Mystery Pier Books, Inc.

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...

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...

Underground LA: Exploring the city’s hidden haunts
by EllaBuchan 
The glitz, gloss and glamour of Hollywood is all very well, but to find the real Los Angeles you have to scratch beneath the surface, open unmarked doors and wander down unassuming alleyways. From hidden boozers to secret rooftop gardens and a network of tunnels used during Prohibition, here’s how to see underground...

Here's the link for Eye On LA which stared Mystery Pier Books.

Interview by Scott Laming

If you were a famous Hollywood star looking for a sophisticated gift or, as is more likely for the majority of us, perhaps you happended to be a serious book lover in the LA area, you would eventually find your way to Mystery Pier Books.

Turn off Sunset Boulevard onto a stone path, through blooming flowers, to a....

Mystery Pier Books: The Collector’s Choice
Published on June 3rd, 2015
Written by: windsor

Mystery Pier Books has been in business for ages, and one visit will convince you that it’s something special. Head down the well-hidden entryway and wind through a narrow passageway to the store, which looks a bit like a transplanted English cottage surrounded by flower beds. Step inside and...

MYSTERY PIER BOOKS featured as one of the four 'Hidden Gems of Los Angeles' in the March 2015 issue of the Alaska Airlines Magazine (others being the Annenberg Space For Photography, the Huntington, and Amoeba Music). Article reads: "(This) literary gem is hidden away on Sunset Boulevard in an old house. Inside, you'll find a first-edition bookstore where rare volumes...

Just found out today - 25 November 2014 - from a Delta Airlines pilot who came in this morning - that Mystery Pier Books was featured in the Delta Airlines magazine as a highly recommended Los Angeles treasure trove of First Editions.  We're very flattered, and most appreciative.

MACHIAVEL, Nicolas
[Machiavelli] The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavell, Citizen and Secretary of Florence
London: Starkey, Harper, Amery (1680)
$13,500.

Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly & faithfully translated into English.

The highly sought-after, incredibly scarce literary collectible by the father of modern political thought. Folio. Eleven works in one. Complete with general title and separate title for each work. Woodcut chapter...