MacLeod's Books
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If you're looking to peruse an old bookstore filled to the brim that promises to unfold a new adventure for you to discover, then you've found the right place. MacLeod's Books in Vancouver is recognized across the country as Canada's last great used bookstore, as noted in Maclean's Magazine. Here you can find rare used books or childhood classics you want to share with your little ones. So take a day and spend it in our quaint, overly stocked haven of books. more... See more text

Products and Services

  • Rare Books,
  • Bookstore,
  • Used Books,
  • Vintage Books,
  • Second Hand Books,
  • Antique Book,
    • Out Of Print Books,
    • Classic Works In Most Fields,
    • One Hundred Thousand Titles Available,
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Specialties

  • Located Close To All Major Hotels,
  • Over Hundred Thousand Titles To Choose From,
  • Large Selection Of Books,
  • Rare & Used Books,
  • Out Of Print Books,

Languages Spoken

  • English,

Getting There

  • Downtown Vancouver,
  • Less Than 10 Minute Walk From Convention Centre,
  • 2 Minutes From Gastown,
  • One Block From SFU Downtown Campus,
  • Close To Canada Line, Skytrain,
  • Lots Of Parking Close By,
Location
455 Pender St W, Vancouver, BC V6B 1V2
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Stepping through the front door of MacLeod's Books, it instantly becomes clear why MacLean's magazine dubbed it Canada's “last great bookshop.” The legendary Pender Street store has been a Vancouver institution for more than 50 years, serving the needs of everyone from the casual reader to the literary professional. Its towering shelves are piled high with books on every conceivable subject, from fiction to history to geography to the occult, and everything from cheap paperbacks to priceless first editions.

“We have books priced at down to $1 and up to $15-20,000,” explains owner Don Stewart. “It's a complete range. And people who are browsing will often make a wonderful little discovery that they didn't know existed in a subject area, or they'll just randomly pick something up that speaks to them.”

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    Would love to give a zero. The place is a dump and looks like a riot happened in there. The owner is extremely rude. Don’t understand how he still has his own bookstore. Would recommend it to anyone.

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    If you’re ever downtown and want to kill some time, head over to MacLeod Books. The iconic Gastown bookstore is reminiscent of Powell’s Books in Portland with plenty of square footage and overflowing shelves that create a labyrinth of paperbacks. They deal in rare and antique books

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    This otherworldly shop is reminiscent of an old bookstore in a historical period film, with its dark wooden shelves filled to the brim with dusty old hardbacks (you know, those beautiful gold-lined leather books) and overflowing stacks over books piled on the ground. If you’re looking to do some indoor exploring during Vancouver’s rainy months, this is the perfect place to hunt around for some interesting reading material.

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    This iconic used bookstore on Pender Street hardly needs an introduction. Once the subject of a Maclean’s article titled The Last Great Bookstore, MacLeod’s is a Canadian literary institution. The Gastown bookshop has an attic-like feel, with towering stacks of antiquarian hardcovers, piles of well-worn paperbacks strewn haphazardly throughout the space, and a wooden ladder on hand for those hard-to-reach shelves. Ask the staff for a hand if you’re looking for a specific title or, better yet, simply wander through the labyrinthine maze of bookcases and uncover your next literary love.

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