Rome: two questions about bookstores

I wish I had firsthand experience with the bookshops but I've seen this book recommended for visitors wanting to do the deep archeological dive. Take a look? It could be ordered before your trip.

https://www.amazon.com/Rome-Environs-Archaeological-Filippo-Coarelli-ebook/dp/B00JKVQVMG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1433530470&sr=1-1&keywords=rome+and+environs&linkCode=sl1&tag=saauin-20&linkId=DRXYHXAOCHG5U2HZ

and it seemed a bit crowded: could we navigate it if we each have a carry-on and personal item in tow?

One of you go into the store and the other stays with the bags somewhere convenient?

Hello, and thank you for the rapid replies!
1. The Coarelli book looks GREAT! I just ordered a library copy and it should arrive in time to help me.

1. Having one of us wait outside the station bookstore MIGHT work quite well (unless either my wife or I need to show a book or map to the other before buying it).

Hope the book works for you! You might see if your library might be able to provide this one too? It's the other one I see recommended for scholarly archeological explorations of ancient Rome.

https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Archaeological-Guides-Amanda-Claridge/dp/0199546835

Greetings!
The Claridge book looks great: thanks for the recommendation.

I know only the Feltrinelli on largo Argentina (but they have multiple locations) and the Anglo American not far from Piazza di Spagna, if it’s still around (lots of bookstores have been driven out of business by Amazon and online books in Italy too). I’m sure there are others.

Thank you for the suggestions! Anglo American Books apparently has closed, but la Feltrinelli’s webpage looks promising (from what I can decipher).

Postscript: The Feltrinelli shop that was suggested is quite good, and as a matter of fact there are good branches in other cities like Firenze.

glad that you found Feltrinelli helpful.

Was that the one on Largo Argentina? That's my fav. Like the neighbourhood too...

Greetings! The branch that you mention is not the one we visited since we didn’t reach that part of Rome; unfortunately, I don’t remember the address.

...unfortunately, I don’t remember the address.

Not on the ( charge card) receipt?

Unfortunately, we just browsed in the branches in Rome and Florence that we discovered by chance. Since we didn’t end up buying anything (which took a great deal of self-discipline!), we didn’t have any receipts. I do remember that the branch in Florence not too far from the Duomo was quite good.

My experience is that the main train station has a bookstore with what you're looking for. they also have a section of English newspapers and magazines.

Yes! I did see the outside of the store in Termini, but we did not end up going inside since by then we had accumulated most of the guidebooks and maps that we needed, and we were in a hurry to get out of the station and to our hotel.

By the way, we discovered that some of the historic sites and museums that we visited (for example, the Etruscan Museum in Rome and the Archaeology Museum in Florence) had excellent bookshops. (It was really too bad that the Museo delle Civiltà in EUR didn't have a bookshop, since it has such an astounding collection on Stone-Age, Bronze-Age, and early Iron-Age Italy,)