Old Capitol Books is fortunate to obtain approximately 100 beautiful architecture books from the personal library of a local modernist architect Jerrold Lomax, FAIA. Although Mr. Lomax is no longer with us his outstanding works and library can still be seen and experienced. Most of the books purchased from his library represent the modernist genre.
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20% off all Used Poetry Books – in Celebration of NaPoMo 2015!
Here at Old Capitol Books, we love National Poetry Month – I mean, what’s NOT to love? So, in celebration of this glorious time, we are offering 20% off* all of our used poetry books from April 1st to 30th! Come get your fill of Milton, Dickinson, Maya Angelou, H.D. T.S. Eliot, and hundreds more! Continue reading 20% off all Used Poetry Books – in Celebration of NaPoMo 2015!
Cute New Children’s Book Section!
We’ve decided to highlight some of our fantastic children’s books by dedicating an entire section of our store to displaying all of our super cute kids’ books. 🙂 Continue reading Cute New Children’s Book Section!
Book Buying
Due to an excess of supply of books (and the subsequent lack of space), Old Capitol Books will only be purchasing the following book genres: local history, classic literature, military history, modern art, some young adult literature, sci-fi, and the esoteric in most genres. We offer cash and will continue to accept these books for trade-in/store credit. Feel free to contact us for more information.
NEW BOOKS!!!
Visit our New Arrivals page for a list of awesome new books of the military variety! We just received these books and would love to sell them to you!
July 4th Weekend Hours
Hey there book lovers! Old Capitol Books will keep normal hours over the July 4th weekend. 10am-6pm every day. We have nothing better to do.
Feeding Alice: A Love Story by Shelly Schachter
Now at Capitol Books for only $30! Shelly’s mini coffee table book is about food as love, served with style. Continue reading Feeding Alice: A Love Story by Shelly Schachter
Pretty New Sign for Old Capitol Books
If you’ve driven past the Monterey transit center and our lovely book shop in the past week, you might have caught a glimpse of our pretty new sign. Now our purpose has been proclaimed outwards onto the streets loud and clear: “There’s a book store here!”
New stock for the new year
Greetings. Old Capitol Books has about 8,000 books that have not been processed of which about 3,000 are cookbooks! Our ecclectic books will be making their way to the shelves throughout 2013. Please visit regularly for the best selection. Also, we now have a new workbench for staff. It is a very handsome piece of furniture that allows us to display our beautiful books and work behind the scenes at the same time. We recently rewired and realigned our ceiling lights so they are now lower and aligned with the aisles. Whodathunkit!? We removed some of our book shelves too. This reconfiguration will “lighten-up” the front of the store and allow Old Capitol Books to accomodate book readings. We accommodate book signings and we have some pending in April. STAY TUNED!!
About us
Old Capitol Books of Monterey California, is Your Local Fine Used and Out Of Print Book Store. We stock a wide selection of gently used books – 45,000+ titles. We have a special emphasis on California History & an extensive Military section, along with Children’s Illustrated Art Books, a plethora of Cook Books (4,000), and books on Religion, the Occult, Metaphysical and Philosophy. We have many more categories. We are a General Interest book store.
