Greyhound’s Books

This place sucks. Fine books? Yeah, sure…
First of all, it’s in a shithole area of town. I never go down this far but I gambled anyway. Secondly, the place is so small my guest bedroom is larger. Now I know why he’s an angry old bastard. The place is filled with shit! Thirdly, fine books and limited editions? Really? Where? Online? I know what’s limited: his store! Close the place down. I have come across more books by accident that what he has in stock. The books aren’t organized properly and shit is everywhere. Last but not least, he was rude and scummy. No wonder why other reviewers have noted similar experiences.
If you want a truly professional antique book store, go to Bauman’s. The only thing that’s limited and out-​of-​date is this guy and his shithole of a stationary trailer he calls a store.

I’ve driven by this isolated bookstore numerous times, and today I decided to explore its contents. I adore any institution that sells books of all colors, bindings, and qualities, albeit I have a predilection for historical literature and artistic anthologies.
When I strolled in through the strangely blinded door — the blinds concealed anyone from looking inside without opening the door — and an older man, the owner I presume, asked if I was looking for a particular book.
I replied no, and I informed him that I wanted to peruse his modest but intriguing book collection, apparently containing SIGNED copies of novels and memoirs I’ll probably never care about.
He quietly informed me that I could only purchase books within the shelves, although innumerable books rested haphazardly atop precarious monoliths, with plastic bags encasing some works protruding from the craggy flanks.
I didn’t understand, and I still don’t understand, why the owner exercised this bizarre prohibition, but I ignored it and simply glanced around his selection.
While I noticed book groupings, he never bothered to label them, so I presumed that the books resides together in specific cognomens.
Admittedly, a moderate selection of eclectic and esoteric titles existed; while scanning, I asked the old man, the owner, out of courtesy, if I could look at books stacked on top of each-​other, and his response *roughly* reads as follows:
«Nope. There aren’t enough books on the shelves for you?»
I felt offended, but I restrained my brewing vitriol, until now.
Here’s the bottom line, the deal, main point, whatever you call it: don’t visit here. Perhaps he had a rough day when I visited, and perhaps his behavior would have differed if I entered with an interest in a particular book, but his pretentious hauteur prevented me from appreciating his collection.

On vacation, needed a break from losing money at the casinos, found it by accident when searching for another used bookstore in the general area.
This is my idea of a great used bookstore! Overcrowded, books everywhere, a little bit of everything.
My mom and I enjoyed spending some time with the owners while we browsed. I found them very knowledge without the smugness that sometimes runs rampant in the used book world. We talked about what type of books I liked to read (mostly mysteries) and who my favorite authors were, and he (the owner) started throwing suggestions at me and pulling books down. Offered me a spot to sit and pursue some of the pages to see if any caught my eye.
I thought prices were fair. Not the place to go if you are looking for 50 cent and one dollar paperbacks.
Will be heading back on the next trip to Vegas for sure.

I had just finished lunch at Archi’s Thai Kitchen and have a few hours to kill before my evening class, so I decided to check out TJ Max and Ross (which appears to still be coming soon) at the corner of W. Sahara and Decatur.
If you didn’t know it was actually there, you will probably drive right past it without even knowing that a used book store is there. But it is there in the Sahara Pavilion strip mall, next to Shepler’s Western Wear and a furniture store.
As I walked in I was greeted by an old lady, and since I didn’t really have any particular book or topic I was looking for, I just wander down the aisle seeing what kind of books they have on the shelves. They seem to have a good library of books on art, history, novels, and cookbooks (which I spent the majority of my time reading the title of almost every book, and flipping through the pages of a dozen or so books that caught my attention).
As far as cookbooks are concern, they have some titles I have not seen before (or not available for checking out at our Clark County Library system) and some from fairly accomplished but not well known chefs (i.e., Nicolas Lodge the awesome pastry chef, Wayne Gisslen author of many textbooks for students in culinary school), out of print, antiquarian, and books suitable as collectibles. They also have a small selection of books in foreign language. Most of the books are old, but they do also carry some contemporary titles (think Cat Cora and Mario Batali).
Pricing wise I feel some are a little overpriced and some are fair. I personally did not purchase anything on this first visit, but I will head back in the future, especially after checking the availability of some of the titles I am interested in online and the books available for purchase at our local libraries.
Also the aisles are rather narrow, so even though the store is accessible for people in wheelchairs, it will be rather difficult to navigate the long narrow aisles.