Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Field Trip: John K. King Books Detroit

 

One of the largest used book stores in the world lies about 20 minutes south of me in downtown Detroit, with a much smaller satellite about 20 minutes northwest of this one.

John K. King Books, here is the website:  https://www.johnkingbooksdetroit.com/


View from the parking lot.


Just outside the front door.


Burroughs section. More Tarzan books than you'll ever see in the same place. 


Most endcaps look like this.


One of the Fantasy aisles. Some of these shelves have books behind books. The dust is thick.

There was a glass case on the other side, but I saw no games.


Just to give you an idea of the scope, one of the perimeter aisles on the third floor. You receive a map of the layout upon entry.


Found no Tolkien here nor there.


Tons of old DAW books scattered throughout.


Glass case stuffed with books. Is that a copy of the Necronomicon? The Book of Skelos?


Even the stairs have books.

This was just a scouting mission; I bought nothing. Was kind of hoping to stumble into some Appendix N classics or some Clark Ashton Smith material. They could have been there. Your Holy Grail could be in there and you would never know.



2 comments:

  1. I'm so jealous that looks like an awesome place.

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  2. Neat. There used to be a bookstore like that in Denver. Ichabod's. Nowhere near the scale but the musty shelves and hand drawn notes certainly were present. Still there, albeit with a different name, owner, and vibe. Different time. Good memories. Thanks for bringing me back!

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