Alfsen House Books

This place is amazing - and huge! I spent the first few minutes just wandering around in awe at the sheer number of books. This is also the first used bookstore I've been to where large print books have their own section, which was immensely helpful. The shopkeeper possibly owner? was very sweet and helpful, as well!

I am in so much love with this place! It is such a beautiful place with many beautiful titles. The books I bought from here were very affordable and came with a lot of information not easily accessible in todays day and age. And to the gentleman in the bookstore, I thank you for showing me around and being so helpful. See you soon, God willing.

My favourite bookstore ever. Prices are amazing and the owner is very kind. I can spend hours here just looking around and always find something new. I always leave with at least 5 books. Highly recommend.

Fantastic variety and selection. The owner is incredibly friendly and helpful as well. One of the best used book stores I've been in.

Historical gem with deep artistic roots in Canadian art. Make sure you have extra time as there is much to discover on the many shelves.

Loved this place! The owner tried his best to help with what I was looking for, and gave me a discount without asking. Even considering of donating some of my books here to support such a great local business ;

Very cool bookstore!! Huge and well organized. Owner gave me a discount without my asking. Love it!

… the times on google are wrong We went on Tuesday, and while on google it says that the shop opens 11:30, the board in the shop says 12:30. We waited an hour, but even at 12:30 the store was not opened. We waited until 12:40 then decided to leave. No one answered the phone either

Favourite second hand bookstore I've ever been here, in Canada. The lure of buying a new classic book or kids book is irresistible. Yoy can find there many things you need. Prices are nice. Very cozy, extra atmospheric, hope to stop by more often. The owner is a great painter and a very nice person to talk to.

Honestly a gem of a place. Their selection of books are so vast, they had books varying from every genre both old and new as in publication, printing and condition. The man at the front desk who I can only presume was the owner was super nice, friendly, and open. I was there for the better part of an hour and from the moment I walked in to the majority of the time I spent in their the [man who I presume is the] owner was having such an in-depth conversation with another younger gentleman. You can just see how passionate and genuinely interested in books the owner is about the books The pricing was really good, I bough a book contain three of Plato's most famous plays for less that 3 dollars and the Harvard classic in literary and philosophy for 6.50. I don't think I can ever go here and not find a new book I didn't notice before