OUR SILVER ANNIVERSARY: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS!!! Impossible to believe that the shop's been here for a full quarter century!!! August ninth of 1998 we opened with a smashing Opening Day Party, really hoping we'd make a success of this little bookshop, but who could tell? We never could have dreamed -- not in a million years -- that Mystery Pier would achieve such an international reputation... would have been blessed with the continuous, ongoing, widespread publicity... would have the incredibly loyal clientele, so many of whom have become close, treasured friends.... and would have continued to give us the limitless joy with which we have been gifted -- and continue to be gifted -- throughout these nine thousand plus days. Our thanks to you all is well beyond our power to express, but we certainly hope you know the extent of it.
We are humbled beyond any and all words we could express for this monumental honor bestowed upon us: A book from our shop to be given as a gift to His Holiness Pope Francis. A valued, esteemed and much loved client of ours is a frequent visitor to him and came to us to purchase a suitable present. Having been...
Our very dear longtime friend, internationally bestselling author Anne Perry passed away yesterday. Hers was a story of true redemption, in which her faith and trust in the Almighty sustained and inspired her throughout her adult life. She was a brilliant, dedicated writer, devoted and grateful to her worldwide fans, and always most generous of spirit. She will be sorely...
We would like to sincerely thank all our customers and clients -- long-term and new -- for their loyalty, understanding and patience during these many trying months of lockdowns, modified hours and all the various ongoing changes in routine mandated by this seemingly endless pandemic. It's been, and in many ways continues to be, a difficult time for all of...
Modified shop hours during pandemic.
Seven days: 12pm-6pm.
Read more about OUR FIRST AUCTION: OCTOBER 17th, 2020: GWS AUCTIONS
First Edition, rare FIRST STATE in its original two volumes of this landmark social masterpiece, beautifully preserved in its original state. Both volumes in splendid condition, truly very near fine; an exquisite set of a monumentally important politically relevant, social and literary achievement by the...
At long last, a post! No excuses, at least none that makes sense. Simply that we've been happily busy with in-shop activity (prior of course to the horrendous pandemic) and with shipping. That said, we're back!
At least, for as long as we're allowed to be in light of the current social unrest -- and with these mandated limited open hours...
MPB has the very great honor on Friday evening, June 14th, of hosting a champagne reception in honor of the great, internationally bestselling American author, James Ellroy, and his new bestseller, THIS STORM.
An invitation only affair as, obviously, space is limited.
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel
The Scarlet Letter
Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, (1850).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING
An exquisite copy. All ads and errors uncorrected: “reduplicate” for “repudiate” on l.20 of p.21; characters” p.81, l.5; “chatechism” p.132, l.29; and “known of it” p.199, l.4. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in beautiful tan full polished calf, gilt tooling to spine, skillfully rebacked and with...
Read more about MOTHERS' DAY GIFT SELECTIONS: A Baker's Dozen, plus three
Both of us wish ALL of you -- our regulars, our non-regulars, all the looky-loos -- and EVERYONE who've entered our ever welcoming doors -- a healthy, happy, prosperous and altogether fulfilling and rewarding New Year.
We've been truly blessed (once again) in 2018. It's been a really terrific year for Mystery Pier. Wonderful books have come, have gone, and been...
Read more about FIRST OF 2019 (with apologies for the long absence)
Twenty years ago today -- a Sunday -- August ninth, 1998 -- MPB opened its door for the very first time. It's been a FABULOUS two decades, in every way infinitely more successful and fulfilling in every way than we could have hoped or dreamed. Thanks to all the ongoing media coverage and now also to American Airlines for requesting...
KENEALLY, Thomas
SCHINDLER’S ARK
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1982)
$8,500.
Absolutely stunning As New true (U.K.) First Edition, First Printing in its equally pristine but price-clipped dust jacket of Thomas Keneally’s Booker Prize-winnning international best-seller (with its original title) about the German Catholic industrialist who saved the lives of over twelve hundred Jews during the holocaust.
Among literally countless other national and international honors and...
Busy, busy, busy here at the shop -- both with in-house sales as well as shipping all over the place -- Emmy gifts to those lucky (and talented) recipients and too, to new customers as well as our regulars. Predominant among our very latest sales have included First Editions of Churchill --signed as well as unsigned -- (there seems to...
Once again apologizing for lack of entries on the site, it hasn't stopped us from replenishing our stock and bringing in all nature of extremely collectible First Editions to line the shelves. Louis has been away, enjoying winter in Australia & New Zealand, so Harvey's been manning the shop alone and, as ever, loving every moment of being in this...
Once again our only excuse for not updating our blog is two-fold: brisk, time-consuming, ongoing business (for which Harvey and I remain perpetually grateful) and travel -- this time to Japan and Vietnam -- but now we're back, filled with energy (as well as many dozens of rare and highly collectible First Editions) and rarin' to go.
Mystery Pier is featured...
I could spend days here! ---
From the moment I walked through the door, I found magic on the shelves of Mystery Pier Books ---
Mystery Pier Books is like the most wonderful museum, except you get to buy the exhibits.
Mystery Pier has single-handedly turned me into a collector of First Editions -- If I'm lying I'm flying!!! This bookshop possesses great artistry. Harvey & Louis are raconteurs, bon vivant & bookmen of the highest element ---
A delight!
I love it here!
More a museum and place of treasure than a shop. A dream.
This bookshop possesses great artistry. Harvey & Louis are raconteurs, bon vivants & bookmen of the highest element.
I could spend a lifetime here!
A must for every L.A. visit ---
I've been to bookshops all over the world, and Mystery Pier is by far the best ---
I LOVE the shop!
With much gratitude ---
I've died and gone to heaven.Here's to a long, long friendship ---
Home from home. ---
This shop is so incredible they ought to charge admission ---
Wow! Amazing shop! Now I have to learn how to read ---
