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Archive-name: books/stores/ship-by-mail

Last change:
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(Fixed Pinsker's city name)

This is a listing of *stores* which ship worldwide.  It cannot possibly be
all-inclusive, so I will probably limit it to the major stores in each area
of specialization and in each country.  (Preference is given to stores with
email addresses.)  To keep the length down, I have omitted lengthy
descriptions of the physical store.  If you want to know what these are like
to visit, check the various bookstore-by-city FAQs that are posted
*quarterly* and available from rtfm.mit.edu.

NOTE: DUE TO THEIR SIZE, THE MAIN BOOKSTORE LISTINGS WILL BE POSTED
QUARTERLY.

In general, I am not listing mail-order-only places unless they have an
area of specialization one is unlikely to find elsewhere (since I'm
compiling this from the regular bookstore FAQs).  Steve Brock
([e-mail]) maintains a list of bookstores and mail-order
companies with Internet access.

Copies of this article may be obtained by anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu
under /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/ship-by-mail.Z.  Or, send
email to [e-mail] with "send
usenet/news.answers/books/stores/ship-by-mail" in the body of the
message.

The companion listings for bookstores may be found in:
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/asian.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european/misc.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european/uk.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/bay-area.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/eastern.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/midwestern.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/northern.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/nyc.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/socal.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/southwestern.Z
    /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/western.Z
or requested via email with "send X" in the body of the mail, with X being
one of the following:
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/asian
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european/misc
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/european/uk
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/bay-area
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/eastern
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/midwestern
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/northern
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/nyc
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/socal
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/southwestern
    usenet/news.answers/books/stores/north-american/western

Contents of this list:

General__________________________       Computer_______________________
   WordsWorth Books, Cambridge MA          Book Scientific, New York NY
   Svoboda's, State College PA             Reiter's Scientific and Techn.
   The Tattered Cover, Denver CO              Bookstore, Washington DC
   Powell's City of Books, Portland OR     Quantum Books, Cambridge MA
   Cody's, Berkeley CA
   Moe's, Berkeley CA
   Books Canada, Ottawa ON (Canada)
   Duthie's, Vancouver BC (Canada)
   Heffers Booksellers, Cambridge (UK)

Science Fiction______________________   Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual__________
   Dangerous Visions, Sherman Oaks CA      A Different Light Bookstore,
   Other Change of Hobbit, Berkeley CA        New York NY
   Future Fantasy, Palo Alto CA            A Different Light Bookstore,
   DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis MN           West Hollywood CA
   Science Fiction Shop, New York, NY      Giovanni's Room, Philadelphia PA
   At the Sign of The Dragon, London (UK)  Lambda Rising, Washington DC
   [Mystery] Murder One, London (UK)

Children's_______________________       Theater_____________________
   Children's Book & Music Center,         French's Theatre Bookshop,
      Santa Monica CA                         London (UK)

Academic_____________________________   Religion___________________________
   Seminary Coop. Bookst., Chicago IL      Pinsker's Bookstore,
   Hatchards, Kingston, Surrey (UK)           Pittsburgh PA
                                           Jerusalem Books Ltd, (Israel)
                                           Hackman's Bible Book Store, Inc.
                                              Whitehall PA
Art__________________________________
   Hacker Art Books (New York NY

[Note 1: I collected these comments from a variety of people.  I personally
have no knowledge of many of these places and take no responsibility if you
buy a book you don't enjoy.  :-)]

[Note 2: This listing is divided by category.]

[Note 3: I have attempted to indicate what time zone the store is in by
listing an offset from GMT/UTC.  This may be off by an hour if I read the
map wrong, or in the summer when Daylight Savings Time/Summer Time may or
may not be in effect.]

[Note 4: From Ian Feldman ([e-mail]): "I'll have to reevaluate the
    sanity of ordering non-hardbacks from the USA.  I had 6 books sent
    from WordsWorth recently, 3 bestseller and 3 trade paperbacks (of
    which 2 were "special order" and took 4--6 weeks to appear in the
    bookstore), of a nominal value of US$55, but the total cost to me,
    after postage and Swedish custom duties have been paid, was close
    to US$110.  For the bestseller items cost per-book was more than
    what I'd be paying here over the counter."

[Note 5: There is a well-known mail-order company, Edward R. Hamilton,
    Falls Village CT 06031-5000 (no street or post office box), which
    deals in remaindered books.  You cannot request specific books, but
    they send out a catalog every month or so and their prices are very
    good.  I don't know if they ship overseas, but if you are ouside
    the US and write and ask for a catalog and they don't send you one,
    they probably don't.  Paul Andresen ([e-mail]) reports
    further:

    "A few weeks back, in one of our periodic Edward R. Hamilton
    discussions, it seemed like no one knew of their physical location.
    Francis Muir cynically figured their mailing address was nothing
    more than a post office drop.

