The River Trading Company
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based on 8 reviews
Contact The River Trading Company
| Address : | 559 Barton St E, Hamilton, ON L8L 2Z2, Canada |
| Phone : | 📞 +99 |
| Website : | http://facebook.com/therivertradingcompany |
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Rimi Gowda on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The book selection was incredible, all the books were im great condition and the pricing was amazing. I totally think this will be a favourite place of mine to visit in the future
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Robert Fraser on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I've been purchasing used books from this store for a few years now and I love it! The owner(s) are wonderful. Based on discussions we've had, they have recommended books I wouldn't otherwise read - and these books have become treasured additions to my collection. Excellent store worthy of the support of our community.
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MCMLXXXI pictures on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great book selection and awesome store in general. 100% will be going back.
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Bryan Kellam on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Visited this book store only recently and was happy to find it fulfilled the promise of its reputation as the best book store in Hamilton, almost to my chagrin, as I've been living in the East End for years and have waited too long to visit. Who knows how many great and rare finds I missed out on!
Which is what you will get here. While I did not walk out of the shop with anything in hand, what I walked out with was the knowledge that I will be back again, and soon. The owners are so friendly and can probably tell you are a first-timer, as they informed me of their young readers and mystery sections in the back of the store. The mystery section is very big. I asked the owner if she would recommend a mystery book based on the type of fiction I typically read and she listed a slew of authors right off the top of her head that I quickly tried to memorize.
For this fiction reader, the store carries a modest section, but has so many other diverse and rare sections like vintage sci-fi, graphic novels, criminology, art history, spec fiction, poetry etc. that gave me the urge to step out of my comfort zone and explore new avenues. There are a couple chairs in the front where you can sit and read. I also noticed their lower-quality paperbacks sell for reasonable prices which you don't often see in most used-book stores. They also carry art prints, and some vintage art exhibition publications which can make great gifts. Can't wait to go back and spend more time here.
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Phil Moruzi on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lots of selection at very reasonable prices. Very friendly and helpful owners. Best used book store in Hamilton.
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Greg Forsyth (Le Saboteur) on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful used bookstore on Barton with a wonderful selection across all genres owned by a very friendly retired couple. Come for the books, stick around for a sighting of the shop kitties that like to lounge around.
Oh yeah and I forgot to mention the prices on their used books are great, you can walk out there with quite a stack of good reads and not really put a dent in your wallet.
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Charles Small on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is not a well-known fact that Hamilton has the best used bookstores in Ontario. This place is a fine example: and who would have guessed ? It's in the midst of the most poverty-stricken, decrepit neighbourhood in the city, with decaying boarded-up storefronts all around.
And yet inside ! It isn't large, but very neat and well-organized. There are walls full of books, mostly reasonably-priced, with many hardcovers as well.
There are sections for art, design, fashion, regional, historic, there are collectors' comic books (the Classics comics I used to read as a kid !), an up-to-date non-fiction section (sociology, psychology, philosophy, social criticism), fiction anthologies, back issues of literary magazines, weird science, mythology, religion, folklore, literary fiction, historical fiction, history, classics. And the highlight (for those so inclined) a massive and mouthwatering collection of fantasy, s-f, and speculative fiction, including rare collectors' items, anthologies and graphic novels. I would hesitate to review the place because I wouldn't want too many others to find out about it ... but what the heck ! I do want them to stay in business, and there are already 86 other reviews !
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Chris Wilson on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There's something magical about The River Trading Company. It's the place you go if you're a lover of books. You could easily spend an hour browsing through the huge selection of quality books. I picked up 10 books for less than the price I would pay for two new hard covers. Super knowledgeable staff. Plenty of choices for whatever you love to read.
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