We hear this a lot: "I don't collect rare books." "Wow, that seems kind of expensive." "I don't have time to [fill in the blank]."
At Henry Bemis Books, "rare books" aren't the sort of thing you see in the library at Biltmore. They're just really good books- even great, some of them- that're hard to find. Most of ours cost no more than a new hardcover book at a chain store.
We save you the trouble. No driving. You don't have to spend time getting a crick in your neck at a used bookstore; you don't have to sift through the junk thrift stores put out because they have no one who knows anything about them. You don't have to wonder if that Hemingway first edition is the real deal, or an anniversary year reproduction.
Millions may have a copy of a best-seller. You could have a first edition- one of the small press run sent out to bookstores in the hope the publisher will make back its investment, long before the author has turned into a brand, producing outlines others write.
A book you really connect with is a life-enhancing experience.
Owning an autographed copy- one the author held, and signed, is something else entirely.
Why buy from Henry's, then?
We do the hard bits for you. You enjoy the book.
And that, friend, is what makes our books a bargain. We're the upstart startup in the Charlotte book world. Your support gives more people more choices. You may even see a new store win the "best of booksellers" prize in Creative Loafing one day.
Have a look in our current, free, catalogue. You don't even have to get on a mailing list for it. We just give it away. Here's yours:
Volume 1
Volume 2:
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