    Since I was about to drive through Connecticut on a business trip,
    I decided to check the place out.  ERH's mailing address is "Falls
    Village, CT", a tiny town in the extreme Northwest corner of Conn.

    I arrived in the town, a classic quaint New England village of
    probably a few hundred souls, and a one block long business
    district.  I bopped into the city hall, and asked.  "Yes indeed,
    ERH does exist, and is the town's largest employer, with some 50
    people on the payroll", the very nice woman behind the counter tells
    me, "but they only do mail order."  She told me where to find the
    place ("Back down the highway, just across from the sawmill")

    I retraced my steps, and sure enough, there it was.  It consists of
    several barn/warehouse type buildings, surrounded by a tall wooden
    fence.  About as anonymous as you can imagine.  The *only*
    identifying mark is a tiny sign, about 1" high letters on the mail
    box.

    I stood up on the hood of my car, with camera, and snapped a shot
    of the place, but in looking over the result, it could be a set of
    out buildings most anywhere in America.

    Anyway, in the true BLUE HIGHWAYS sense, the journey was much more
    interesting than the destination.  That's some mighty pretty country
    to drive through.  I do love New England in the spring, but not much
    at all in the winter."

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General (see also Academic):

WordsWorth Books (30 Brattle Street, Cambridge MA 02138-3761,
    800-899-2202 or [phone], FAX [phone],
    [e-mail]).  The flag-ship of Harvard Square book
    shops with 100,000+ titles.  Has been offering their book store
    service through e-mail for quite a while.  "Their staff have
    managed to locate and send many books for me (in Sweden) via UPS
    Express at costs equal or less than buying at a real store
    (hardcovers especially).  What's more, the book search costs only
    one dollar.  Their collection is really huge, too."  Mon-Sat
    8:30AM-11:30PM, Sun 10AM-10:30PM).  GMT-5h

Svoboda's Books (227 W Beaver Ave, State College PA, [phone],
    [e-mail]).  "Heavy emphasis on academic (philosophy,
    criticism, etc.) and technical (science and computers)."  Ships
    worldwide.  Mon-Wed 9AM-7PM, Thu-Fri 9AM-9PM, Sat 10AM-6PM,
    Sun 11AM-5PM.  GMT-5h

The Tattered Cover (2955 East First Avenue, Denver CO 80206, [mail address
    is Tattered Cover Bookstore, 1536 Wynkoop, Denver CO 80202],
    800-833-9327 or [phone], TT/V [phone],
    FAX [phone], [e-mail] [for individual
    ordering], [e-mail] [for corporate ordering]).
    Huge--4 floors.  Over 400,000 books in stock.  Considered to be
    the best independent bookstore in the U.S.  Also ships worldwide.
    Free gift-wrapping.  Hours: 9:30AM - 9PM M-Sat; 10-6 Sun.  GMT-7h

Powell's City of Books (main store) (1005 W Burnside, Portland OR,
    [phone], FAX [phone]).  Truly a national treasure,
    one of the wonders of Portland.  Powell's has new and used books by
    the millions.  Its depth and coverage exceeds most large-city
    libraries.  Ships worldwide.  To receive an automated reply on how
    to browse the technical books database via email, send any message
    to [e-mail].  GMT-8h

Cody's (2454 Telegraph, Berkeley CA [phone]).  "One of the two
    stores in the Bay area I hold up as the definition of the
    term 'bookstore.' (The other is Kepler's in Menlo Park.)"
    A very large selection of just about everything
    (foreign-language books on Dwight just west of Telegraph).
    "Cody's is the only book store in the Bay Area with a
    significant selection of books on various subjects that
    interest me (including Judaica, system dynamics and whitewater
    maps).  It is true that it isn't as good as it was when Fred Cody
    was alive ... but it's still a damn good store." There is even a
    book about Cody's: CODY'S BOOKS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A BERKELEY
    BOOKSTORE, 1956-1977, by Pat and Fred Cody (it was described in
    an article in the August 3, 1992 issue of "Publishers Weekly").
    Will ship worldwide.  Sun-Thu 9:15AM-9:45PM, Fri-Sat
    9:15AM-10:45PM.  GMT-8h

Moe's (2476 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley CA, [phone],
    [e-mail], http://moesbooks.com/moe.htm).  Mostly used
    and antiquarian books.  Around for over 25 years, they are one of
    the largest bookstores of their kind.  Has a variety of services.
    Will do book searches through their email address.  Will ship
    worldwide.  GMT -8h.

Books Canada (71 Sparks Street, Ottawa ON, Canada K1P 5A5, 613-236-0629,
    FAX [phone], [e-mail]) "Located a block away
    from Parliament Hill.  Established mid-size independent bookstore
    with a large selection specializing in new books from the Canadian
    perspective (politics, history, economics, biography, giftbooks,
    literature, etc).  Very knowledgeable and helpful staff.  Extensive
    special order service."  They ship world-wide.

