Well, you could use a lot more than an afternoon - where to
start? I found several good ones clustered around the corner
of 16th and Valencia in the Mission District - not that far
from the BART station and the bus routes, but that may be
awkward for you -I don't know which bit of town you're going
to be starting off in. Every time we visited there on my last
visit (nearly all of the 5 or 6 days there), I stumbled
across a new place. Dog Eared Books (Valencia, I think) and
Aardvark (16th street?) are just two of the names I remember
but I just spent the time there staring out of bus windows
going, ooh, shall we come back and go there?
There's also a large thriftstore with a very good book
section and very good prices. It specialises in raising money
I think for gay and lesbian charities so that's probably
reflected in donations though they have a little bit of
everything.
The San Francisco Mystery Bookstore itself has a large
secondhand stock at fairly reasonable prices - it's in Noe
Valley a little way up 24th Street, and when I say up, be
prepared for hills.... There is a bus if time is an
issue.
Nearer to the shopping centre and financial district (I don't
know where your other commitments are taking you) is the
Friends of the Library shop in San Francisco Public
Library.
Luci
> I thought I had asked here before about good used
bookstores in San Francisco, but I couldn't find them in the
archives. Do you guys know of any good ones? I'm heading out
there Monday morning and I'll have the afternoon to
kill.
>
> Thanks, miker
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