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Taking Care of Business

Welcome to the blog for The Company of Books, also called TCB, which was shorthand For Elvis Presley’s motto “Taking Care of Business”. We intend to post new material occasionally but not on a fixed schedule. The principal author will be Don Alexander, President of TCB, but there could be guest authors as well. We’ll see how it goes. Blog entries may touch on books, of course, and other bookstore matters, or the Alexandria area.

  • D-Day and the bookstore

    Today is the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the largest land invasion by any armed force in history. I have recently finished the third volume of Rick Atkinson’s Liberation trilogy, The…

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    June 6, 2022
  • Tsundoku and Leopards

    Tsundoku, a Japanese word that gained some circulation in the Western world last year, has been translated as “buying reading material and piling it up”, that is, not reading it….

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    April 3, 2022

Location/Contact Info

The Company of Books

CURRENT ADDRESS

1712 Mount Vernon Ave
Alexandria, VA 22301
(703) 299-3080
TCBdelray@gmail.com

We have a small lot with two available parking spots in front of the building! (Please do not park in the gated lot next door – it is not part of our store and you may be towed or locked in.)

NEW ADDRESS ON AUG 26th

2200 Mount Vernon Ave
Alexandria, VA 22301
(703) 299-3080
TCBdelray@gmail.com

Hours

General shopping

Sun-Fri 11am-6pm
Sat 10am-7pm

We accept donations 12pm-4pm every day.

As of March 7th, 2022, masks are required before noon and optional (but recommended) after noon. Read more.

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