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...Thursday morning last week, Michael Atherton moves deftly through the small antiquarian bookstore he opened three weeks ago at the top of a winding staircase above Curious George Goes to WordsWorth...
...bookstore—Atherton says he is considering the name “Ten O’Clock Scholar,” but has not yet decided—is just the newest member of the rare book mecca hidden at 5 JFK St. along with a collection of dentists and the office of “Car Talk,” a popular radio show...
...Atherton navigates the back room clutter of cardboard boxes, shelves and a 200-year-old beechwood press, he pauses to point out his favorite acquisitions—a first edition of the collected works of Thomas Hobbes, a Spanish leather binding from 1831, one of the first printings of the Declaration of Independence...
...When Atherton purchased the 5 JFK St. space last May, he says he realized he would have to rent out shelves to fellow rare book collectors for an extra source of income...
Although he bought the space months ago, Atherton spent the summer in Cape Cod and just moved into the Square location three weeks...