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630 Irving St
San Francisco, CA 94122
Some bookstores feel the need to clutter themselves with coffee bars, ferns, couches and cats, but Black Oak is all about used books. The shelves are tall, the lighting uniform, and books are packed tightly...
citysearch.com - expert review - 10/04/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Won't somebody think of the unbought books!? I'm bummed that this place closed down. It gave me something to do while waiting for friends, not to mention I've already gone through all the titles I…
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
damn it. where am I going to get used math books on the cheap? For a working mathematician, this place was near on unbeatable: probably over 1000 titles, most under 35 bucks, graduate and research…
yelp.com - user review - 05/06/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
oh yeah...so sorry you closed! NOT. i went in a few times since they were located right near my house, i sold some books when i was unemployed, they took a few and offered me $8, I was hard up so i…
yelp.com - user review - 04/08/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
So sad that they are closed...they even had used books so you could often get a great deal. Another local bookstore down...what's next, the inner sunset being taken over by mall-esque/chain…
yelp.com - user review - 04/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Adios BOB! Another incremental step toward pod life where everything is delivered and we never leave our cocoons. Bookstores are one indicator of the social and cultural identity in a community.…
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I used to really love this place. It was open 'til 10 PM every night, so it was a good way to avoid studying for extended periods. They always had interesting books in the windows and on the…
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OMG - I was there a week before theye closed and they didn't tell me. I wish they had a big sale, but just a sign. :( There will always be a never ending list of books that I have decided I need to…
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
UPDATE 3/25/08 Black Oak Books is Closed. This makes me so sad. Damn you amazon!!
yelp.com - user review - 03/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Black Oak Books is a classic local bookstore, and worth supporting just for that reason. Sure, you're not going to have the breadth of selection (they were out of the two books I inquired about…
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really like this bookstore. I don't know whether it's their custom shelves or their large fiction section or their no-nonsense employees that keeps me coming back, but these things all help. It…
yelp.com - user review - 02/10/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Good selection of books. Easy to maneuver down the aisles. Decent prices. My Mom would love this store. She's a book FREAK. I plan to take her to Black Oak Books the next time she visits SF.
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Miss your old college bookstore? Here it is! Euclid. Physics, by Asimov. Lewis Carroll. A children's book on "Wizardology." Applied Abstract Analysis. 1,001 Arabian Nights in 10 volumes.…
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When I sell books, I usually sell them in hopes that they will sell. I was so desperate to unload books, I sold my 19th century art history book for three dollars and had bitten expensive books…
yelp.com - user review - 01/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
WTF- every year i'm face with that dilemna. Y'know, the one question we dread that we have to address, the one that seperates the slackers from the, almost slackers- what is your new years…
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I sell books here all the time, and I love, love, love this place. The way the books in the front are laid out really help you scan some of the best stuff out there. It isn't always the same hokey…
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love pumpkin pancakes. Especially Crepevine's.
yelp.com - user review - 01/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Friend took me here and she had some books she wanted to try to sell to them. If you bring large bags get them checked at the front counter..they will hold them for u. They looked at her books and…
yelp.com - user review - 11/24/2007
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Do you like mold? Do you like mold all up in your books? Do you like paying too much for moldy books? Go here. I mean come on. There's fuzzy black dots all over the pages. The books are alive... with…
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This store is mysteriously elusive. I checked it out with my husband a few months ago when we were having dinner in Inner Sunset. At first, I didn't even want to go in because it looked small and like…
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Great store, but does have a fairly limited book selection. Additionally, most of the used books are excessively expensive when compared to places like Green Apple. Occasional good buys can be found…
yelp.com - user review - 10/05/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The selection is not what you will find at green apple, but as other reviewers have noted the various sections are pretty well organized which makes it a great place to check if you are looking for…
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is my housemate's favorite bookstore, so after having "brunch" at Park Chow (see review for reasons for the quotes), we stopped by. My impression is that it's just okay, but it didn't talk to me.…
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love this store. It's so little and cute. Green Apple is too confusing with the two separate stores. Black Oak is smaller, but it's easier to find books. And it's near all the places I like to eat!…
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This bookstore single-handedly prevented my brain from degrading into unrecognizable mush during the two months that I spent unemployed. I could walk in, spend a couple of bucks on a used book, and…
yelp.com - user review - 08/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
R.I.P. Black Oak Books. You will be missed. -------------------
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i pass black oak everyday. i used be go to the north beach one a ton before it closed. i have decided to yelp the lil' indie bookstore that could for putting on a calm harry potter 7 midnight book…
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Though it's not the largest bookstore, this location of Black Oak Books always carries books that interest me and they're used. They sell new books too, but mainly used ones. The literature…
