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4.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not a member of the bookstore, but this place is a cozy maze. It's never too crowded for browsing (unless it's the start of the academic quarter and everyone is buying books for classes), and they...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this bookstore. Been a member for about 11 years. You can go here with 1/2 the title, without the name if the author & a brief description and guess what ! They will locate the book fo you!...
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I'm glad it exists but I'd never buy anything there. Every book ever cited is dutifully arranged on shelves. You can purchase them. There are walls to block out precipitation and other damaging...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love the smell of books in the morning.. I'm also happy seeing it anywhere. This place is a terrific place for the bibliophile!
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The serious bibliophile's Nirvana. You won't find the same breadth or depth of works anywhere else. It's true, the books are new and come at higher prices than used or online booksellers, but it's...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is great.I've always wondered how they find people to work here. They're all good-humored, a little bit hip, and have a creepy Mary-Poppins-esque sense of what I'm looking for. I don't...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Academic bliss and a staple of the U of C. Love the section dedicated to Penguin by the counter and yeah - if it exists, you can find it here (or they'll find it for you). Location is incredible - as...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Seminary Co-Op's claim to fame (besides being in an amazing location: the basement of a church, basically) is that it is the largest undergraduate bookstore in the nation. Who knows if this...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best English-language bookstore on the planet, period. Join and get the members' discount, and thank the deity of your choice that not every real bookstore has been driven into oblivion by...
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ah yes, I recognize this bookstore--the type where I can spend over an hour rapturously browsing and yet make no purchases. The book prices are mostly prohibitive, only worth it if you uncover...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best. Bookstore. Ever. If you're looking for something specific then you may need help...or a map. Perfect for browsing and I get all of my academic text books here. If you become a member, you can...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Makes me wish I was better at reading books than I am at buying them. What a great find!
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You know, life's just unfair. I discovered this place AFTER my exams. Still passed (thanks for asking), but it would have been so much easier if I had known about this place. It's pretty hard to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The only bookstore in the world that compares to the Coop is the original Blackwell's in Oxford, UK. That's the only one. No other single store in the US has the kind of selection, quality of service,...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Finest academic school bookstore on the planet. Mind-boggling and exhausting. A UChicago junkie's dream.
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Kind of stumbled into the Seminary Co-op one day when I missed my bus on campus. It's a cozy little bookstore of the HP variety--basemented, windowless, and crammed top to bottom with books. I...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I cannot adequately describe the wonder that is the Seminary Co-Op. Nor can I count the number of times I've thought, "Why don't I just sign my paycheck over to these good folks every month?"Neither...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I have to run out of here every time I enter. It's such a danger zone.Turn left, ohhh... he wrote another book! Turn right... oh my gosh, I didn't even know that you can link those two subjects...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Our favorite book store as well and we don't even live in Chicago. The building itself is a wonder to look at as well. Down the hallway where the nice padded benches are (by the very old drinking...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best book store I've ever been to- both atmosphere and content. There are so many books. On so many subjects. That I'd never seen before. It had me in awe the entire time I was there- I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You're a philistine if you don't like this place.
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I can't claim to have read every book I picked up here (the syllabi only made us read excerpts!), but being at the Sem Co-Op gives me an intellectual boner. If you needed a book on certain subject,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Books. Books. Books. as far as the eye can see. And they wind corners. There are probably close to as many books in here as there are at Harper Memorial Library on the main quad. But the tables are...
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best bookstore in Chicago. I've been coming here since my undergrad days at the U of C. Nowadays, I bring my wife to spend a couple of hours browsing through books. Something about the way books...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i moved from Chicago and the country entirely months ago and still have a membership at the seminary - that's how much i love this bookstore (um, truthfully, i had to leave in a hurry and forgot to...
yelp.com - user review - 12/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of my favorite places in Chicago. Huge selection, unique set up, helpful, informed staff, and customer owned. They've either had or speedily ordered anything I've ever wanted. I would like to...
yelp.com - user review - 11/23/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
if i ever leave chicago, i will miss the seminary co-op the most. yes, more than pizza, italian ice, public access, and obnoxious chicago sports fans.the seminary co-op is god.
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
excellent bookstore that contains intellectual works of literature.
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is an outstanding bookstore. Prices are about on par with what you'd expect from the big guys (Borders, etc.), but the ambiance is better and the selection contains more unique and unusual stuff....
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
OK if you like books and there is ever a nuclear winter, this is the place where you want to be ... This is by far one of the coolest places I have been to in Chicago. A sort of basement/bomb-shelter...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Any bookstore that you can aptly describe as "labyrinthine" automatically wins. WINS!
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2008
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The Seminary Co-Op is an academic book wonderland. If you live in the area (or visit frequently) its worth getting a membership card in order to save 10% each time you visit.