Duthie's (downtown: 919 Robson, Vancouver BC, Canada,
    [e-mail]).  Good all-purpose bookstore; new
    books.  Mentioned by posters as one of Canada's best bookstores.
    They also will do searches for out-of-print books and ship
    worldwide.  GMT-8h

Heffers Booksellers (20 Trinity Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB2 3NG,
    [phone]; FAX [phone]).  Cambridge's answer to
    Blackwells.  They also own Deighton, Bell and Co. and the
    Children's Bookshop.  Heffers issues catalogues in a variety of
    fields, and they are really outstanding about mail order.  They
    accept Visa and Mastercard; they will also open accounts for
    customers and accept payment in dollars.  GMT

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Academic:

Seminary Cooperative Bookstore (Chicago Theological Seminary (58th Street
    and University Avenue, Chicago IL, 800-777-1456 or [phone]).
    "Has a good theological section but its only connection with the
    Seminary is that it rents space from them.  It is, in my opinion,
    the best academic bookstore in the social sciences and humanities
    in the world, for English-language books at any rate.  Anyone can
    shop there, but members receive a 10% discount on most books and may
    special-order books from anywhere in the world.  Membership costs
    $30 (for three shares of stock)."  (Ask them for further details.)
    They will ship worldwide.  "Books arrive well-packaged and I've
    never gotten a damaged one."  GMT-6h

Hatchards (2 Brook Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom
    KT1 2HA, about 12 miles South West of central London,
    [phone]; [e-mail] or
    [e-mail]).  An academic bookshop serving Kingston
    University and other institutions in the Surrey and South West
    London area.  Part of the Dillons, Pentos group (hence the dual
    email address).  Will ship books worldwide and accepts credit cards
    (Visa, Master Card and Amex).  The email address is that of one
    employee's husband, so when they are on holiday, things will take
    longer.  [The email is being improved as of 3/95, but the Dillons
    chain has been bought out by someone else, so everything is in
    flux.]   GMT

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Theater:

French's Theatre Bookshop (52 Fitzroy Street, London, United Kingdom
    W1P 6JR, [phone]).  They have a very large selection of
    plays, recordings and related material.  If you are looking for an
    obscure play, they have it or can get it.  "I believe that they will
    do mail order as well.  Credit cards accepted."  GMT

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Science Fiction and Mystery:

Dangerous Visions (13563 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks CA, [phone]).
    Science fiction, fantasy, and horror.  Interesting selection of used
    hardcovers in good condition.  Gives 10% cash discount with purchase
    of "Club DV." Publishes newsletter (available for $2.50/year).  Does
    mail order.  GMT-8h  [Note: I have not heard the status of this
    store after the 1/17/94 quake, and Sherman Oaks was very hard-hit.
    If they are still operating, I encourage you to support them with
    your business.]

Other Change of Hobbit (2020 Shattuck Avenue at University Avenue, Berkeley
    CA, [phone]; [e-mail]).  "An excellent selection
    of new SF, paperback and hardcover.  Plus, there's a decent
    selection of used SF, some used pulps, with an occasional
    outstanding collectible under the glass case in the back."  You can
    send them your want list and they will get back to you as things
    come in.  They ship worldwide.  GMT-8h

Future Fantasy (3705 El Camino, Palo Alto CA, [phone];
    [e-mail]).  An excellent selection of new SF, fantasy, and
    mystery.  "Far and away my favorite bookstore for SF."  If you have
    access to a WWW client, it is accessible at
    http://www.commerce.digital.com./palo-alto/FutureFantasy/.
    "They have a great interface, including their complete catalog,
    newsletter, some cover shots, and forms to actually order stuff."
    Will ship worldwide.  GMT-8h

DreamHaven Books (1309 4th SE, Minneapolis MN, [phone],
    [e-mail]).  Truly fantastic new and used SF,
    fantasy, horror selection.  Accepts telephone credit card orders.
    Will ship worldwide.  GMT-6h?

