Doullbooks.com
Title
John W. Doull, Bookseller, Halifax - Rare and out-of-print books
Description
"J.W. Doull's is a second-hand bookstore that is a dark and musty extravaganza of disorganization. Chaos theory originated here. Without doubt Mr.Doull has the most liberal immigration policy for used books this writer has ever seen. It is something out of Dickens.
The bookshelves stretch interminably upward, stuffed beyond all decency with all kinds of books. Shelves hang over doorways, or stand towering in the centre of rooms. There are books in boxes waiting to be stacked in the bursting shelves. Evidently they will wait a long time. There are paperbacks in stacks lining a stairway that leads inevitably to more books. 'Ah, The Complete History of Scotland in twenty-seven volumes, just what I need.' The proprietor has an untamed grey beard and a bookish look. It is as if he has become part of this parallel world, staid and learned and yet somehow, perpetually on the verge of total disorder. You will never find what you're looking for here, but you're sure to find something good." - Tim McGrenere, Christine Oreskovich and Kyle Shaw, The Slicker Guide to Halifax, (1995), pp.21-22. Reprinted without permission (in lieu of a lawsuit).
I like the Dickensian, the Kafkaesque, the Pirenesian, the Joycean as much as the next person. Yes, I live in a Cornell Box and Yes, I am a member of the Juxtapositionist League of America. But taxonomy is fun too and so we like to classify and reclassify and make little signs. Unfortunately I do have the 'gift of acquisition' and thus the piles of extras tend to obscure the organization, especially for the cursory customers, such as our Slicker persona above.
Contact
Administrative:
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- Halifax NS
- Canada B3J 1Z8
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- 902 423 2803
Registrant:
- John W. Doull, Bookseller, Inc.
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- NS
- Canada B3J 2A2
