About MYSTERY PIER BOOKS, INC.
Called 'One of the Most Important First Edition Bookshops in the U.S.," internationally known Mystery Pier sells exclusively First Edition, First State copies of the world's most celebrated literature: from the 1734 first separate printings of Shakespeare's plays to signed and inscribed First Edition copies of works by Dickens, Twain, Poe and the like, through Hemingway, Steinbeck, Faulkner and on through JK Rowling, Stephen King, Ayn Rand and a host of others including the most acclaimed of contemporary authors (many of whom frequent the shop). Mentioned with regularity by its host of celebrity clients on all the national TV talk shows and media outlets, it's rare not to read or hear about Mystery Pier on an ongoing basis. And one never knows which celebrated personage one may run into within its rooms.
Turn through an unexpected entryway on the famed Sunset Strip, proceed down a few stone steps, then just a bit further through a slim, magical passage right out of old Europe, and be met with blooming flowerbeds fronting a charming English cottage that might well have been plucked from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Inside, it’s as visitor-friendly as it is atmospheric and cozy: a virtual treasure trove of books, several thousand—each and every single one a First Edition—immaculately organized, beautifully kept.
This is Mystery Pier Books, Inc., the noted independent bookshop with a prestigious reputation extending far beyond Tinseltown. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.