A look at Brand Bookshop
Brand Bookshop owner Jerome Joseph, right, and longtime manager Noriaki Nakano in the shop in 2003. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
The many categories at Brand Bookshop include Cinema: Biographies - Directors & Producers. (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)
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)
The open door of Brand Bookshop. (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)
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)
A Star Trek section at Brand Bookshop. (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)
Brand Bookshop’s storefront in Glendale at 231 N. Brand Ave. (Carolyn Kellogg / Los Angeles Times)