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Photograph of a painting of Robert Holt Carpenter sitting with a book in his hand.

Book shops also helped fill the void. Booklovers in Wellington made a beeline for the 'Old Identity Book Shop' on Molesworth Street in Thorndon, run by the eccentric Robert Holt Carpenter.

Harry Seresin's Coffee Gallery at Parsons Bookshop, Massey House, Lambton Quay, c. 1957