great folks with a major wad-o-books!...fair prices for books going in or out...made for rainy,…read moresnowy afternoons...

This cozy and cluttered bookstore is a bibliophiles funhouse. With patience, and a desire to dig…read morethru book piles and inadequately labeled shelves, you'll find a treasure or two. Mind where you walk and sit, many books are haphazardly piled in aisles and against shelves so you will have to move items, lamps etc in sections of the shop. Something to note: if you are sensitive to dust or mold or respiratory challenged, you may want to limit your visit. Old books, too many piles to clean around and strong incense equals poor air quality.

My daughter and I visited for the first time. It was well organized and we both found a few books…read morefor ourselves. I appreciate what they are doing for the community. I hope to contribute to their store in the future to help pay it forward.

The best bookstore in the city - Everything is literally free. BUT DON"T BE A GREEDY LITTLE MONSTER…read more You may wonder how people's gluttonous natures don't get the best of them, as they rip books from the shelf they will never read, but somehow it works. The selection is solid, considering nothing costs money. They put the belief that books should be for everyone into practice. When I was a HS English Teacher, I gave away dozens of copies to my former students to help start their personal libraries. Books4Cause made that possible, for I could never have afforded it on my salary. 6/5

I finally visited unabridged bookstore! It is definitely worth the hype. This place is HUGE,…read morehousing so many different genres, authors, and books for everyone. Browsing for books is one of my favorite past times and I could have spent a loooot of time in here. Being a mom to a two year-old I especially love looking for new books for him. I was able to find one of my favorites here-- where the wild things are. We have since read it every single night before bed for the past two weeks. It continues to be a smash hit. I also grabbed him one of the books from the little critter series that I loved as a kid. He really likes that one too. I only had about 15 minutes to look around, so I definitely need to make another trip to dedicated to finding some books for myself, but I was happy to support this local shop by purchasing some classics for my kiddo.

I have very mixed feelings about this bookstore…read more If you're a big reader of fiction, as I am, you'll find the selection to be first-rate. There are large sections devoted to Penguin Classics, Modern Library, NYRB, and so forth, and a good selection of mystery, horror and science fiction novels. But the non-fiction side of the shop is pathetic. The guiding principle seems to be, "we only stock books that will make our readers comfortable. Books that will tell them what they already think they know. Books that won't challenge them. Books that will teach them nothing new." The entire purpose is to offer customers only those world views that they're already in agreement with -- uniformly Leftist, naively "socialist," anti-capitalist, and anti-Western civilization. And, needless to say, there's a heavy emphasis on sentimental Palestinianism. It's a suffocatingly narrow-minded approach. A bookshop should be a place to discover new ideas and new perspectives. Not a place to have one's dated orthodoxies and narrow-minded perspectives confirmed. If you're in search of books that will confirm your biases and comfort you in your prejudices, it's the bookstore for you. If you want to be intellectually challenged, you'd be better off going to Barnes and Noble, which carries a wide range of authors with differing viewpoints. (Yes, a "big chain" bookstore is more indie than the indie competition!) It has wider aisles too, and friendlier and less condescending clerks.

Yesterday I went to Chicago for the Monet exhibit and stopped by the LH Selman gallery since it is…read morejust across the street. (I did call ahead, due to COVID, to be sure they would be open.) Paul (and Marty) let me sit with coffee (after LOTS of steps at the Art Institute), and brought out beautiful weights for me to see. A very enjoyable visit!

Such a wonderful surprise. I was wandering around on Michigan Avenue and looking for fun things to…read moresee in Chicago and found LH Selman! Who knew paperweights could be so unique and interesting? A very cool place with very dedicated staff who seem to treasure each customer. Very personalized service and attention. I cannot recommend enough! Be sure to check them out while there.

You need some teeth? I can get you some teeth. A whole jar of 'em. I got a teeth guy. Woolly…read moreMammoth is my teeth supplier. Anytime I need to get some teeth- spare ones can come in useful- need to get outta work anyone?! This place is super strange. I found it while surfing through Atlas Obscura. I had to visit. It's like a taxidermist went insane, and opened up a store in Andersonville. Everything in here is weird, weird, weird. Anything you get, you'll be the only one to have one like that on your block. Actually, the prices here are quite reasonable, considering that there's not many other options available to get these kinds of materials. The stuff goes from the bizarre to the macabre.

Cool store LOTS to see here and you might find a trinket or two to buy. I WISH they sold their…read morelarger items worth tens of thousands of dollars, maybe hundreds of thousands. I'd buy em. King Kong memorabilia, Chinese things, just some gigantic set piece looking things I'd buy and put somewhere. There were some original Rorschach ink blot cards for around $50 and World's Fair stuff but I stopped myself lol

This is what a bookstore should look like. As the door opened we were greeted with the smell of…read morefresh paper and a friendly smile and soft hello. Everything was well organized and there was a good variety of materials. There were lots of little books and seats to enjoy. Prices were comparable with other bookstores or online. We'll be back.

Chicago Bibles and Books was open on Christmas Eve. They had exactly what I was looking for. The…read moreplace is run by volunteers and they gave me a free bible after I purchased one. I appreciated this store being open when other Christian books stores have closed.

I stumbled upon this bookstore while I was exploring the Bridgeport neighborhood. The store had…read moretall ceilings, and shelves were filled with books from all kinds of different genres. Pricing was very fair, and I had a great time wandering the shelves. I'd come back!

Friendly bookseller who will give you a tour if you'd like of the store sections. It's a large…read morespace filled to the brim with deep cuts on just about everything. It didn't have alot of the contemporary fiction ( ie Bunny by Mona Awad or Circe by Madeline Miller i was searching for ) but it had an amazing selection of drawing and YA and history as well as classics. Either way it's great to have a local bookstore that is community focused and sells books at an affordable price.

This place is wonderful. The antiques are quite literally museum quality (and I would know). The…read morestaff is friendly and never push or "watch you" while at the same time love showcasing their amazing things. I'm talking furniture you only see in galleries or the homes of the finest estates. In particular Tony and Maribel are just lovely who work there full time. I highly recommend this place for any serious antique collector.

Stopped in looking for a very specific clock which, somehow, we ended up finding the most amazing…read moreone we've ever seen. The staff was very helpful and patient with us as we agonized over how we were going to ship it from IL to WA. We've worked out shipment now with the staff (Tony--thank you!) so now we just need to wait for the clock to arrive. If you're just visiting like us, this store will work with you to arrange shipment. I found their prices extremely reasonable for the quality and variety of antique items, from clocks to paintings to furniture. I'm sure we will return to Chicago and if so, we will absolutely be back. Thank you, Antique Resources!