Robinson Street Books Used and Rare Books office and Warehouse. Books bought

This bookstore sells from their own website, eBay, Amazon, Alibris, Biblio, and Abe.They ship worldwide. The reason I give 4 stars is that there isn’t in store shopping. I mean you should really see the place it’s a bibliophiles dream. You can order online and pick up in store. If you’re looking for specifics you can call and see if they have it in the warehouse. They have a variety of art books, novels, travel guides, philosophy books, pretty much anything you can think of. Books that are no longer in circulation. Prices can be high but understand they do want to make a profit. There are books from the 1800s that are still intact. They also have books in foreign languages. German is a common find. If you ever don’t know what to do with your old books, this place will take them.

Beyond impressed. I ordered a book from an online bookstore (Alibris) and it just came from Robinson Street Books. The book arrived in great condition, carefully hand-wrapped in brown paper and taped to absolute perfection. Thank ya much.

They have great books in every subject you can imagine. So many books in great condition. I would definitely check them out at Robinson streetbooks.com, Amazon and Abe Books. You'll be suprised at what you can find.

I had a pleasant experience selling my collection of books to the Robinson Street rare books office and warehouse.

Huge inventory of books. Rare books, collectables, historic documents. An amazing place.

Books are in great condition, nice people

Huge selection of books!

My mil died at age 90. She had a few boxes of books; most I donated but I held a couple of boxes looking to get a little bit of their value. I do understand that this is a business and he needs to make money too, and I said this to him. This man was so rude. I could not even get out a full sentence about anything without being cut off. He was far more concerned with de-valuating everything without even looking at the book or even knowing it's title and complaining that there is sooo much overhead cost for him and he has to worry about paying his bills etc. The only impression you get from him is that he wants it for free. He isn't looking to buy books, he's looking for free books. I finally cut HIM off and stated that I would look for somewhere else to dispose of my books and I abruptly walked out. Just so you know, if you drop at the Salvation Army he is the first person they call to go through your books and take what he wants.

I recently discovered that they are in possession of a presentation copy of my book, with an inscription to my parents, which they have listed for $100. My father has moderate dementia and most likely inadvertently put the book in good will not realizing what he had done. I reached out to RSB to explain the situation and ask if they would take $20 (likely more than they paid) + shipping to return it to my father. The response was, "SORRY, NO DISCOUNTS." I followed up to see if they would take another signed copy in trade and I received no response. There was a great opportunity here to do a decent thing and maybe even get a little positive press for doing said decent thing while also highlighting the lighter side of living with dementia. The coldness of their response was frankly, disappointing and perhaps telling.

Avoid Robinson Street Books at all costs!

I'm a massive fan of used bookstores. They're havens for bibliophiles like me. And most of my experiences with them has been great.

Alas, Robinson Street Books is the worst bookseller I've ever purchased books from. One of the books I bought from them through Abebooks was described as "Very good. Nice copy. " But it wasn't in the described condition. The spine had ripples on it. And bottom of pages had indentations on it. The other book was similarly described but was also in only fair condition.

Their response? "Please return the two items to us for full refund." That's it, no apologies offered. This may seem trivial but it isn't. I've purchased thousands of books and not once has a bookseller ever not apologized if it was their fault. In my experience, when it's the bookseller's error, they take responsibility for it. First, by apologizing for their error, then offering options, e.g., give me a refund and then ask me to send it, not vice-versa; send me other copies of the book at no cost; or offer me a refund and say I can just keep the books.

They're the first bookseller who hasn't apologized for providing misleading information, and they still haven't.

Avoid Robinson Street Books at all costs!

Decided to take a job at the bookstore, worked here for two weeks and they told me to not come in anymore because they didn’t have room to file the books. They said they would call me in to come back to work and never did. Waste of time, felt like they used me to post a large quantity of books to just never call me back after what they wanted was completed.

Books often smell like dead animals. The place gave me some weird feelings when the old man who runs the place asked me to sit on his lap while he read to me.

This place has potential, but unfortunately you have to shop online. Was sad to drive here this morning, see a large building presumeably full of books, and was told to go find them on Amazon or whatever. Oh well.

I walked in and some old guy was sitting there in a wheel chair. "Who are you?" he says. I asked if it was a bookstore, and he told me to leave. Strange set up.

Abysmal service, very unprofessional, in case of problems no interest in solving the issue insteads resorts to insulting the customer. Buy your books elsewhere.