Stop by and see what other gems await you on our shelves. And remember to check out our clearance sale! 25% off all used hardcovers $25 or less. 📚💚
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Stop by and see what other gems await you on our shelves. And remember to check out our clearance sale! 25% off all used hardcovers $25 or less. 📚💚
From left to right, top to bottom: vintage paperback copies of Wildseed by Octavia Butler, Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, John Carter of Mars and Tarzan and the Lion Man by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
We couldn't pick just one book to spotlight for this snowy #ScienceFictionSunday, so check out these four exciting recent arrivals to our Sci-Fi section! Used Octavia Butler books never last long, and look at that gorgeous cover for Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine!
A leatherbound copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
CLEARANCE SALE ALERT: Visit Curious Book Shop now through December 12 to get 25% off all hardcover books that are $25 and under! 📚💚
Whether you're looking to wrap up some holiday shopping or treat yourself to some fresh reads for the chilly weeks ahead, we've got the books you need.
A slightly transparent image of stacked paperbacks on the shelves at Curious Book Shop. There's an orange box over the image with darker orange text inside. The text says "Thanksgiving Hours: Wednesday, 11/26: 10 am - 3 pm. Thursday, 11/27: CLOSED".
Hours update for this week: Curious Book Shop will be open 10 am to 3 pm Wednesday and will be CLOSED Thursday, 11/27 for Thanksgiving! We'll be back to our usual hours of 10 am to 7 pm on Friday. If we don't catch you before Thursday, we hope you all have a safe holiday. 🦃
A slightly transparent image of the paperback mystery section of Curious Book Shop. Green and black text are over the image, and the text says "Closed Monday, 9/1 for Labor Day".
Curious Book Shop will be CLOSED tomorrow, 9/1, for Labor Day! Enjoy your long weekend, friends. We hope you get some good reading time in, and we'll see you all on Tuesday. 📚
A hardcover copy of Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett. The book has a sticker that says "signed first edition" in the top left corner.
Terry Pratchett's signature inside a copy of Thief of Time.
A signed copy of shop favorite author Terry Pratchett's book, Thief of Time, is out on the shelves just waiting for someone to come take it home! Terry Pratchett books never last long here at Curious Book Shop, so you don't want to miss your chance to pick this one up. ⌛
Three books are propped up beside each other on the counter at Curious Book Shop. The books, from left to right, are: Collected Poems of Allen Ginsberg 1947-1980, Howl on Trial, and Screaming With Joy: The Life of Allen Ginsberg by Graham Caveney.
Allen Ginsberg was born #OnThisDay in 1926! Celebrate the life of this beat poet with your favorite of his poems.
Fill your entire card and receive a commemorative pin with your registration! No purchase necessary. For full details, a list of participating stores, and to print out your Book Hop Bingo Card, go to mibookhop.com.
Visit your Greater Lansing bookstores and complete other fun bookish activities to fill squares on your card for a chance to win a grand prize of a $500 gift card to BookShop.org or one of thirty-five $25 gift cards to your favorite participating indie bookstore.
A hand holds up a paper cutout bingo card for the MI Book Hop.
It's the last week of the MI Book Hop! If you haven't gotten your Curious Book Shop stamp yet or finished filling out your bingo card, stop by before end of the day Sunday, May 26.
There's no party like a bookstore party! We'll see you all Saturday!
We're also participating in the MI Book Hop this year, and it kicks off on Independent Bookstore Day! We'll have some bingo cards at the counter. Bring in your bingo card and start your Book Hop journey with us and get 20% off your purchase that day! More details, including prizes, to come.
Find a cutout and win whatever prize is written on the back! Limit of one per customer. Stay tuned for updated scavenger hunt rules.
A flyer advertising Curious Book Shop's plans for Independent Bookstore Day, which includes a Scavenger Hunt and a sale for anyone participating in the MI Book Hop. Independent Bookstore Day and the kick-off for the MI Book Hop are both on Saturday, April 26th.
Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, 4/26!! We're celebrating with a big bookstore scavenger hunt--twelve paper book cutouts will be hidden in the back of the store, from the Art Section into the Children's Section.
A faded image of a shelf inside of Curious Bookshop with text that says CLOSED Sunday, 4/20. There is an outline of bunny ears around the O of Closed.
