Righton Books on St. Simons Island, Ga., celebrated its grand opening Tuesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony, live music and giveaways. Owned by Darryl and Anne Peck, the bookshop had a soft opening in June for the roughly 2,000-square-foot store that features "a world-class selection of illustrated books in categories such as art, architecture, design, photography, interior design, automobiles, and more," as well as "the latest fiction and nonfiction titles and the largest selection of cookbooks in the southeast," according to the store's website.
Righton Books "is the culmination of a nearly 50-year career in retail for Darryl Peck," the website added. "He has always envisioned creating an independent bookstore like the ones he loved in his native Upper West Side of Manhattan. Darryl is now living the bookshop-keeper dream and working alongside his wife of 30 years."
The bookshop's name was inspired by Anne Peck's father, Righton, "a voracious reader who also loved to ride the Emmeline and Hessie ferry boats to St. Simons as a child. Anne's mother, Jean Lyndon, worked as a children's librarian and genealogist in Macon, so it's no surprise that Anne's parents called her 'Nose in a Book.' "