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    The Conundrum

    5.0 (7 reviews)
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    Open • 10:30 am - 5:30 pm

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    4 years ago

    Very cute bookstore. Staff was extremely helpful and very friendly. Definitely will be on my must visit list every time I'm in town!

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    6 years ago

    Great section of Louisiana authors and artists. My wife was excited to find Audubon's Birds Of America (Tiny Folio).

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    Arcadian Books & Art Prints - Books

    Arcadian Books & Art Prints

    4.7(57 reviews)
    96.7 mi•French Quarter
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    My kind of place. I'm tall with big feet - if I can navigate this successfully, so can you. But,…read morestill - be cautious, browse slowly, pay attention to the themes of the books you can see before moving those you cannot. With that said, this place isn't for everyone. If you found it on Yelp before going, you should be able to tell. New Orleans books are in the front across from the owners seat. Jazz to the left side, halfway in. French all the way to the right. Cooking & food: immediate left upon entering. History is mainly in the dead center. Fiction: all the back wall. If interested in prints, they're across from the jazz books and also some near the owners seat, just ask him. I don't get why the books aren't shelved with the spines showing, but I chalked it up to eccentricity of the owner. He was super nice to us and impressed by the gems that I dug up. He also has maps of the other bookstores in the French Quarter. If you seek out bookstores when you travel, you should add this one to the list and give it a half hour and try to find at least 1 book here just to say you did.

    I had real problems here with the teetering stacks and the musty smell but my daughter enjoyed…read morebrowsing and thought the prices were reasonable. The owner was sitting near the door but admitted that he didn't have much in the category that I was interested in. I'd never been in such a retail establishment but, from all the positive reviews here on Yelp, many people will enjoy this experience.

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    Getting around can be a little tight.

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