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An L.A. TREASURE for sure! The new location of one of worlds most amazing bookstores for all things ART & Architecture! Thanks for keeping it up! And, thank you Wes for sharing your extensive knowledge about architecture books and giving me two great suggestions!

Great stop for random book exploration or for finding something specific.Books lean on the creative side so dont come in expecting a Barnes and Noble.In a really nice hip part of the arts district of LA. Often find myself gazing at big blue skies and feeling a breeze gust in ricocheting off both long buildings this store is in between.

Great location and plenty of books to choose from. Validation will get you two hours free. Great service. Very knowledgeable staff. Definitely coming back.

I recommend joining their membership too! My partner and I did a few months back and have saved some money with it. Favorite book store of all time!!!

First time visist and I really enjoyed my browsing experience. They have a good selection of books.

Beautiful bookstore lined with colorful tomes of varying sizes. This is an iconic landmark, and was celebrated as such. I thick that selling used/rare books might add some character to the place, but I understand their need to make an honest living and keep it running. I bought three books and the proprietor was very friendly and we had a good chat about Richard Brautigans Trout Fishing in America (sorry, no underline).

Finally visited their DTLA location. Always love browsing at Hennessy + Ingalls.

Its a really cool bookstore if you are into art & architecture. They have books on other topics but the options are limited. Definitely recommend if thats your interest, however, I wholeheartedly disagree with the woman who said to visit this place to get a feel for the city. If youre a tourist, spend your time elsewhere!

Nice bookstore, was there for a book signing for The Rap Quotes.

Attitude need to be improved

Sold some books and feel like I was treated fairly.

Could spend hours here, its fantastic

This place is amazing. Used bookstores are obviously a dying breed and this one lives up to its name. Tons of books, dvds and comics in a completely unique setting thats worth the trip. Plan ahead a little because you have to figure out parking. They buy used books too.

Great bookstore, great events, and great cat (Franny). I like that you can sit and read to see if the book can entice you into buying it without someone bothering you. The selection is nice. Very literary place. Very helpful. Ive even bought some funny, unique cards from Skylight. Support an independent bookstore. They love you back.

What a great place to browse and find some amazing books. It has one of the most comprehensive collections of books on art, design, photography, architecture and the like I have ever seen. Its a huge place and you could spend hours looking through all the different collections. If you have an art lover within your friends and family this is the place to buy them a beautiful one-of-a-kind book but they will truly cherish.Always support independent bookstores.

Kids and I needed to find a book store for a good summer read. We found this place on yelp and decided to go find it. The lady at the front was so helpful. My kids wanted ww2 books. Very affordable books and a huge selection. Will be going back very soon! If you are looking for a great book store this is your place.

Theres a lot of books to chooae from. I love it! The place is neat and everything is in order.

Fun book store with a wide range of products. The people that work there are super nice too. They are happy to help and answer any questions you have.

My favorite bookstore. Got a great selection - including cookbooks and kids books and lots of novels and interesting nonfiction. Super friendly staff and my favorite place to sell books too. Love this spot.

Absolutely LOVE this store. If you ever find yourself on Larchmont Blvd, stop by because the vibe there is so friendly and warm. Bought several books when I was there and I always want to go back. It is so rare to find a good book store like this and I am so grateful that I did.

Absolutely LOVE this store. If you ever find yourself on Larchmont Blvd, stop by because the vibe there is so friendly and warm. Bought several books when I was there and I always want to go back. It is so rare to find a good book store like this and I am so grateful that I did. Its hard to walk in without buying something. I could literally spend hours and hours just browsing their selection. They have poetry, fiction, biographys, etc. Seriously cant wait to go back.

Kids and I needed to find a book store for a good summer read. We found this place on yelp and decided to go find it. The lady at the front was so helpful. My kids wanted ww2 books. Very affordable books and a huge selection. Will be going back very soon! If you are looking for a great book store this is your place.

The staff at Hennessey + Ingalls is amazing. They know books, they love books, and they love to hook people up with books. Just go in, tell them what sort of thing you like, and theyll recommend three or four things in the same vein. Jude Feldman, the manager there, is particularly helpful. And they host great events, too!