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite bookstore ever. I love history, and their selection is fantastic. I found so many books which I haven't found in any other bookstore. I haven't found any of the books there which I wanted...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If there were a God, the Seminary Co-op would be proof that He loves books. I feel no shame about buying most of my books online (now that I live in a building where recieving packages is not a pain...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great bookstore for the academic community it serves. Ambience gets an A and you could get lost in this cozy basement (literally and happily!) for days. They make a big deal out of texts written by...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my favorite bookstores, ever. This bookstore was built as a bunker capable of protecting all within from a nuclear holocaust / fallout winter for the preservation of all tomes and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/06/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I visited UofC while trying to decide whether to come here, everyone told me to check out the Sem Co-op bookstore. I listened (read: I got lost and ended up in front of it, so I went in), and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is basically the best best best bookstore ever, and I've been to a lot of them. I went to the University of Chicago and majored in a science, so I never technically had to go here to get any...
yelp.com - user review - 07/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
best book store ever.
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My little brother kindly referred to it as "swanky," however I don't think that's what it's going for, nor is it what it is. The Sem Co-Op is definitely one of the better bookstores I've been to. It's...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4.5 starsAn amazing bookstore in a beautiful building and filled with an amazing collection of books.
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great bookstore! They have a lot of works from UChicago professors, and you can find books here you can't find at Borders or Barnes and Noble--obviously.
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Seminary is much the same set-up as 57th street books but about twice the size. I actually really did get lost here when I was trying to find the economics room. It does give me a warm fuzzy feeling...
yelp.com - user review - 02/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Mmm...yummy bookstore. Enjoy holing yourself up in one of this cavern's cozy little nooks. So much joy and wisdom packed into the shelves! I highly recommend the psychology corner. Perfect...
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i found several different publications of saussure's course in general linguistics in two languages....i'm in lovea little embarrassing: i framed my stock certificate. yes, this place is that good.
yelp.com - user review - 01/30/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You can find most things here, and if you can't, the friendly people working will quickly get it back in stock. It's a great place to go to keep informed of new releases in academia - a boring feature...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
New social science and humanities publications on display all over the store, and the largest philosophy section I have ever seen in a bookstore. Wow. Bookstore philosophy sections are often a bit of...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Its really heartening to see the Co-op top the list of Chicago shopping venues on Yelp! A favorite of mine since my Hyde Park days. I see the most often used descriptor of this bookstore is...
yelp.com - user review - 12/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Like everyone says... this is a labyrinth of books. If you just want to find one new good book to start reading, don't come here. There's too many that will catch your eye, and i don't even read...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Had to add my 5-star vote ... just watch out for the two times a year that this place is packed ...
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is awesome. It's a basement labyrinth filled, floor to ceiling, packed to the gills, with books. Books of every possible type and topic. Fiction, economics, critical race theory, flower...
yelp.com - user review - 11/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great store.On prices - with a membership, (which you can sell back at a later date) the prices are really reasonable and are at or below Amazon's prices. Plus, you almost want to support these guys...
yelp.com - user review - 11/04/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This labyrinthine book-paradise was probably the single most important factor drawing me to the University, and I don't think I'm alone. For an academic, this place is everything that a bookstore...
yelp.com - user review - 10/19/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i want to die here.
yelp.com - user review - 10/18/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
A great bookstore for social scientists. Particularly you anthropologists who want to live your Indiana Jones dream. You'll love creeping along the bizarre, twisty aisles until you uncover a treasure....
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Whenever people visit me in Chicago, one of the places I make sure to take them on the unofficial campus tour is the Seminary Co-op. The labyrinthine, seemingly halls of floor-to-ceiling books never...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I own too many books, and will probably double my collection in a few years. What can I say I love to read....boy I am such a nerd but my optometrist loves me.If you like books this is the place to...
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
if you are a humanities or social sciences nerd (other kinds too, i suppose), then this place will call to you in your dreams. there aren't many good reasons to live in hyde park, but easy access to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've been in so many times this week that today I felt I had to assure the guy who works there that I'm not stalking him. I had resolved not to spend more than a hundred dollars on books on this trip...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
When I tell people about Chicago, a few of them immediately bring up the Seminary Co-op: not the Cubs, the Sox, the, umm, hockey team, or, even Hot Doug's. This place is legendary for devoted readers...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
In a world full of Borders and Barnes and Noble Inc., it's a shame that there aren't too many independent bookstores like this anymore. This place is where I went to as a kid to pick up everything...
yelp.com - user review - 05/14/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Although I don't usually buy my textbooks at the Co-op (I'm poor ... I generally get my class books used online), it's still one of my favorite places to get lost. A vortex of bookshelves, hidden...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
People call the Co-op one of the most interesting bookstores in the country. It takes full advantage of the wide range of titles from University of Chicago press, and there are things here that are...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Portland's pride, Powell's, and SF's City Lights have got nothin' on the Seminary. They carry everything worth reading, and if they don't have it they can get it (in any language). The staff is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The fact that I live less than a block away from the Seminary Co-Op has made me at least one tax bracket poorer. I've heard that they have the best selection of academic books in the United States,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The Holy Trinity* of bookstores in my personal life is as follows:1. Strand in NYC2. City Lights in San Francisco3. Seminary Co-opSo, what makes these bookstores so special:Strand: 8 1/2 miles of...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This bookstore is so wonderful, it inspired me to buy Herodotus... for the second time. There's a surprise around every corner, and since there are about 400 of them, it makes for a great trip.
