A look at Brand Bookshop

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)