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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

  • City of Illustions

    Rare and modern books

    Leguin, K. Ursula

    City of Illustions

     

    17.50 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Shakespeare's Life and Times: A Pictorial Record

    Rare and modern books

    Frye, Roland Mushat

    Shakespeare's Life and Times: A Pictorial Record

     

    16.95 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • The Gem Kingdom

    Rare and modern books

    Desautels, Paul, Boltin, Lee

    The Gem Kingdom

     

    25.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • The Great American Shooting Prints

    Rare and modern books

    Elman, Robert

    The Great American Shooting Prints

     

    35.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Weapon Shops of Isher, The

    Rare and modern books

    A.E. Van Vogt

    Weapon Shops of Isher, The

     

    14.50 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Celestial Blueprint and Other Stories, Cache from Outer Space

    Rare and modern books

    Farmer, Philip Jose

    Celestial Blueprint and Other Stories, Cache from Outer Space

     

    14.95 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Variable Man, The, and Other Stories

    Rare and modern books

    Dick, Philip K.

    Variable Man, The, and Other Stories

     

    14.95 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Ganymede Takeover, The

    Rare and modern books

    Dick, Philip K., Ray Nelson

    Ganymede Takeover, The

     

    17.50 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Shadow Girl, The

    Rare and modern books

    Cummings, Ray

    Shadow Girl, The

     

    14.50 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • At the Earth's Core

    Rare and modern books

    Burroughs, Edgar Rice

    At the Earth's Core

     

    17.50 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • Personal Matter, A

    Rare and modern books

    Oe, Kenzaburo

    Personal Matter, A

     

    12.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

  • The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400, October …

    Rare and modern books

     

    The International Style: The Arts in Europe Around 1400, October 23 - - December 2, 1962

     

    25.00 €

    Pistil Books Online (United States of America)

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