Antique Books and Used Books Stores

Vancouver has some fantastic secondhand bookstores, including a few specializing entirely in nonfiction.

The largest concentration lies along West Pender Street between Richards and Hamilton Streets.

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Macleod's Books
455 W. Pender St (map)
604.681.7654
MacLeod's stocks a wide range of antique titles, including many of the earliest works on Western Canada.

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Criterion Books
434 W. Pender St (map)
604/685-2224
Criterion Books stocks a large range of titles on Western Canada.

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Stephen C. Lunsford Books
Corner of West Hastings and Hamilton Streets (map)
(604.681.6830
Plenty of old Canadian nonfiction titles.

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ABC Book Emporium
1247 Granville St (map)
604.682.3019
ABC Book Emporium offers an excellent section of fiction (downstairs) and nonfiction (upstairs), all of which is organized by author or subject.

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Narnia Books
303 - 2950 Heather St (map)
604.266.4857
Specialties: Supernatural and Fantasy Fiction, Detective and Thriller Fiction, Children's Books, Historical and Naval Fiction, Modern First Editions, C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien, George MacDonald, Antiquarian Non-Fiction.

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New Wave Publishers
580 - 916 W. Broadway (map)
604.618.7086
Specialties: Used, rare and antiquarian books on all subjects. Book repairs, dustjacket repairs, book binding in leather and cloth, custom slipcases.

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Tony Power, Books
813 Sawcut Lane (map)
604.877.1426
Specialties: Modern first editions (especially fiction) - American, Canadian & British writers and editions.

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Kestrel Books
3642 W. Fourth Ave (map)
604.872.2939