Absolutely delightful used bookstore. Still in the process of moving from a previous location, so its a little chaotic inside at the moment. Despite this, the staff was extremely friendly and helpful. In the age of the dying brick and mortar bookstore, a true gem. I will definitely be back soon!

If you are trying to sell used art books, please don’t go there. We called the place and the owner was very arrogant and not friendly at all. I politely asked if they buy used books. They said that “Well we don’t just buy everything.” I was waiting for them to keep saying and they just stopped there. I then asked “ what kind of books do you take?” They repeated again “we don’t buy anything.” And then I asked “yes I understand but what kind of books do you buy?” They said “visual arts related.” I then asked “can you take books in today?” They refused to tell me and kept asking if I have visual arts related books. Ok. If I don’t have any visual arts related books, then why would I keep asking? Also, let’s hypothesis that I do not have any at the current moment, why is it so hard for you to answer my questions? I don’t understand why the owner of the store could have such a condescending and cold manner. :/

I love this place. Such a solid spot in the Mission for perusing. The staff does a good job curating tables and highlighting lesser-known books, too.

Very welcoming. You get this warm feeling when you enter. I would like to spend more time here than I had though. One day....

Places like this are the reason we live in the city. I recently found a relatively obscure fantasy author here who I couldnt have found at any other establishment. I should also say that the people working here have always been very friendly and helpful whenever Ive visited.

I have always loved this bookstore, in each of its locations over the past 30+ years since a friend first introduced me in college. H+I has SO many one-off out-of-print treasures on SO many arcane topics, plus numerous rare and wonderful monographs. It is easy to spend and hour or two in this store and forget about the world. Truly one of LA’s best and underrated spaces.

This bookstore is filled with beautifully bound books on architecture, art, design and history. They even have a great collection of greeting cards and a wonderfully insightful book on ghosts!! The staff is friendly, knowledgeable and extremely helpful. If you love books this is definitely a place to check out.

What a gem! Blows every other second hand book store out of the water! You must go! Huge selection. Excellent prices. Very very knowledgeable staff. Not pretentious. Nicely organized. Takes credit cards. Easy to get to and easy parking. Its fantastic

Love visiting this bookstore when Im in CA visiting friends.Specialty bookstore with specific topics, magazines and stationery and great place to spend some time browsing.

What the world needs is more bookstores, especially aisles filled with heavy volumes of design and architecture. This is an excellent place and essential when trying to locate older titles. Helpful staff. Sensibly organization. Wide selection. Just what you need.

Try to visit this gem of a bookstore on a weekday so you can wander the store (especially the poetry corner on the third floor) and enjoy the quiet while you read. Great selection and make sure you check out the basement and all the nooks and crannies. Great location and perfect place to take anyone visiting CA for the first time.

Im so into books these days and this is the best place where I always buy books. The price is so affordable and the place is so peaceful.

I love this bookstore! Its small, clean, eclectic and MOST of the staff is friendly and helpful. I like the selection of greeting cards and discount books too. The cat they have walking around is friendly too :)

Still the greatest place to browse art fashion and design books in LA. Location is a bit tricky now, but worth it.

This book center is such a good place where you can bought all new and old books collection. Very impressive service.

Best bookstore in LA! Love this place. Cool selection or architecture, art and design books; along with other cool stuff.

Huge selections of books and novels! I love this place! So happy to find this book store.

Great deals on books! So many discounted and affordable books! Love this store.

Ivan was excellent, fast, & efficient. Great customer service. Im a happy customer and will be a returning customer.

Been going here since The Sixties and it still has a bit of the feel ... It has a SUPERB used book section and it usually has an excellent selection of radical reading and Chomskys Galore...after all it is his home ground. One of the best searching experiences that you can get...YIPPIE!

Love this place! Like heaven on earth such cheap, good quality books you can find almost anything.

Fantastic Book & Calendar Shopping Experience!

The perfect place to spend an afternoon. You never know what you might come across. I love love love love love this bookstore.

Minblowing selection with really helpful staff. I wish I werent traveling and having to carry everything in my backpack otherwise I wouldve purchased more! I did my best to make more shelf space in their Japanese graphics design section.

Great selection with very neat and clean place where you can actually be comfortable to choose with

Great selection! Had a fun time browsing and picked up some books and cute cards. Loved that it was all sci-fi but seemed a stiff with lack of sci-fi art. Still had a good time!

