  (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)

Brand Bookshop door

The open door of Brand Bookshop.  (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)

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Brand Bookshop - classics

Many of the books on the Classics shelf at Brand Bookshop were copies of “Tom Jones” and works by William Faulkner.  (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)

Brand Bookshop - Star Trek

A Star Trek section at Brand Bookshop.  (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)

Brand Bookshop

Brand Bookshop’s storefront in Glendale at 231 N. Brand Ave.  (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)

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