Sandpiper Books

Love this place!!! And the lady is so nice and patient, she really helped me finding a Law book for a really good price.

I don’t come here to look for anything specific. It’s more like a treasure chest. I always strike gold. So glad they’re still here after all these years.

Best used book store in the South Bay. The selection of books, old & new, with a variety of subjects, is vast! The owner is very friendly and helpful. She recommended a book that I’m excited to start reading. I love that there is a kid section. We will be regular customers!

Eclectic, intimate and with a broad variety of beautiful old books — this place is a hidden treasure.
Also, if you are looking for something unusual, just tell the owner. She has some gems at arms reach from first editions to a hand crafted, one-​of-​a-​kind antique horticulture book.

I am a huge fan of used bookstores and I go in every time I see one. This was a very small bookstore and I feel as if the prices were too much for used books. I’m guessing it’s to keep the store open. Each section is pretty small and limited, but you can expect that from a small store. I was disappointed when we asked the lady working for a dystopia book recommendation. She didn’t even know what dystopia was and even when we explained, she still didn’t give one. Minus points.

This is a lovely little family owned bookstore. I came in with 3 boxes of old books and the owner VERY carefully looked over each one. She told me they have book buying appointments before the store opens on Friday and Saturday mornings (yuck mornings!) but she wasn’t too busy and took the time when I came in to look at what I had anyway.
She took 15 books and gave between 50 cents and $ 2 a piece. She looked online for the current resale value on
prices for the books she wasn’t sure about, and gave me a fair piece of what she thought she’d be able to resell the book at.
Her teenage daughter even helped me carry the books out to my car that they didn’t take.
Cute little shop with a huge variety. Buy books here.

I stopped in for the first time today and was treated to a wonderful experience. There is a new owner, Leticia, who has a wonderful command of the inventory and is very well read and makes great recommendations even from very vague suggestions like my request for modern maritime tales with female protagonists. There is a truly wonderful selection of AMAZING books. This is not some dusty shop with crappy titles that even the Goodwill doesn’t want! This is a legit bookstore. Don’t be put off by the homely strip mall. Go and see Leticia!

Great service, great selection, and she told me there are another 10,000 books coming!

A lovely little bookstore: There’s a fairly decent selection of books, neatly ordered. It’s great place to stopover for a bit.

I walked in to a delightful and quaint used bookstore that I stumbled upon and it was like entering a time warp connecting me to my childhood. (Could be the beginning of a novel.) I chatted with the sweet lady who owns the store and has been there for several decades. She refuses to do business online which takes me back to simpler times. I enjoyed looking through the shelves hoping to find a hardbound classic. I actually picked up children’s classic, Winnie the Pooh as well as a copy of Game of Thrones for $ 2.50 each which is the price of just about everything in the store.

Walked here with the boothang today after searching it on Unilocal.We mostly read the classics, so we headed right to that section. Good selection, and great prices, with a decent mix of hardcover and paperbacks. The owner is a super sweet older lady. We left with nine books (a few of them hardcovers) and only spent about $ 30. Its a little disorganized, but that isn’t really an issue for us. The hunt is the best part. This will definitely be our new local bookstore!

The store has a small collection of books. Nothing awesome, but it’s not terrible either.

I was running out of books from my dad and also the bookstore across the street from my house. I Unilocaled «Used bookstore» and Sandpiper popped up. Here’s how I did…
I called Sandpiper and a lady answered. I asked if she had any Patterson in hardback (I’m kind of a book snob.) She said «Yeah, what titles were you looking for?» I asked for some of the older Alex Cross novels and she told me she’d check. She gets back on the phone and says that she had quite a few of the early ones including «London Bridges,» «Mary, Mary,’ and «Roses are Red.» I said thanks and headed over. This bookstore has been here since I was a little kid and I’m pretty sure the same lady runs it. When I walked in she said «You must be the one asking about Alex Cross.» That to me means that she knows all her customers and since I wasn’t a regular she knew that too. She walked me over to the Mystery/​Crime section and told me to enjoy and take my time. I thanked her, turned into the section to find that she had put a small stool in that section so I could sit. That was very heartwarming and reminds me of what small business and true customer service is all about. In the end I walked out with with 4 Patterson books, 2 Connelly’s and a John Grisham. The selection here was very good today and the books were all in good condition.
Will I again? Yes, probably in a few months when I finish all these but hopefully next time she will see me and remember me. Thank you ma’am, I really appreciate you and your store!
ps All book were only $ 3.50 for a hardback book in good to great condition

The lady callef me stipid today…
Have purchased many books here, but never again. I called in to see if they had Ender’s Gane. When she answered the phone, I asked «hi, how are you?». She seemed confused and said, «thats a stupid thing to say. Sounds like you’re trying to sell something.
I asked her if she just called me, a customer, stupid, to which she replied, «well, yes».
I told her that I would never support the store because of the insult and she said «good», and hung up in me.
The last time I was there, I bought something at the grocery store nect door just to get cash so she wouldn’t have to hold books for me. A courtesy to her.
I have been greeting people on the phone like this for years and you do get some people who just don’t get it. But I have never been called stupid.

Very cute little book shop. The prices are super reasonable and the woman who was there was so sweet and nice to me and my daughter.

Great care is taken with these books, which is all I could ask for.

I love this store! First I called to check their hours. I don’t think they have a website… what, your check to Go Daddy bounced?!, and the hours are not listed on Unilocal.
When I called, the lovely proprietor lady was most gracious! I asked when they close, and instead of blurting out the answer and going back to her iPod, she said, «Can I help you find a book right now?» Why certainly, lovely proprietor lady!
So I told her what I was looking for, and she bounded into action! How cute is that, really.
She returned in a minute or two with the perfect book, and I asked how do I get the book? She laughed, «You come in the store.»
Oh my. She will probably add a self-​improvement book to my order.

just popped back in to see if I could fill in some holes in my growing collection… Just got hooked on reading Hemingway and picked up hardback copies of The Sun Also Rises and Death in the Afternoon for under $ 10 bucks. The owner lady is a gem and super helpful and friendly!

Great book store! Ever since I found a used, out of print P. G. Wodehouse here some 10 years ago, I’ve been going here. A few years ago, the owner was looking for a buyer, that made me feel sad. But it looks like she’s keeping it, I’m happy again.

Great local used bookstore. Quaint comfortable setting, great service, extensive selection of books and good prices — what more do you want?
Next time? Thinking about buying one of those books to put in my living room to fool people into thinking I am smart.