Schooner Books Ltd.

Story

Schooner Books began its existence in a small storefront on Gottingen St. Halifax on Nov. 3, 1975. We started with an inventory of mainly paperbacks on the advice of a more seasoned bookseller who told us there was no future in dusty old hardcovers. Thank goodness our customers felt differently. From almost the first day, we had requests for books we hadn't heard of, subjects & specialties we didn't know existed. That was the real world of used books and that was where we wanted to be. Our customers taught us through their interests and what an education it has been. Throughout the years we have bought & sold so many wonderful books and have met so many interesting people. We have developed specialties in Atlantic Provinces history and literature, early Canadiana, Canadian Art, Canadian Military, Illustrated Books, Fine bindings, Early Children's books as well as a general stock of good used & out of print books on a variety of subjects including Literature, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Science, History, Antiquarian, etc., etc. We try and issue several catalogues a year mainly on Atlantic Province History & Literature. We have been at this location on Inglis for over 30 years and have a select collection of used, rare & op books . We also have a selection of antiquarian maps & prints relating to the Atlantic Provinces.