I bought a series of books here and they gave me a discount! I love this store!

There is no better place to browse art books. A truly remarkable bookstore!

An architects heaven! Love this place. I wish they had more tables/seats so we can slowly browse and enjoy.

Highly recommend this book store if youre a creative type. While there is a GREAT selection of art related books (how-to, critique, theory, etc.) there are some books more on the fringes of art like gardening, flowers, random quirky and interesting books. Go get a book and stop Facebooking!!!!

I was a high schooler when i first stepped into borderlands and my breathe was taken away. Still a great store, but their used section has gotten smaller over the years and that is what I look for in a bookstore.

Wonderful old bookstore moved to the new Arts District in Los Angeles. Many rare and used large volumes.

One of my favorite places to go in Santa Monica and one of the few vibrant architectural bookstores. It is easy to get lost in the various design sections, including regional speciality areas like California Architecture. The store is in a beautiful location just off the ocean and a couple of blocks from the promenade. Stout in San Francisco comes close to this store but has no where near the space of this store; Praire Avenue Architecture bookstore in Chicago is sadly no longer in business.

Great selection of design, art and architecture books including an out of print room. Smaller space than the previous Santa Monica location, but its in a much better retail complex and its no longer in Santa Monica.

Staff is extremely helpful on finding any book you are looking for even if they dont have it available.

An entire bookstore devoted strictly to architecture, design, art, and fashion, amazing architecture selection, good design selection, wide range of older books in those categories not found elsewhere. One of my favorite bookstores, great find!

A complete bookstore - had all the books (that I saw on the internet) on experiencing life in LA, including a most recent 2018 yearbook on DTLA. Friendly and knowledgeable staff there to guide and direct you if help is needed.

New space same excellent selection. Fine selection of art, design, photo, arch as well as general fiction. Top LA bookstore.

Awesome bookstore. Loved the validated parking and friendly, knowledgeable staff.

If its art you love, youve come to the right place. Best art bookstore Ive ever been in.

Hidden gem in the Arts District. It will take multiple trips to find out all it has to offer.

I love book stores, and this is one of the coolest Ive ever been to (for art and design related books especially).

This is a great specialty bookstore located in the Arts District in DTLA.They have a great selection of books specializing in Art, Architecture, and Photography and some are original print. They also have a small selection of kids books and greeting cards.

Great bookstore, for architecture, planning, art. They have great childrens books, and books about LA.

There are SO many books in this place, and a huge selection of used books for $1, $3, and $5. It was really interesting to look through their selection, and the prices were pretty good.

Very nice book store in the heart of the Art District

I have pass by this location a couple times but I never went in and shop.I recently went there to buy a book from an author which was going to be there.I went in and go the book that I wanted.The staff is very friendly, lots of places to have a seat and read a book that would let you travel to another dimension. will go back again.

Just my favorite. Great place to find books related to art.

Great service and incredible collection of monographs and books. I will be coming here for any printed publication.

I love the book part of the store BUT THEY ARE NOT FRIENDLY OR INVITING AT ALL. NOTICED ME BUT NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED ME. No need to spend my money where its not wanted.

Love this store, was a huge fan of their Santa Monica location, always visit when in LA.

Beautiful book store with a beautiful selection of design oriented books.

Super great selection. My favorite spot for architecture books.

Love bookstores. Coming here for inspiration.

Trendy local spot in walking distance

My go-to bookstore for finding any architecture/design related material.

Great selection of Graphic Design books!

Awesome

Nice selection of creative books.

Great selection of architecture books

Im so glad Hennessey and Ingalls is just around the corner! I usually find exactly what I want...and I just did again!

The book store that appeared in Michael Mann 1995 epic crime film HEAT.

Great bookstore with really nice staff

Over the previous couple of years, this book shop has really enhaced its inventory and stock.

Beautiful space and a wonderful selection

If you are looking for any architecture or art books, this is the spot. They also have a location on Ivar in Hollywood.

Great Bookstore!

Unbelievable selection of art, design, architecture, photography, and food books.

This place is why I am broke

Great bookstore

Rich collection of art books

Peaceful

Fabulous bookstore for art lovers. A huge choice.