We are CLOSED tomorrow for Easter Sunday! Hop on over to the shop today before 7 pm to pick up some books. Our usual hours of 10 am to 7 pm resume Monday. 📚🐰
A paperback copy of Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs sits propped up against several books on a shelf labeled "Beat & Related."
Greetings from the stacks! Visit Curious Book Shop to see what treasures await you on our shelves. 📚
Message us for more details including prices and more photos. All three are in excellent condition and in their original jackets, which are especially hard to find!
A first edition copy of The House On The Borderland by William Hope Hodgson.
A first edition copy of Skull-Face and Others by Robert E. Howard.
A first edition copy of Beyond The Wall of Sleep by H.P. Lovecraft.
Some exciting New Arrivals for any Arkham House collectors out there! We've got first editions of The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, Skull-Face And Others by Robert E. Howard, and Beyond The Wall of Sleep by H.P. Lovecraft. #BookSky #RareBooks
Check out the eBay listing or message us for more information! The auction starts at $5,995. www.ebay.com/itm/32648657...
McCay is legendary for his often-collected comic strips "Little Nemo" and "Dream of the Rarebit Fiend," as well as his pioneering work in animation. This original bears the signature in dark ink on the lower right hand corner of the artwork. It's in very good condition overall.
The front of the original Winsor McCay piece, "The Staircase of Eternity." It depicts a man walking up a staircase surrounded by fluffy clouds, with glimpses of the stars in between.
The back of the original Winsor McCay piece "The Staircase of Eternity." There is some writing on the bottom and one of the corners is bent.
Now up for auction on our eBay page is an original Winsor McCay piece! The piece is "The Staircase of Eternity." It was published as the centerpiece of a philosophical / scientific editorial that was really an advertisement for Henry Thomas Buckle's book, "The History of Civilization."
A faded image of the exhibitor hall for a previous Michigan Antiquarian Book and Paper Show with black text over top. The text says "78th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show Coming This Fall!"
We will not be having our usual spring book and paper show due to scheduling issues. However, we are working on coordinating the 78th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show for this fall! We don't have an official date yet, but it will be in October 2025. 📚💙
A DVD of the TV animated movie Wyrd Sisters, based on the book by Terry Pratchett, is posed against two stacks of Terry Pratchett books.
A copy of The Discworld Mapp by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs propped up against two stacks of books by Terry Pratchett.
A stack of paperback Terry Pratchett books next to a stack of hardcover and book club edition Terry Pratchett books.
Pratchett alert! So many books (and one DVD!) by Terry Pratchett hit our shelves today. 🧙♂️
Message us for more details about any of the items pictured. #BookSky #TerryPratchett #Discworld 💙📚
Check out our eBay page for more info! The auction starts at $149.95 and bidding ends in about five days. www.ebay.com/itm/22661524...
Robert Bloch's long career in mystery, horror, and Hollywood was so much more than just "Psycho," and this book goes into the details of his life and career with loving care.
The front cover of Robert Bloch's unauthorized biography Once Around The Bloch. The cover pictures Bloch in front of the famous house from Psycho and includes a blurb from Janet Leigh which says "I knew I would love this book as soon as I saw the title!"
A glued in page of the book Once Around The Bloch with Robert Bloch's signature written in red above the title.
New eBay auction alert! Listed now is a signed edition of Robert Bloch's "unauthorized biography" Once Around The Block. The book includes a tipped-in page with Bloch's signature & a Virgil Finlay pulp illustration from Bloch's story "The Opener of the Way" (Weird Tales, Oct. 1936), pictured here.
Visit our eBay store for more details on each listing and make your offers! Feel free to message us with any questions, to see more photos of any of the items, etc.
👻 The Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block with an introduction by Stephen King (limited first edition signed by both Block and King)
👻 Reign of Fear: Fiction and Film of Stephen King edited by Don Herron, a collection of essays on Stephen King's fiction and films (limited edition, signed by contributors including L. Sprague de Camp, Thomas M. Disch, Dennis Etichison)
👻 Gauntlet 2 edited by Barry Hoffman, collecting contributions of Gauntlet Magazine. (Signed by nearly three dozen contributors including: Stephen King, Art Spiegelman, and Piers Anthony. In slipcase)