Bear with me on this post because I'm indulging in one of my obsessions that doesn't really pertain to Nankin but does concern the Detroit area. John King Books, like most reputable book stores, has free book racks in the atrium of their colossal warehouse. After I purchased my ephemera I partook of the offer to take as many free books as I wished. Within the books The King's Minion by Rafael Sabatini (1930) and Treading the Winepress by Ralph Connor (1925) was the book trade label "The Sign of the Mermaid". Intrigued, I did some research. It traces to a bookshop at 1014 E. Jefferson Avenue of Detroit. The bookstore by that same name opened on October 26, 1926 and was operated by Doris McMillan Pittman (later Hoover), granddaughter of Senator James McMillan, in the converted home of her late grandfather. Detroit Free Press , October 22, 1925 Detroit Free Press , January 21, 1934 The store relocated to 17925 Kercheval Avenue, in Grosse Pointe in 1938. Detroi...