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Specialties
New, used, remainder, antiquarian, and out-of-print books, as well as a unique selection of cards, journals, and calendars.
History
Established in 1961
Russell Books first started in Montreal in 1961. It began as a small 300 square foot, one aisle, used bookstore and gradually grew into the biggest used, antiquarian and remainder bookstore in Montreal.
In 1991 Reg Russell,...
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Canada's largest used bookstore offers two floors of used, new, and remaindered books as well as out-of-print titles.
I've never seen so many books in my life and I love books.
This is a great new, used, and rare books. The staff was really helpful and offered to order any books that that they didn't have.
There are three floors with shelves from floor to ceiling. They had everything and in the basement a great selection of hard to find books. I had to buy a new bag to bring my purchases back to Washington...
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This is the most impressive used book store I've ever been to.
Their selection is insane. I was looking for some Latin American & Middle Eastern authors that are hard to find used, and they had pretty much their entire bodies of work in stock.
It is incredibly well organized and the books are in fantastic condition.
I've also never seen a used bookstore with so many staff. There must have...
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A highlight of our trip: Russell's is vast, well organised, has a helpful staff, and gave us credit for books we bright on to trade.
The only complaint I have is that there are three sections, and you have to leave the store in order to visit one of the other sections.
Russell Books offers these services: reliures, art, bookstore, used, rare.