No pulp hunter in Paris can possibly do without a trip to the bouquinistes, the sellers of used and antiquarian books located along the Seine. Actually, you don’t even have to look for these guys. If you go into the city center you’ll likely run into them without trying, since they’re rather widely arrayed along the river’s right bank between Pont Marie and Quai du Louvre, and on the left between Quai de la Tournelle and Quai Voltaire. It was rainy both days we popped by, which meant some weren’t open. But even operating at less than half capacity, the bouquinistes had hidden treasures. We grabbed a few little things we’ll be scanning and uploading imminently. For example, see the following post…
1935—Parker Brothers Buys Monopoly
The board game company Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for Monopoly from Elizabeth Magie, who had designed the game (originally called The Landlord’s Game) to demonstrate the economic ill effects of land monopolism and the use of land value tax as a remedy for them. Parker Brothers quickly turns Monopoly into the biggest selling board game in America.