Books Do Furnish a Room

Renee McKinnish

Found only a few CDs in R & B section and absolutely no Hip Hop. Plenty od Blues and Jazz though, so that's good.

M G

After recently watching the documentary "The Booksellers" (which I highly recommend), I got the old itch to lose myself in the dusty shelves of an old used book store, something I've always loved but haven't done since well before the pandemic. This one is the closest to me so thought it a good place to start. It is indeed dusty and shabby and has lots of character. As is usually the case, though, I was pretty disappointed that two of my favorite topics (and often the only topics I peruse thoroughly or at all in any bookstore) - Mythology/Folklore and Occult - were very sparsely represented, each with many labeled but bare shelves. Meanwhile the Christianity section was overflowing. Guess it just goes to show that I'm still in a minority and that this is still, sadly, the "Bible Belt". Though I recall Readers' Corner, in Raleigh, having much better selections of both. Durham needs to get with the times and broaden its horizons. I was happy to find two unique titles that jumped out at me and were both very relevant to my current life situation and interests, and both were in great shape (and one a hardcover), which was why I didn't mind paying just a touch more than I had guessed I would be. I also greatly appreciated seeing, and was briefly tempted by, some very old (well over 100 years) volumes and books in foreign languages, German in particular. I would visit again but I'd very much like to see more variety and more titles in certain topics that are almost always underrepresented. Also, many of the labels on the shelves desperately need to be replaced, as they are torn in half and make browsing and locating topics unnecessarily difficult. Also the labels spelled "Judiaca"...

Melissa McBride

A friend suggested this for old manga floppies and it delivered. A surprisingly large selection of older alternative comics. A really nice place to browse for anything that might strike your fancy; the owner was very nice. I love stores like this.

林培源

I donated a box of used books to this used book store which was founded in 1983.I wrote an email to Mr. Gordon last week,who told me that they accepted donation of used books.