Friday, Jun 13, 2014
Who'da thought? -- Arthur Conan Doyle's original name for the world's most famous detective was -- would you believe? -- Sherringford Hope. Who knows where Sherringford comes from, but Hope was the name of a whaling ship that the author loved. In any case, Doyle's wife Louisa thought her husband's name choices were awful and she urged him to come up with something else. So after much thought he used Sherlock (after famed violinist Alfred Sherlock) and Holmes (after Oliver Wendell Holmes). Good thing, otherwise we might all be going around saying, "No Sh*t, Sherringford."
From the moment I walked through the door, I found magic on the shelves of Mystery Pier Books ---
I love it here!
A must for every L.A. visit ---
More a museum and place of treasure than a shop. A dream.
I could spend days here! ---
Home from home. ---
Wow! Amazing shop! Now I have to learn how to read ---
This shop is so incredible they ought to charge admission ---
I've died and gone to heaven.Here's to a long, long friendship ---
This bookshop possesses great artistry. Harvey & Louis are raconteurs, bon vivants & bookmen of the highest element.
Mystery Pier Books is like the most wonderful museum, except you get to buy the exhibits.
I could spend a lifetime here!
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've been to bookshops all over the world, and Mystery Pier is by far the best ---
With much gratitude ---
I LOVE the shop!