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Permanently closed.
11/03/2021

Our walk-in shop is permanently closed. You'll see there are condos in our old location. But hey, that's change for ya.

Good news, we are still in the book selling business. Our website, while working, is under construction for a more user friendly experience. Please reach out via phone, 512-499-8828, and we'll be happy to help get all your book wishes met.

12/30/2016

The shop will be open today, Friday the 30th, regular hours, and tomorrow, Saturday the 31st, from 10.00 to 3.00. Happy New Year!

Santa Nashy invites everybody to come on down for our extended holiday shop hours, noon to 6.00 every day from now until...
12/19/2016

Santa Nashy invites everybody to come on down for our extended holiday shop hours, noon to 6.00 every day from now until we close at 4.00 on Saturday, Christmas Eve!

12/17/2016

Special holiday hours! The shop will be open noon to 6.00 every day starting Monday, December 19 until we close on Christmas Eve at 4.00.

An original invitation to the ball celebrating Sam Houston's inauguration of his second term as governor of Texas. In Au...
12/17/2016

An original invitation to the ball celebrating Sam Houston's inauguration of his second term as governor of Texas. In Austin, December 21st, 1859. With two bands in attendance, Austinites knew how to throw a party even then! Sponsors included Sam Maverick, Elisha Pease, and the man who would succeed Houston as governor during the Confederacy, Frank Lubbock. Rare. $1500.

A gift any fisherman-booklover would love...the Navarre Society edition of Isaac Walton's Compleat Angler, with updated ...
06/04/2016

A gift any fisherman-booklover would love...the Navarre Society edition of Isaac Walton's Compleat Angler, with updated text, bound in full blue polished calf by Bayntun, one of the great English binders. The spine compartments are decorated with a gilt fly, creel, and stringer of fish. Dazzling!

"The Inquisition Unmasked" published in London in 1816, depicting the excesses of the inquisitors with descriptions of t...
04/29/2016

"The Inquisition Unmasked" published in London in 1816, depicting the excesses of the inquisitors with descriptions of the various methods of torture and ex*****on along with copperplate engravings. Two volumes. $200

Signed first printing of the American edition of Naked Lunch in a dazzling jacket! $2000
04/02/2016

Signed first printing of the American edition of Naked Lunch in a dazzling jacket! $2000

The "Old Man and the Sea" first edition in the first-state dustjacket. Absolutely gorgeous. $1500
02/19/2016

The "Old Man and the Sea" first edition in the first-state dustjacket. Absolutely gorgeous. $1500

Shown here is St Nick by a framed leaf from a 14th-century French book of hours. A reminder of our holiday schedule: The...
12/19/2015

Shown here is St Nick by a framed leaf from a 14th-century French book of hours. A reminder of our holiday schedule: The shop will be open noon to 6.00 every day in the week leading up to Christmas, starting Monday the 21st, until we close at 3.00 on Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day but we will reopen on Saturday the 26th. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

"Where the Wild Things Are" 25th anniversary edition, signed by Sendak. The perfect gift for everyone, including yoursel...
11/28/2015

"Where the Wild Things Are" 25th anniversary edition, signed by Sendak. The perfect gift for everyone, including yourself.

continues with this Ian Fleming first American edition. Your James Bond will be over the moon when he (or she) unwrap...
11/28/2015

continues with this Ian Fleming first American edition. Your James Bond will be over the moon when he (or she) unwraps this on Christmas morning!

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