Curated Secondhand Books — Literature, Philosophy & First Editions
Looking for a book? New arrivals every week. Ask us.
One Word. Fifty Years. Help Us Write the Next Chapter.
The Word Bookstore has been a home for readers, writers, and book lovers since 1975. Now the historic building at 469 Milton Street needs us. We're raising $50,000 to restore its facade and keep this community standing for the next 50 years.
Our Services
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We have been supplying course books for McGill and Concordia students for many years. Required titles can be ordered online and picked up at our store on Milton Street.
Questions about editions or availability? Contact us
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We are always looking for quality secondhand books. Here’s a list of authors we are currently buying.
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We sell a wide variety of first-edition, antiquarian, and other collectible books. Contact us for requests.
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We rent books to film production companies. Contact us and we will help you decorate your set.
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Adrian and Brendan King-Edwards, the owners of The Word Bookstore, are frequently employed to appraise writers’ archives for the McGill and Concordia University libraries. Contact us for an estimate.
our story
The Word Bookstore was founded by Adrian King-Edwards and Lucille Friesen in 1975. They had spent the previous summer hawking paperbacks out of their VW van in Northern British Columbia. Upon returning to Montreal, Lucille taped a photo of George Bernard Shaw to the front window of their apartment on Milton Street and the couple turned their living room into an underground bookstore. Continue reading