Acorn Books

support your local non chain book store!

so they may not all be nice... the corporate MAN doesn't pay their wages to be nice... lucky if they get paid a decent living.. they work for a place and passion they love: books, words, and the art of tantalizing people with intangible scenarios of words... but u still gotta love 'em.

I found a rare copy of "archy and mehitabel"...first edition! It was priced about right, and the book itself was in very good condition. They also had a super cool Pogo book, but I passed since it cost more than my rent. (No, not really...maybe more than my student loan payment, though.)

They also had quite a few old periodicals at the time of my visit, so I looked through them for the hour or so my hubby was slobbering over car and motorcycle books.

The people who worked there were nice, but not at all attentive. But they still get five stars, just for existing.

SAVE THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES!

If I was to create my perfect bookstore it would be exactly like Acorn. Tall, narrow aisles jammed with books, old fashioned library ladders, a nice range of popular to obscure materials, and lots of energy up at the front yet peace and quiet among the books. If I had to use just one word to describe the atmosphere it would be cozy.

Book selection is really great. I can go over the same shelf 3 or 4 times and still find something new and interesting; this is probably why all of my visits are 3 hours long. The different shelf labels are helpful, from your standard Fiction to more interesting labels like Bullfighting and Arctic Exploration. There's a whole section of limited editions, which I think is pretty cool. The glass cases at the front make great eye candy.

I'm really going to miss this place, it's my Fortress of Solitude. The plan right now is to buy as many of their books as possible and recreate Acorn Books in my apartment.

It's closing sometime in June. In the meantime, its 40% off

Each and every wall is covered in books, and not just the walls within reach, but up to maybe 15 feet. This place must have the most books per square foot of any SF bookstore. It's also the only place i've seen with those ladders on wheels to allow you to reach the books 15 feet off the ground. Granted, finding anything in this store is hard, the rows of narrowly placed shelves are confusing, but the staff will help you out if your in need. It's better to just browse at random, picking up whatever catches your eye. It's so much fun i was hyperventaling.

Like this mom & pop bookstore too bad they are retiring. When you have a chance, hit this place up I guaranteed you'll like it.

Retirement Sale 40% off whole entire store. My boyfriend bought close to 18 Arts books while I feasted on 15 Classical Literature books including the Ann Rice autograph collection & Henry Kissinger.

The staff were very helpful and asks if we needed help loading our books in our car. One of these days when I'm in the city I will buy more books. ^_^

This once great bookstore now appears to be...CLOSED! :( I was across the street from it on Thursday night (3/22/07) at Field's Bookstore for an author's talk...and Acorn looked completely abandoned, shut down, nada no more.

Any yelper have any clue? This used to be a great place to QUIETLY browse (never been in a more hushed bookstore) and get out of the nobbish hill daze for 30 minutes. ...I think they're extra particular about what they'll buy, but you'll definitely (or used to be able to... sniff) find gems.

Hope you're still there, Acorn, and that I'm just way too myopic for my own good.

Love,
Carrot

Great book store for rambling about in and just looking at random books. You'll be sure to find something you will eventually want to read! Unfortunately, they are closing soon, but the up side is that they are clearing out all the books they own. That means you can do what I did and get 3 books for $7!!! Sweet! Take that, Barnes and Nobles.

My favorite part of this store - aside from the fact that they are able to keep my beat-era-addicted brother in funky used reading material - is the friendly, accessible vibe. I've been in some stores where you are expected to bow down and worship the hallowed sanctity of the first edition. I prefer a bookstore that celebrates the wonder of the small discovery and the sheer joy of digging through the stacks.

My favorite kind of used bookstore. There are tall shelves and good light, sliding ladders and nooks and crannies. I desperately wanted to work here when I graduated high school. Wonderful, eclectic, sometimes inexpensive finds (last time I was there I got a cheap first edition of one of MFK Fisher's memoirs, and we stumbled across a children's book from the 50s I grew up with but lost). Not necessarily the place to go with something specific in mind, but you will always find something to surprise and delight you.

(soon to be R.I.P. Another one bites the dust.) Everything 70% off. Got a wonderful out of print coffee table art book on tile and artwork from muslim artisans that would have been really heavy in shipping weight, blah, blah blah, had that BRAmaSzINdotCOM store had it available. OH well, everything is going VIRTUALLY to SILICONicity pole sliding.