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with Matt L. - this store has a very impressive selection of used math and science books. And the prices are quite reasonable too - I've found several out-of-print math books that go for…
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Used book stores are my sanctuaries. I love them like Andrew Jackson loved the concept of Manifest Destiny (although my love is without the skewed Western world view, at least so overtly). And being…
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I like this bookstore a lot-- they carry a wide variety of used books with a kind of non-euclidean organization system. (Business is (was-- it has now changed!) in the Leisure section). I find this…
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ughrrrr... I just accidentally clicked back the page, and lost a long elaborate review that I wrote.. I am too frustrated to start over now, so here is a short and sweet version: I love this bookstore!…
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This isn't one of your dingy dust magnet bookstores. It's actually cleaner and more pleasant browsing than most Barnes & Noble's. Well-lit, shiny wood floors, light wood shelves. No dust to be…
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty cool shop, as far as the little independent bookstores go...I was amused to see they had Curious George in HEBREW and some other foreign language children's books (which just goes to show what…
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Had quite an enjoyable browse here after a brunch with a friend. Solid used bookstore with tables displaying new books. After eyeing MFK Fisher's Art of Eating and thumbing it over and over (I have…
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I agree with the other reviewers, Black Oak is lovely but pales in comparison to Green Apple. I do like browsing here after a meal on Irving, though.
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not a bad bookstore, not a super bookstore either. Location is great since you can hop off the N and its right there. Good selection of literature used books, generally good balance between used and…
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I have fairly wide-ranging reading interests -- I read mostly fiction, but enjoy history and biography as well. Alas, as some have noted here, I rarely find anything to read when I browse at this…
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Black Oak have a good selection of New and used books, although their used selection is priced a little too high compared to selections available in other local bookstores and online. Still, I never…
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Personally, for me, this book store has everything. Location: I live only a few blocks away. I'll be walking down to grab some sushi and just somehow make a half hour detour inside. If I'm waiting…
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I hate bookstores and I hate the types who hang out in them. buy the friggin book, cheapskate, what's your problem. I like this store but there are lots of freeloaders sitting on these little stools…
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best bookstore in the Bay Area. None of the advertising and tie-ins at Borders. I hate that. Just a full selection and a very quiet place to peruse.
yelp.com - user review - 07/30/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is a really solid little bookstore. Good selection of new books up front and, for a small store, a good smattering of every subject represented. I've always been sad that the design section isn't…
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i'd walked by this black oak branch hundreds of times and somehow never managed to venture in largely b/c the bargain books on the cart outside never failed to disappoint, but also b/c this shop…
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is weird...but so am I, so I won't hold it against them. They have a fair selection of books, but you won't find anything really obscure here. I used to buy from the used book store that…
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Though they seem to have a large selection of overpriced Literature, I rarely find what I am looking for or am I ever pleasantly surprised by a good find. The employees seem too angry at the man to…
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
beautiful in its simplicity. clean to boot. i was surprised to find a lot of used books by smaller presses not to be found at borders. this is a great place to look for books for your classes. lovely…
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This stands out as a used bookstore for its cleanliness and crisp light. Very good selection and helpful employees. They only buy back books before 5pm on weekdays.
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This Black Oak doesn't compare to the one in Berkeley, but its still a very pelasant place to browse through. While the selection is somewhat limited, the atmosphere is so pleasant that I'd come here…
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2005
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I love coming here for used books. They always have a couple of 'special' bins right outside the fr...
judysbook.com - user review - 10/17/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Black Oak is the kind of place that you browse through, pleasantly (because of their wood floors and nice lighting, not because of their selection, which is wimpy); leave without buying anything; and…
yelp.com - user review - 10/14/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty good selection, but not as good as Green Apple. And I thought the prices were kind of high. They have a lot of interesting books though so I think it is a good place to browse.
yelp.com - user review - 10/07/2005
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This book store has a great combination of old and new books! The front is just for the newest book...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/26/2005
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Black Oak Books has a decent selection of used books. Sometimes you might not find what you are loo...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Gah.. who bought the old French edition of Kiekegaard?? I was waiting for it to get marked down more but someone snagged it. :( They didn't have ANY Ian McEwan books last time I checked, but the books…
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this is one of my favorite bookstores in the city. their selection of works by noam chomsky, alone, deserves five stars. plus, the used literature is affordable - even for a poor student.
yelp.com - user review - 07/03/2005
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