Category: | Book Store |
Address: | 74 E Huron St, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA |
Phone: | +1 716-842-1734 |
Site: | oldeditions.com |
Rating: | 3.5 |
Working: | Closed 10AM–5:30PM 10AM–5:30PM 10AM–5:30PM 10AM–5:30PM 10AM–5:30PM Closed |
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Candy Spine
In response to the previous review: if you go to a bookstore looking for a warm fuzzy, youre probably an idiot. If you go to a local business and youre offended their employees are hard at work, you are DEFINITELY an idiot. The store is massive: 2 floors, plus a collectors room, plus a rare-book room, and every inch is covered in unique items, so needless to say, this is definitely a browsers bookstore: dont go in looking for particular items. Walk around, take it in, and let items find you, because chances are youll find things you had no idea existed. Art work, old and recent magazines, old lit magazines (very hard to come by, in my experience), first editions, antiquarian treasures, decorative bindings, letters: if its made out of paper, they probably have it. Really amazing collection, and they have stuff ranging from $1 right up to $100,000. The first floor is where the casual reader will have the best luck. Collectors will want to head right up to the second floor. If I have one major criticism of the store, its this: OVER PRICED. Dont get me wrong, there are some incredible deals to be had if you look, and if you talk to employees, they are very flexible on a lot of their prices. The owner however, though incredibly knowledgeable about his material, can be.....lets say abrasive, crotchety, at times flat-out rude? But hes not around much. For the most part the only person you will see is the guy at the front desk, who is always really pleasant, but is apparently responsible for almost everything around the store because he is usually too busy running around, answering phones, and appraising books to spend long periods of time helping customers, and his frustration when he calls other employees for assistance is apparent. So in short: AMAZING collection, occasionally overpriced, but they can be worked with, just try to negotiate with the guy at the counter, because their owner has a short fuse.
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Eva Mahoney
The bookstore has this old kind of crusty feel to it, like you just stepped into the staunchy past. Theres a lot of books and they seem to be well organized. The owner hides out in his office on the second floor where I imagine hes busy sending off snail mail letters to Thomas Payne or someone else from a much earlier day. There is no warm fuzzy feeling from the staff, no "nice to see you." "great day out, huh?" "are you looking for anything in particular?" Just nose to the grindstone, "I wish youd go away, Im busy" kind of feel. I wont be back but if you are looking for an early edition or hard to find title, Im sure they could help you.
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alice campbell
Im not really into physical books or bookshops but stumbled in with a friend after having lunch at Big Ditch. This place was quite remarkable! It was a huge multi-level store with a wide variety of any and every genre of books. However, what intrigued me more than the rows upon rows of books was the selection of antique maps that they had for sale- it was remarkable. They even have a special "collectors" room which requires special permission and a chaperone to enter. Great place to check out, and Id assume even better if youre looking for a special book!
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Paul Mikos
wonderful selection. helpful staff. a bit pricey, but you get what you pay for. this is the cleanest, best maintained and organized used book store Ive ever been to.
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Christopher Muench
Very nice atmosphere, friendly staff, some genres have a much wider selection than others. Quaint place definitely worth a visit.
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Ed Francis
rude hipster clerk...he wore edgy flannel shirt, black scarf and skinny jeans...rude as can be. overpriced books, poor selection
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Zaria Rosado
Poor service, called with a question and owner gave a short, heated response and quickly hung up on me
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Blair Johnson
Knowing you will be superior for it, tis easy to spend a few.....and enjoy yourself......
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Patricia Perry
Fabulous place to spend hours pursuing used books and ephemera.