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...
HERE'S TO 2023!
We here at MPB wish you, one and all, a healthy, happy and altogether fulfilling New Year. In this ongoing tumultuous time of Covid and its various manifestations, we continue to take the necessary precautions to keep all our visitors and customers safe and comfortable during their time here.
Our stock continues to be replenished and, as ever, we hope that as you browse our newly rejuvenated website you'll be able to find -- with ease and speed -- all you may be looking for, and even items you've had no idea we have among our treasures.
AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFERING
Saturday June 18, 2022
CHANDLER, RAYMOND: HIS HOLOGRAPH WILL
An unquestionable rarity. Raymond Chandler’s actual two-page document to his lawyer Michael Gilbert, personally typed in blue ink by the author (with holograph corrections and additions) to serve as his will. Written from Palm Springs, California on January 18, 1957, he discusses the intricacies and legalities of such a will, and whether it will be legally...
GREETINGS, SALUTATIONS & A MESSAGE FOR 2022
Monday January 3, 2022
With the advent of a brand New Year, MPB wishes each and every one of you peace, prosperity, and above all else, good health. May 2022 see the end of the Covid and all its persistent variants and with its demise see the return of all those affected to full and lasting recovery.
And to accompany the anticipated recovery, may...
ALL BEST WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Sunday December 5, 2021
.....and sincere apologies for what may appear laziness in our not posting for such a long while. In fact, although a degree of sloth may indeed have entered into it, the fact is that, happily, we've been quite busy in the shop and so far it's been a good Holiday business for us.
We've been fortunate in procuring some real...
UPDATE: SATURDAY, JULY 17th, 2021
Saturday July 17, 2021
Just a quick update now we've learned that the pandemic has once again increased both geographically and in severity. Shop hours are currently these: Monday through Saturday 11am to 6pm. Sundays 12 noon to 5pm. For safety's sake -- yours and ours -- we can't admit anyone without masks, and we do follow the rule about maintaining safe distance in...
NEW ARRIVALS
Saturday April 3, 2021
Apologies for being so negligent in updating our website with regularity -- but -- that said, we're rectifying that by, little by little, now turning our attention to adding many wonderful titles to the site. Obviously its time consuming, so we'll be grateful for your patience and understanding as we tax our own patience, maximize our concentration -- and get...
PANDEMIC UPDATE
Monday March 29, 2021
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...
NEW SHOP HOURS
Friday February 5, 2021
Modified shop hours during pandemic.
Seven days: 12pm-6pm.
OUR FIRST AUCTION: OCTOBER 17th, 2020: GWS AUCTIONS
Sunday October 11, 2020
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Kruse GWS Auctions announced the upcoming Literary Masterpieces & Treasured Archives Auction featuring the collection of rare first edition books from the famous Los Angeles based book shop Mystery Pier Books. For the very first time, Mystery Pier Books will offer a wide collection of its most coveted books which are all first editions to bidders around...
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JUST IN: A TREASURE!
Wednesday August 12, 2020
STOWE, Harriet Beecher
Uncle Tom’s Cabin or Life Among the Lowly
Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., [1852]
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...
FINALLY!!!!!
Tuesday June 2, 2020
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...
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019 7-9pm
Sunday June 9, 2019
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.
MOTHERS' DAY GIFT SELECTIONS: A Baker's Dozen, plus three
Monday May 6, 2019
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...
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FIRST OF 2019 (with apologies for the long absence)
Wednesday January 16, 2019
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...
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AAAAH, WHAT A DAY!!
Thursday August 9, 2018
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...
EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTIBLE JUST BROUGHT IN
Monday October 23, 2017
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...
09/25/17
Monday September 25, 2017
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...
ALL OUR NEWEST ENTRIES
Wednesday August 2, 2017
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...
Belated Update May 20, 2017
Saturday May 20, 2017
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...
Long Overdue Update
Sunday March 5, 2017
Hello -- Thanks for coming here, and our apologies for taking so long to provide any kind of updates. The only excuse -- but one we're certainly grateful for -- is that business has been active, ongoing, but of necessity time-consuming. The Oscar season, and the Awards season in general, has been kind to us as ever -- and its...