Bell’s Books Celebrates 90 Years!

We held our Anniversary Party
Saturday, October 18, 2025
from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.

We had two printing presses from Kinetic Steam Works in action… Customers came to pull the press to create their own souvenir bookmarks!

Special thanks to Marsha and Troye (below), who brought and operated their vintage presses, one weighing over 1,000 pounds!

These local authors signed their books: C. Townsend Brady, Mastering Classic Cocktails, Alison Carpenter Davis, Letters Home from Stanford, Miriam Kurtzig Freedman, Boxes from the Attic: An Immigrant’s Story, Rajesh Oza, Double-Play on the Red Line.

There is still a chance to enter our drawing for a chance to win one of ten $90 gift certificates! Come on in and fill out the form.

For more information click here.

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HOURS OF OPERATION

Monday through Thursday                                                 11:00 – 5:00

Friday                                                                                          11:00 – 8:00

Saturday and Sunday                                                            11:00 – 5:00

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Located in downtown Palo Alto, Bell’s has served the Stanford University and Silicon Valley communities, providing new, used, and rare books since 1935. We are the oldest and only bookstore located in the downtown area.

Give us a call at (650) 323-7822 with any questions.

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New shipments arriving daily!

  • We are happy to provide personalized gift shopping via phone or in person.
  • Free gift wrapping!
  • 350,000 titles from which to choose!

Give us a call at (650) 323-7822 with any questions.

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Check out the fabulous windows on our Instagram account: @windowsofbells 

…and our News page will let you know about our most recent happenings!

Our century-old storefront houses 350,000 volumes on two floors. Spilling over with hardcover and quality paperback books in 500 subject categories, there is, quite literally, something for everyone at Bell’s: 

Fine bindings, large format art books, 19th Century treasures, second-hand reading copies of classics at affordable prices, children’s picture books, signed first editions, technical books, philosophy, an entire history room, handsome sets, ornamental horticulture, thousands of volumes of poetry, literature, architecture, religion, natural history and more…
 
We would love to help you build a collection of your own.

Bell’s purchases fine books and private collections.