bookstall

American  

[book-stawl] / ˈbʊkˌstɔl /

noun

1. a stand, booth, or stall at which books are sold, usually secondhand.

2. British. a newsstand.

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bookstall British  

/ ˈbʊkˌstɔːl /

noun

1. US word: newsstand.  a stall or stand where periodicals, newspapers, or books are sold

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Etymology

Origin of bookstall

First recorded in 1790–1800; book + stall ¹

Example Sentences

Mr. Privett, once nicknamed the “Sidewalk Professor,” went to Paris and New York, in part to check out the street bookstall scene.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2017

They swung round every airport bookstall carousel, didn't they?Then another plot occurred to him and he padded back to his desk.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2011

Traherne, who died in 1674 aged 37, had all but disappeared from literary history until a collection of his manuscripts was discovered on a London street bookstall in 1896.

From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2011

One of them, The Burial of Monsieur Bouvet, is a mixture of detection, mood and Paris atmosphere that gets under way when an elderly gentleman drops dead at a Paris bookstall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Grandpa Hong’s bookstall was on the corner at the entrance of our alley.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang