 The store, also noted for a wide selection of bargain books, has its own 
framing and shipping departments and owns a large warehouse in Brooklyn.The Argosy was founded in 1925 by Louis Cohen, who picked the name, in 
part, because it started with the letter “A” and would be listed early in telephone directories.Originally located in the old Bible House on Fourth Avenue’s famed “Book Row,” it moved to 114 East 59th Street in the 1930s and then moved next door to its current address in 1964 when the previous building was replaced with a skyscraper.