Globe Corner Bookstore

The Globe Corner Bookstore was one of the largest travel book and map retailers in North America.

The store provided a full range of travel and outdoor recreation reference materials for a destination: guidebooks, maps, atlases, recreation guides, travel literature, nature guides, photography books, cookbooks, and language products.

The Globe Corner Bookstore's Adventure Travel Lecture Series hosted Jan Morris, Bradford Washburn, William Dalrymple, Bruce Chatwin, Eric Newby, Paul Theroux, Roger Tory Peterson, Rory Stewart, and David Allen Sibley, and others.

The company sold its lease at 500 Boylston Street in the Back Bay to Boston Private Bank in December 2000.

After entertaining several bids, none were found to satisfactorily ensure continued operations of the store and its closing was announced.