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“four-floor warehouse of used & rare books”
John K. King can thank the late Elsie Freitag for his success. Elsie was King's guidance counselor in high school, and she was the one who steered him toward making his passion -- buying & selling used books and antiques -- his profession. Legend has it that Elsie even dismissed King early from school on Friday afternoons so he could set up his table at antique shows. Today, John K. King sells books out of this four-floor warehouse that is packed full with well organize used and rare books.
This is the kookiest bookstore east of the Mississippi. I mean this as a compliment; if man's last visceral connection with the primal is the need to hunt, in a strange way, this gargantuan trove... Read more
Came here on the suggestion of one of my colleagues when I was in Detroit earlier this year. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when my friend and I were stopping by here, but I wasn't exactly... Read more
As used bookstores go, this is a good one. The store has four large floors packed full of books (and some other paper ephemera) from floor to ceiling. It was more organized than I expected, but... Read more
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John K King Used & Rare Books
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- Mon: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Tue - Sat: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
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