Waldenbooks Tough Phone Case

Waldenbooks Tough Phone Case

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$24.99
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Waldenbooks Tough Phone Case

$24.99
Sale price  $24.99 Regular price 
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Carry a piece of bookstore history wherever the day takes you with a phone case inspired by Waldenbooks. Founded in 1933 as a rental library in Bridgeport, the company grew from affordable daily reading to bookstores that became a familiar part of American malls. Its journey through retail expansion, changing ownership, Borders-era stores, and eventual closure gives this design meaning for collectors, former shoppers, and anyone who remembers browsing for a paperback.

Walden Book Company began on March 4, 1933, when Lawrence Hoyt, a former Simon & Schuster sales manager, and Melvin T. Kafka opened a rental library inside a department store in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Named after Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, the business rented books for three cents per day during the Great Depression. By 1948, it had 250 rental locations. Lawrence Hoyt opened the first Walden bookstore in Pittsburgh in 1962, as affordable paperbacks helped shift the company from rentals to retail selling. Broadway Hale Stores acquired the company in 1969 and later became Carter Hawley Hale. During the 1970s, Walden Books gradually became Waldenbooks. Kmart acquired Waldenbooks in 1984. The company expanded into software, educational toys, larger book formats, and related brands, acquired U.S. Coles Book Stores locations in 1987, and operated Basset Book Shop stores before they became Borders locations. In 1994, Kmart combined Waldenbooks, Brentano’s, and Borders into the Borders-Walden Group. Many stores became Borders Express locations beginning in 2004. Borders Group entered liquidation in 2011, closing the remaining Waldenbooks stores.

Product features

- Durable Lexan/polycarbonate shell with glossy full-color finish

- Flexible TPU interior liner for shock absorption and impact dispersion

- Lay-flat bezel that protects the screen from small scratches

- UV-protected surface resists outdoor weathering and color fading

- Supports wireless charging; two-piece design for secure fit

Care instructions

- Clean with damp cotton or microfiber cloth. Add a drop of dish soap to the cloth if needed.



EU representative: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3, Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY

Product information: Generic brand, 2 year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC

Warnings, Hazard: For adults

Care instructions: Clean with damp cotton or microfiber cloth. Add a drop of dish soap to the cloth if needed.

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