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Antiquarian bookseller in Washington

Capitol Hill Books

FictionMysteriesPoliticsRare books
A townhouse by Eastern Market stuffed with used books in every room: fiction in the Fiction Room, mysteries in the Mystery Room, cookbooks in the kitchen and, famously, foreign-language books in the bathroom. Witty handwritten signs keep order of a sort.
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