bookstall

[ boo k-stawl ]

/ ˈbʊkˌstɔl /

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

British. a newsstand.

Origin of bookstall

First recorded in 1790–1800; book + stall¹

Suppose you go to the bookstall and see if you can find out any of our young friends.

Vice Versa |F. Anstey
"We'll get chocolates out of the automatic machine, and buy something to read at the bookstall," she suggested.

A Patriotic Schoolgirl |Angela Brazil
He couldn't get by a bookstall without stopping—for half an hour, at any rate.

Suburban Sketches |William Dean Howells
I don't know how he could ever have looked a bookstall in the face after what he wrote—or his fellow Australians.

The Awful Australian |Valerie Desmond

He leaned back in his seat and unfolded one of the papers he had snatched from the bookstall.

The Simpkins Plot |George A. Birmingham

bookstall

/ (ˈbʊkˌstɔːl) /

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