1173 Valencia St
San Francisco, CA 94110-3026
(415) 821-0997
Books Inc. is a locally owned and operated independent bookseller. Books Inc.’s origin dates back to the Gold Rush Days of 1851 when Anton Roman struck it rich in Shasta City, California and set himself up in business selling books. That small bookstore was moved, bought, sold, burned, rebuilt, renamed and became Books Inc. in 1946.
Located on 24th at Balmy Alley (between Treat and Harrison) in San Francisco's Mission district. Alley Cat focuses on Used and Remaindered titles but also carries a curated selection of New books with some emphasis on Poetry, Fiction-in-Translation, Philosophy, Spanish-Language, Art and Children's Books. We also have a great big beautiful gallery and events space where we host exhibitions, readings, book clubs and anything else we feel like celebrating. Alley Cat is also the sister store to Dog Eared Books on Valencia St.
Authentic, funky bookstore in the Mission District, with a gallery in the back. Home to a vibrant arts community, with local bands occasionally playing shows in-store. Stop in, say hello, and buy a book!
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Located in San Francisco’s Mission District, we sell both used and new books. We offer wide-ranging literature on globalization, politics and media, as well as an array of graphic novels, fiction, and criticism. We maintain informed sexuality and gender sections, and feature one of the Bay Area’s most extensive collections of writings on Latina/o history and culture, including a full selection of Spanish language books. And did we mention our children’s books? Modern Times also fosters a vital literary community with an exciting calendar of events, a blog, and community resources.
Located in San Francisco’s Mission District, we sell both used and new books. We offer wide-ranging literature on globalization, politics and media, as well as an array of graphic novels, fiction, and criticism. We maintain informed sexuality and gender sections, and feature one of the Bay Area’s most extensive collections of writings on Latina/o history and culture, including a full selection of Spanish language books. And did we mention our children’s books? Modern Times also fosters a vital literary community with an exciting calendar of events, a blog, and community resources.
Located in San Francisco’s Mission District, we sell both used and new books. We offer wide-ranging literature on globalization, politics and media, as well as an array of graphic novels, fiction, and criticism. We maintain informed sexuality and gender sections, and feature one of the Bay Area’s most extensive collections of writings on Latina/o history and culture, including a full selection of Spanish language books. And did we mention our children’s books? Modern Times also fosters a vital literary community with an exciting calendar of events, a blog, and community resources.
Adobe Books Backroom Gallery opened in 2001 and has since become an important crucible for emerging artists in San Francisco. The Backroom's mission is to be an alternative space where artists can make momentous decisions in their practice and experiment freely in the company of their peers.
Kiria Koula was a gallery and bookstore located in the Mission District of San Francisco, created under the curatorial vision and directorship of Juana Berrío. The gallery featured new work by national and international emerging and mid-career artists and provided them with a platform for discussions around it. The bookstore highlighted the artist’s role as researcher and thinker, rather than exclusively as producer of objects. In this context, artists were invited to bring in their current research interest, which they mapped via a selection of books and a public lecture, and further developed through a series of written and visual contributions. As a business and a platform for experimentation and critical thinking, Kiria Koula intended to encourage a dialogue between both the economic and the cultural capital of art today. While the work exhibited and the selection of books were for sale, Kiria Koula was also committed to provoking challenging and meaningful conversations offering a program of free lectures and events with scholars, cultural producers, and writers from the Bay Area and elsewhere. Source: kiriakoula.com
Open every day from 11am-7pm. We specialize in small press poetry books by local authors and publishers, as well as quality wood furniture. We also have a beautiful selection of fine art displayed on our walls, a large percentage of which is for sale. We take great pride in our poetry section, which we think is one of the best around. We hold poetry reading events as well, please let us know of your interest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To see examples of the furniture we sell, visit: http://www.booksandbookshelves.com/furniture.html __________________________ Visit our Google page for more location info and reviews: http://tinyurl.com/http-BandBgoogle-com __________________________ Visit our Yelp page for more info and reviews: http://www.yelp.com/biz/books-and-bookshelves-san-francisco __________________________ Check in on Foursquare http://4sq.com/70sSpM __________________________ For more info and updates on our events and our involvement in the local poetry scene, please visit our blog: http://booksandbookshelves.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *FAQ's: _____________________ Q. What kind of bookcases do you sell? A. Small or large, adjustable or fixed spacing, standard or custom, pine or birch or poplar or alder or maple or oak, finished or unfinished. In simple plain styles or with elaborate decorative molding - there are numerous options. Just stop in and show us what you are looking for and we will find it or make it in your size. ______________________ Q. What other kinds of furniture do you sell? A. We sell chests of drawers, blanket chests, stacking cubes, armoires, wardrobes, tables, chairs, nightstands, etc. _______________________ Q. How long have you been doing this? A. About 27 years, although the merchandise we display and the custom options we offer vary from time to time, so that we may not seem to be exactly the same store you may have visited six months or a year ago. We think that that i€™s a good thing, evolution and continuity combined. ________________________ FOR MORE ANSWERS visit our dedicated FAQ page where we talk more about our other features. How to custom order, details on finishing, where our stuff is made, our materials, etc... Please Visit: http://www.booksandbookshelves.com/faqs.html _________________________