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Dawn Treader Book Shop
Rare & Antiquarian Books, Maps, & Prints

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Store Info during COVID-19

The Dawn Treader is now open for in-store browsing, Monday-Sunday 11am-8pm. Masks are strictly required indoors, and there is a limit of 15 people in the store at a time. All forms of payment are accepted. They are not purchasing books at this time, but are taking donations and offering store credit for trades instead. They are grateful to have weathered the pandemic thus far, and are looking forward to welcoming back beloved patrons to this special place.

About

Bill Gilmore claims he was born around 1406 in Sussex and traveled extensively in Europe and the Mediterranean Rim. He tells us he then sailed to Virginia around 1640, and moved westward, eventually to what is now Oregon. Later he sailed to Santiago, Chile, where he followed the Inca road north, crossed into Argentina and took ship to the Dutch East Indies. After a few years he returned to Virginia, and about 50 years ago he found himself in Michigan.

Store Information

Genre & Specialty

Used & Rare Books

Address

514 E. Liberty St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Contact

734 - 995 - 1008

Year Opened

1979

Website

www.shopdawntreaderbooks.com

Hours

Closed to in-person shopping

Indie Interview

What inspired you to open a bookstore? What else would I do?

 Why do you think Dawn Treader is the most well-known used bookstore in Ann Arbor?  Age, location, and inventory, with some ambiance thrown in.

What has been your favorite part of owning and/or working in a bookstore?  
The chance to meet all the fascinating readers.

What has been your greatest challenge running a bookstore?  Staying abreast of readers' interests and finding really worthwhile books.

How would you describe your store to someone who has never visited?  
A warm environment full of things you did not realize you wanted.

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Board & Volunteers
    • Donate
    • In the Media
    • Get Involved
  • Booksellers
    • Bookstores >
      • Bookbound
      • Crazy Wisdom
      • Dawn Treader
      • Literati
      • Motte & Bailey
      • Nicola's Books
      • Vault of Midnight
      • West Side Bookshop
    • Other Booksellers >
      • Nonprofit Booksellers >
        • Ann Arbor Thrift Shop
        • Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library
        • Kiwanis Thrift Sale
        • PTO Thrift Shop
        • ReUse Center
      • Online Booksellers >
        • Aunt Agatha's
        • Kaleidoscope
  • Features
    • Bookstore Road Trips >
      • Grandpa's Barn
      • Snowbound Books
      • Pages Bookshop
      • This is a Bookstore
      • Book Beat
      • Books and Mortar
      • The Mitten Word
    • Featured Ann Arbor Little Free Libraries >
      • Brookside Book House
      • Jewish Community Center
      • Maria Murphy
      • Scio Village Condo Community
      • Sekai Ward
    • History >
      • Bookbindery Tour
      • Centicore
      • Slater's: Where Giants Rang Up Sales
      • Wahr's Bookstore
    • Interviews >
      • BINC Foundation
      • An Interview on Comics
      • Matthew Riemer Interview
      • Susan J. Douglas Interview
      • Doc Fletcher Interview
    • Newsletter Archives >
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
    • On My Shelf >
      • Africa Schaumann
    • Downtown Home and Garden Book Nook
    • Washtenaw Literacy
    • BISAC: The Book Organizing System Even the Library Supports
  • Donate