Arcana Books On The Arts

User Reviews of Arcana Books On The Arts

Yelp.com Review - by Annie H.

5.0 of 5 stars. Best book store in the world!! So good, art books out the wazoo. It is like many shiny things that capture your attention and you just can't pull away from it, something like the twilight zone.I could...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by veggie k.

5.0 of 5 stars. Art book lovers, brace yourselves!It's hard to focus as your eyes dart around the room, checking out shelves and piles of beautiful books... where do you even begin?! Your hands stop on one cover,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by tessa c.

5.0 of 5 stars. Surprisingly wonderful independent art/design/architecture book heaven on super commercial 3rd street promenade. It's a breath of fresh air - if you are a art/design/architecture geek. Otherwise,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by sonia s.

5.0 of 5 stars. yes yes, what a wonderful bookstore. It is an art/design lover's candy store. there are sooo many books....art books galore. I've been coming here for about 5 years, and it is just a comfortable place...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Max M.

5.0 of 5 stars. Impressive art, design, and photography books.Arcana is a terrific bookstore that specializes in art, photography, architecture, and design. A must for art history geeks that can actually define...
yelp.com - user review - 11/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Theresa l.

1.0 of 5 stars. this place is the nazi of bookstores...yea..I said it....nazi, i tell you!!!Ok, that was a bit extreme, but this place is psycho about books. I understand the "no drinks" policy in a bookstore where...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Raphael Aizan S.

4.0 of 5 stars. Look for the bare, white storefront. I never realized it was there until I read these yelp reviews.I'll take advantage of any excuse to hit this place up again. On my first trip, I got a copy of "The...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by TASCHEN S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Great hard-to-find art books! We highly recommend them.
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrew H.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is an art lover's bookstore, a small, scholarly place where one can find photography, painting, and architecture books stored in plastic covers.You take a book off the shelf here, but don't put...
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by natalie b.

4.0 of 5 stars. My favorite bookstore on westside since we lost the Midnight Special, which used to be on the Promenade itself...great for browsing and getting away from it all. Stays really quiet inside, and...
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by aditya s.

5.0 of 5 stars. absolutely the best bookstore for photographers... maybe the best on either coast! Fantastic. We are serious about our collection of books without words, and these guys have or have been able to get...
yelp.com - user review - 07/31/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Josh F.

5.0 of 5 stars. With Hennessey and Engalls right around the corner it has to be hard, but Arcana has more 'indie' selections. I give it 5 stars because they highlight some great titles on the main table in the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Courtney K.

5.0 of 5 stars. Perfect gem of an independent, arts book store. Found amongst the trendy storefronts and tourist shops of the Promenade, Arcana holds a collection of art books that rivals many larger bookshops....
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by soeitgnw s.

3.0 of 5 stars. While I support every precaution made to keep other people's GREASY FUCKING PAWS off the book I just a nice fraction of a paycheck on, MAN do those plastic covers scare me away from previewing those...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2006
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I LOVE this place..really unusual and rare titles by Marty Z. at InsiderPages

This is not your average Barnes and Noble type bookseller. They specialize in rare and out of print titles as well as some books that look as though they may focus on the dark arts. My nephew loves to come...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/24/2006
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Rare books here by Young H. at InsiderPages

They have some pretty cool books here. Even as I don't know much about the majority of them, the plastic sleeves on the old books tells me they take good care of what they are selling and the impression I get...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/23/2005
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from regular art books to pricey rare books

They have a great selection of rare and hard to find books dealing with art, photography, and the like. The selection ranges from your regular art books that you could find at most any bookstore, to e...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/20/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Xiu L.

5.0 of 5 stars. away from Hennessey & Ingalls Art Architecture Books, this would be the other place to find me. I'm in love with art books and they have what feed my brian.
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Joan S.

5.0 of 5 stars. An independent bookstore, one of the few holding on in this sky-high-rent district. Beautiful selection of art books and collector's books. (Check their website for rare/collectible books that would...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2004
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