Quality secondhand books since 1975
Celebrate 50 Years of The Word Bookstore!
To mark our 50th anniversary, we’ve teamed up with local artists and businesses to bring you limited-edition merchandise—a small thank you to the community of book lovers who’ve supported us through the years. These exclusive t-shirts, tote bags, and surprise book boxes are available for a short time, so grab yours before they’re gone!
Thank you for being part of our story!
Services
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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 are always looking for quality secondhand books. Here’s a list of authors we are currently buying.
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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 King-Edwards, the owner of The Word, is frequently employed to evaluate 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