Codex Books, a new and used bookstore, has opened in New York City's East Village. The store, which has an emphasis on literary fiction and art books, celebrated with a reading on Friday night with Gabby Bess, author of Alone With Other People, and Chelsea Hodson, author of Pity the Animal and the forthcoming Tonight I'm Someone Else: Essays. The store buys gently used books.
Codex Books is located at 1 Bleecker St. (near Bowery), New York, N.Y. 10012.