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Kestrel Books
Category: Shopping Books, Mags, Music and Video Bookstores Bookstores [Edit]
3642 4th Ave WVancouver, BC V6R 1P1
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
(604) 872-2939
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
3 reviews for Kestrel Books
3 reviews in English
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Review from Joanna M.
9/17/2008 1 photo
NOOOOOO! The kind people and lovely Abyssinian cat of Kestrels are no longer in the Cambie storefront. Good news is that not all is lost, and can be found at this address.
A visit to Kestrel Books is as close to the the quintessential 'spend hours in a dusty, delightful bookstore without a sense of time or purpose' experience as you can achieve. It's one where books are stacked and shelved endlessly together, where the owners will graciously accommodate hours of your presence whether you are scouring their store for a rare Nabokov essay for meandering the aisles for a sojourn from the rain.
I can't wait for my next visit to Vancouver to visit the Fourth Street front to see what I can find, and to give that beautiful cat a sweet purr.Listed in: The Fine Print
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Review from Chloë E.
Vancouver, BC
12/25/2008 1 photo
Kestrel Books doesn't look like much from the outside: it's stuffed between furniture stores and alternative-health stores on West Fourth.
But inside all the paper treasures you'd want in a bookstore are revealed. There aren't the overflow quirks of MacLeod's or the polish of Pulp Fiction, but I like Kestrel books just fine.
There are a huge range of books beyond the ratty paperbacks one may associate with used books. Prices ring in from a few dollars up to hundreds for devourable quick-reads through antique tomes.
Although it's a little out of the main shopping drag, you can check out the inventory on the web site if you're hunting for something specific. And there's plenty to find with lots of details on the books in stock. -
Review from Victoria R.
BC
1/15/2009
A store with little flair from the outside, but so much to offer on the inside!
Get ready to spend hours just checking out the offerings of books, collections and collectibles and other books normally not found anywhere else. As everything is used, it's a bargain, but it has that charm -- you know that charm of a dusty little bookstore maybe found on a European side street without a sign? This is it and it's worth a little drive out of town.