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is hands-down the best bookstore I've ever seen. I was introduced to it in 1980, as a grad student at the U. of Chicago, and I've maintained my membership ever since (no big deal, really, just...
yelp.com - user review - 01/07/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Clearly the best bookstore on the south side, if not in the city. And it's really a co-op! Buy a few shares ($30), and get a 10% discount for life. They have an overwhelming selection in stock --...
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This store has the most comprehensive selection of essential books I have ever seen. Doesn't matter if it's fiction, academic (all disciplines), poetry, photography compilation, etc. If a book has...
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The place is a frickin' maze. I got lost trying to find the textbooks section. But the wide selection just makes you forget, leaving you to immerse yourself in learning. The staff is always helpful...
yelp.com - user review - 04/11/2006
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The prices in this store are decent, comparable to the prices at any Barnes and Noble or Borders bookstore. If you buy stock for 30 dollars you can save 10% on all purchases, a great deal since you can sell...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
It's like the people who work in this store memorize every single book that comes into this store and leaves the store.They know like bar codes, the picture on the book, the text it was written in....
yelp.com - user review - 11/17/2005
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The first thing anyone who moves into the area should do is buy shares in the Seminary Co-op, which gets you a 10% discount on everything. In the maze of passages can be found pretty much any scholarly book of...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/13/2005
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The Seminary Coop is one of my favorite bookstores. You can walk through the maze of rows for hours while browsing books of a wide variety of subjects. They have rare books as well. Literary lovers will be in...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/05/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
As a nerd, this is the most satisfying bookstore I have ever been in. It's in the basement of, well, a seminary, which is absolutely beautiful. The books are just positioned in this windy windy way...
yelp.com - user review - 08/24/2005
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Though it mostly caters to students at the nearby University of Chicago, this Hyde Park bookstore is a great place to find a book in the humanities and social sciences. The staff is passionate and ve...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/15/2005
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The Seminary Coop is located across the street from the University of Chicago main quadrangle. It's loosely affiliated with the school - a large part of their business comes from selling books for cla...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/05/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
It's a small and cosy bookstore. Walking in I love that smell of books (hence I am at the UofC). The staff is knowledgable and helpful. Since Co-Op feels like a maze with its low ceilings you will...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great bookstore. Although it is smaller, it's much more personal than going to one of the large chain stores. I know this sounds cheesy, but being in this store gives a sense of community....
yelp.com - user review - 07/25/2005
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OH MY! That's the first thing that went through my mind when I first walked in. I am an avid book reader, I love books and this has become my new home for books. You just have to go to get the experience of...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/15/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is a great bookstore. It is no frills shopping, but you will find just about any book you are looking for. The people in this store are book experts. This is also a coop so you can be apart of...
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Why would you buy books anywhere else? Buy shares in the Coop and get a small discount. The selection is immense--I really enjoy the fact that they have so many books on criticism--not what you'd find...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2005
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Hey this is a great place with a huge selection. It's not just for academics - at all. They have two stores both are in hyde park; however, combined it is the largest slection of fiction and non-fiction work...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/06/2005
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This bookstore is nothing short of incredible! Twisting passages are stacked floor to ceiling with books, and everywhere you look is another room or hallway that you never discovered before. The labyrinth of...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/06/2005
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This is by far one of the best bookstores I have ever been to. You don't have to be a UC student to appreciate all the great titles they have here. It's great for finding esoteric books that the big chains...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/19/2005
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This is one of thoes places where you can find rare books which no other book store will carry. Their display is somewhat shabby but yaa they have many CSR's to help us..
citysearch.com - user review - 04/20/2005
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The Seminary Co-op is a Chicago institution. It has been rated as the best academic bookstore in the country. It is literally in a seminary - in the basement. The exposed pipes have spilt tennis balls covering...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/09/2005
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There is no better bookstore--anywhere--than the Seminary Coop. This is a serious bookstore, for anyone who loves reading or learning, on any subject under the sun. And if they don't have it, they'll order it...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/28/2003
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This is a terrific academic bookstore, just a couple blocks from its sister store 57th St. Books (which carries general interest & popular titles). It's a great place to browse, even if it is in the basement....
citysearch.com - user review - 04/01/2003
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