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Pistil Books Online

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About this seller

Introducing Pistil Books, Independent Bookstore since 1993 Pistil Books & News opened in 1993 on Capitol Hill, an eclectic urban neighborhood in Seattle, and operated as a brick and mortar store for nearly eight years, selling used and new books in all categories with an inventory of around 25,000, as well as periodicals and zines. During this time we also hosted readings, art shows, participated in book fairs, and were known for our support of alternative publications and culture. We started selling books online around 1999. In 2001 we lost our lease and became an online-only business, Pistil Books Online. We moved our inventory from our storefront into our newly renovated office/warehouse on the ground floor of our 1903 house, also in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. As an online store, we deal almost exclusively in used books with an inventory of around 14,000 and we sell on about ten bookselling sites, including our own website, www.pistilbooks.net. We carry books in all categories, mostly non-fiction, with an emphasis on art, architecture, vintage children's books, how-to, northwest, and a little bit of everything else. In addition to Pistil Books owners Sean and Amy, we have two part-time staff: Sean’s brother, Troy, who handles all the packing and shipping, and Kam, our book photographer and music book cataloger, who also handles orders while we are away. We chose the name Pistil Books because we liked the play of the word pistil, a female flower part, versus pistol, a gun. A homophone with two very different meanings. From the sound of the word, it’s unclear which pistil/pistol we are. As a part of a flower, pistil evokes the idea of growing, living, flowering… and in the case of books, flowering knowledge. A slogan for Pistil Books (it’s printed on our bookmarks) is “Seed your head.” We have used flowers as a theme for our business—our retail store had a stained glass sunflower window, as well as a colorful flower mosaic we made on the floor (it’s still there—though our old retail storefront is now a burrito joint). We now have flower mosaics around the exterior door of our office/warehouse, a lovely vintage three-dimensional scientific model of a pistil on a shelf above my desk, and a flower/bee/knowledge theme on our website. We are proud members of the IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association.

Seller's catalogue - 13015 titles

  • Difficulty of Being, the

    Rare and modern books

    Cocteau, Jean, Ned Rorem

    Difficulty of Being, the

     

    125.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Mary Poppins Comes Back

    Rare and modern books

    Travers, P.L., Shepard, Mary

    Mary Poppins Comes Back

     

    75.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Dearest Andrew: Letters from V. Sackville-West to Andrew Reiber, 1951-1962

    Rare and modern books

    V. Sackville-West

    Dearest Andrew: Letters from V. Sackville-West to Andrew Reiber, 1951-1962

     

    42.50 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Systematic Dictionary of Mammals of the World

    Rare and modern books

    Burton, Maurice, Pratt, David

    Systematic Dictionary of Mammals of the World

     

    14.50 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream : A Prose Narrative

    Rare and modern books

    Kahle, Peter V.T., Nickerson, Barbara

    Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream : A Prose Narrative

     

    50.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes

    Rare and modern books

    Mother Goose, Reed, Philip

    Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes

     

    35.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Mrs. Coverlet's Magicians

    Rare and modern books

    Nash, Mary

    Mrs. Coverlet's Magicians

     

    65.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Women in Love

    Rare and modern books

    Lawrence, D.H.

    Women in Love

     

    16.95 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Sons and Lovers

    Rare and modern books

    Lawrence, D.H.

    Sons and Lovers

     

    16.95 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Life and Thought of Soren Kierkegarrd

    Rare and modern books

    Lin, Timothy Tian-Min

    Life and Thought of Soren Kierkegarrd

     

    26.95 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • The Pooh Story Book

    Rare and modern books

    Milne, A.A., Shepard, E. H.

    The Pooh Story Book

     

    18.95 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Frederick Richardson's Book for Children

    Rare and modern books

    Richardson, Frederick

    Frederick Richardson's Book for Children

     

    25.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

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