Science Fiction Shop (168 Thompson btwn Houston and Bleeker, New York NY,
    [phone], FAX [phone]).  The best selection of new
    SF books in town, and they have a used/half-price shelf.  Ships
    worldwide.  GMT-5h

Murder One (Charing Cross Road, just below Shaftesbury Avenue, London,
    United Kingdom).  Mystery and romance at street level, SF in the
    basement.  No SF merchandise--just books.  They also seem to have
    one or maybe two copies of many titles rather than dozens of a few.
    A lot of them are imports so prices are higher than average--but
    well worth it if you are after that one elusive volume.  Probably
    the best source for new US SF hardbacks in London.  Staff is very
    helpful too.  They have a bookcase of second-hand books that are of
    *very* high quality.  Takes credit cards, will do mailorder (I
    think).  GMT

At The Sign Of The Dragon (131, Sheen Lane, London, United Kingdom SW14,
    [phone]; Mortlake BR station and walk south).  Run by
    Richard and Marion van der Voort, is a small shop with a good
    selection of titles.  They rival (often beat) Forbidden Planet in
    early stocking of titles, and are happy to reserve and special order
    books.  "A lot more friendly than FP!"  Will ship worldwide.  GMT

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Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual:

A Different Light Bookstore (548 Hudson, New York NY, [phone]).
    Gay/lesbian/bisexual bookstore with 13,000 titles.  Does mail-order.
    GMT-5h

A Different Light Bookstore (8853 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood CA,
    [phone]).  Gay/lesbian/bisexual.  A branch of the NYC shop.
    GMT-8h  [Note: I have not heard the status of this store after the
    1/17/94 quake.  If they are still operating, I urge you to support
    them with your business.]

Giovanni's Room (345 S 12th, Philadelphia PA 19107, [phone]).  Gay,
    lesbian, and bisexual bookstore.  Started in 1973, it's one of the
    oldest in the country.  3500 square feet, stocking 20,000 titles.
    Has an exchange program with a lending library in Moscow (see 3/1/93
    PUBLISHERS WEEKLY for details).  GMT-5h

Lambda Rising (1625 Connecticut Ave NW, 800-621-6969 or [phone],
    [e-mail]).  Gay, lesbian, and bisexual bookstore founded
    in 1974.  Stocks virtually every G/L/B book in print, plus a large
    out-of-print and used selection; book searches welcome.  Good-sized
    SF and mystery sections.  Also magazines, newspapers, videos, music,
    greeting cards, jewelry, gifts--all with a G/L/B theme.  Free
    catalog issued quarterly.  Does mail-order.  Open 10AM-12M seven
    days a week.  GMT-5h

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Children's:

Children's Book & Music Center (2500 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA,
    [phone]).  Complete selection of childrens books, audios,
    videos, ships worldwide. GMT-8h  [Note: I have not heard the status
    of this store after the 1/17/94 quake.  If they are still operating,
    I urge you to support them with your business.]

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Computer:

Book Scientific (18 E 16th St, New York NY, [phone],
    FAX [phone]).  Scientific and technical books; (good)
    selection consists of physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics
    and computer texts (not books like "DOS for Dummies," but texts).
    Not a large place, but small occasional gems for those who look for
    them.  10% discount to faculty or university researchers, 5%
    discount to students.  They'll order books, and ship them worldwide.
    GMT-5h

Reiter's Scientific and Technical Bookstore (2021 K St NW, Washington DC,
    [phone], FAX [phone]).  They have a very broad stock
    of technical books and are also willing to ship worldwide.  Open
    Mon-Sat 9AM-7:30PM, Sat 9:30AM-6PM, Sun 12N-5PM.  GMT-5h

Quantum Books (4 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA  02142, [phone],
    FAX [phone], [e-mail]).  Large selection of
    physics, math, etc.  Rather computer-heavy.  GMT-5h


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Religion:

Judaism:

Pinsker's Bookstore (2028 Murray Avenue, Pittsburg PA, 1-800-JUDAISM
    [1-800-583-2476], or [phone], FAX [phone], email
    [e-mail]).  Will ship worldwide from its very
    extensive stock of Judaic books.  Has a gopher service at
    judaism.com.  Almost definitely closed Saturday and open Sunday.
    GMT-5h

Jerusalem Books, Ltd. (P.O.B. 18189, Jerusalem 91181, Israel, 972-2-850858).
    Hebrew and English titles published in Israel. "This is the only
    Israeli mail order book store I have dealt with, although no doubt
    there are others.  The prices are not cheap, but the selection is
    pretty good."  GMT+2h

Christianity:

Hackman's Bible Book Store, Inc. (1341 Mickley Road, Whitehall PA 18052,
    800-345-1341 or [phone], FAX [phone]).  "I could
    spend hours and hours looking through all of their books and things.
    They are now computerized so that they can look things up faster and
    or also they can order it by using their computer database.  This
    store is a 20,000 square foot facility!  Quite large for a Christian
    Bookstore."  They carry a wide assortment of related items (music,
    choir gowns, communion supplies, etc.) as well.  They ship
    worldwide.  GMT -5h

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Art:

Hacker Art Books (45 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019, [phone],
    FAX [phone]).  Huge selection.  "They do regular specialist
    catalogues (at least for the criticism and art history I said I was
    interested in), and their remainders and sales are also available by
    mail.  A letter to them gets you on their mailing list."  They ship
    worldwide. GMT -5h

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