Crooked House Books & Paper

Crooked House Books & Paper Crooked House Books & Paper offers the beautiful and unusual in used and rare books and ephemera. Welcome to the page for Crooked House Books & Paper!

We are a home-based operation in Portland, Oregon offering beautiful and unusual books & ephemera from our website, multiple other online venues, local shows and in our home showroom. Our specialties include illustrated books, children's books, beautiful bindings, Pacific Northwest interest, literature, early twentieth century ephemera, and the odd & unusual. We love pop-up books & paper with movi

ng parts, weird instructional pamphlets, Britain in Pictures, Modern Library, anything art nouveau or art deco, and so much more.

Tommy Thompson the Tomcat is not sure he likes this whole sidewalk sale business, but some humans have been appreciative...
06/06/2026

Tommy Thompson the Tomcat is not sure he likes this whole sidewalk sale business, but some humans have been appreciative of our 50-cent books.

Bruno is ready to help unload boxes for our sidewalk sale tomorrow! 50 cents per book. Cheap! Plus 50% everything under ...
06/05/2026

Bruno is ready to help unload boxes for our sidewalk sale tomorrow! 50 cents per book. Cheap! Plus 50% everything under $100 inside. Also cheap! Friday & Saturday 11-5. Be sure to check out all of the amazing events happening during because there might be something *almost* as good as our sale!

This Friday & Saturday we are bringing back a Crooked House favorite—the sidewalk sale! 50 cents each. Modern books, kid...
06/01/2026

This Friday & Saturday we are bringing back a Crooked House favorite—the sidewalk sale! 50 cents each. Modern books, kids books, cookbooks, weird nonfiction, much more. Plus 50% off all books inside under $100. Plus FREE cat observation and/or petting if they deem you worthy of either—we have 3.5 cats but no promises on sightings….

05/10/2026

I do like the fact that my laptop fits on a bookshelf. It makes getting ready for the Book Fair a lot easier.

Mr S. Weir Mitchell drove Charlotte Perkins Gilman partway insane, inspiring “The Yellow Wall-paper.” He also annoyed th...
05/09/2026

Mr S. Weir Mitchell drove Charlotte Perkins Gilman partway insane, inspiring “The Yellow Wall-paper.” He also annoyed the heck out of Virginia Woolf.

However, perhaps he had trouble at home. Here is one of his wife’s contributions to a cookbook around the turn of the century! 😂😂

I told myself that when this shelf was full, I’d start my catalog on manuscript cookbooks. Well, I think the time has ar...
04/24/2026

I told myself that when this shelf was full, I’d start my catalog on manuscript cookbooks. Well, I think the time has arrived! From the 18th century to mid-20th century, these recipes will be a fun project. Just don’t expect the catalog soon!

04/18/2026

Pricing paperbacks today. Most are just three bucks, vintage or recent.

9 boxes emptied & priced today….but all Bruno cares about is a new place to sit.
03/21/2026

9 boxes emptied & priced today….but all Bruno cares about is a new place to sit.

Sylvie’s pretty impressed with the projects in this book. She is convinced I can easily make a cute cardboard scratcher ...
03/10/2026

Sylvie’s pretty impressed with the projects in this book. She is convinced I can easily make a cute cardboard scratcher for her!

One of the best studio portraits I’ve seen! 😂
02/28/2026

One of the best studio portraits I’ve seen! 😂

Address

1602 NE 40th Avenue
Portland, OR
97232

Opening Hours

11am - 5pm

Telephone

+15417602040

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