Brand Bookshop

I feel sad this store closed because it’s been there for a long time & I liked the ceiling fans that were in the store. If I would have known that the store was closing I would have gone in there to see a final look at the fans. The last time I went by this store it’s still empty with only the lights & the fans. I hope the next business keeps the fans so I can see them go because I’ve only seen them once because I’ve only been in the store once. I wish I would have got to go in the store again because I thought it was a wonderful store. I hope the next store is also a good one & I also hope they keep the fans. I still go to Glendale & I hope something eventually takes this spot soon

I just wanted to comment that in addition to operating one of the best bookstores in Southern California, that Jerome is one of my «lifestyle idols.» For those who don’t know, Jerome opened this bookstore as something to do during his RETIREMENT. How cool is that?
Although I’m heartbroken that this store has closed, I’m glad that Mr. Nakano is using his time and money to give Jerome all the extra love and care that he deserves.
I miss talking books with both of them.

Oh the heartbreak! I am just seeing this for the first time. CLOSED? And there goes part of my teen years!
I first wondered into the store as a teen in high school (I’m 50 now). I lived and grew up in Glendale and this was the local hangout. I could spend hours in here. In fact, I still have my MAN, MYTH AND MAGIC collection I bought from Jerome way way back when I was about 18 years old or so.
Sorry to see the store gone now. :(

Thank you, Jerome, for operating this treasured bookstore for all of these years.
I’ve been a loyal patron of your store for the 12 or so years I’ve lived in Los Angeles, and it was one of two shining beacons in the SF Valley for me: the other being Iliad, of course.
I’ll always fondly remember your naturally friendly and conversational personality, and sharing your fondness for stamps as embodied by your practical and aesthetic «recycling» them into bookmarks.
I particularly enjoyed your extensive collection of ancient history and classical books in general, a stock I’ve long missed since moving out of New England.
I don’t know if the doors are still open, but I know if I went back, I’d only feel an intense sadness with all of the shelves so bare.
Jerome:
A bookstore without its owner and books is surely like a family home without the mother and her children. From all of your devoutly loyal customers, please accept our sincere and loving gratitude for the incalculable joy and many hours/​days/​weeks of reading you’ve shared with Los Angeles.
Brand Books was one of the best three used bookstores in the Los Angeles vicinity, and it will be dearly missed by all of those who were fortunate to have crossed its threshold.

Along with what just about everyone else before me has said, I want to give kudos to the owners for their involvement in the community. We have a severely disabled son, and they have always participated in every fundraiser we ever requested giving gift certificates with no questions asked.
The place will be sorely missed when it shuts its doors. I wish tehm the best.

So bummed this bookshop is closing. It’s the closest thing Glendale had to the famous NYC Strand. You can browse for hours. There’s a table you can sit and read. I wish a reader/​author with deep pockets like Larry McMurtry or James Patterson would buy it. What a loss to the community. Everything is 50% off until books are gone.

If I could bring a cot and a pillow, I would happily move right into this lovely, comfortable, expansive, bookstore. I love the owner, such a sweet, charming and handsome guy! At 87 I hope he is there many more years. I can always find at least 6 books to bring home .This is the one place I will miss most when I leave L.A. We go every couple of months, Brand Bookshop, Bookfellows, Goodwill, then Damons Steakhouse (Walt Disney lunched here) Great way to find used books and a great family outing for readers.

Great shop, great collection, great service what a happy discovery in the middle of Glendale. Who knew?

If you’re looking for foreign books there is an entire section dedicated to various countries and authors within those countries. This place has lots of genres and the ‘Classics’ section is relatively enormous as well as their ‘Science Fiction and ‘Fiction’ section, but honestly if you own a used bookstore who wouldn’t have a section dedicated to James Patterson, Star Trek and John Grisham.
Their rarities are also well stocked with first editions and imported books from some Scandinavian countries in its original language (s). The two owners are usually there and do assist you to the right location and even the actual book if they have it.
Great place with classical music playing in the background to lighten the mood and enhance the atmosphere.

I was going to log on and go on and on about how much I love this store, but it would appear that everybody else already has.
Great place for used books. I tend to come here for their 1^st printing selection as it’s better than most places. Staff is helpful/​friendly and selection is great!

i was like a kid in a candy shop in here! books everywhere!
with so many book stores falling to the wayside, it was so nice to walk in to this spot and smell the wonderful smells of real books. dont get me wrong, i’ve gone to the other side and now own a Kindle, but theres nothing like holding a book in your hands.
i’m actually gathering up all of my old books that i don’t read anymore and am going to donate them to this spot.
please stop by and support this independent store!

Nice little bookstore. Barnes and Nobles at Americana didn’t have blue and black by Quindlen, so I called this store and they had it! They saved the book for me even when I forgot to ask them to reserve it for me. It cost me less than $ 4. Great service and great price. I love handling second hand books. It has that nice homey feeling. Or maybe it’s just me -.-” haha.

I could spend all day in this bookstore. I bring my kids all the time just so they know that books have dimensions and a feel in your hands. and that you could get immersed in the experience of reading without advertisements popping up all over the place.
This is a used bookstore so what that means is: cheap books! great surprises in every corner, great pictures and vintages covers, AND there will be dust and sometimes other people’s names in the books. Get over it!
The staff here is also very friendly and extremely knowledgeable. Ask them anything.

I love this place!!! I’ve been going to Brand Bookshop ever since I was 9! AMAZING STAFF… they are so helpful!!! I’m glad this bookstore is still around and gives me a feeling of home!

This is one of the few GREAT remaining Indie Bookstores, (especially in the L.A. area). …As so many others have fallen by the wayside.
Brand Books focuses on used and rare books. And, they have a lot! Their sections are well defined and most of them are supplied with a vast selection of titles on the various subjects.
This is one of those stores that if you walk into, and if you take some time to look around, you will virtually always find something that you never expected to see.
Great One-​Stop shop for books and a fun place to visit.
Recommended!

Great little spot to pick up books that may be vintage or out of print. Very well kept and organized and friendly employees. I always stop in when walking in Glendale to see what’s new as they always get new stuff. Not the cheapest prices but that’s what you get when you’re on Brand Blvd. Still, worth it.
I’ve picked up a couple of really good books from this spot that fit nicely into my little library.

Found «Foundation and Earth»
SITREP
I’ve been into Sci-​Fi since I was old enough to read. Jules Verne was the godfather of this journey, followed by Stanley Kubrick and then the Star Trek Reruns.
MY PRIEST
But I soon discovered Isaac Asimov — the Robot Trilogy (Daniel Olivaw), the Empire Trilogy, and the Foundation Trilogy. Once upon a time I read Foundation and Earth, a miraculous 4^th book to the Foundation Trilogy that also miraculously tied loose threads from the other two trilogies to this one.
It was an ecstatic epiphany of realization as story arcs not only merged, but enhanced each other, and revolutionized the world of Asimov to me. THAT, and the few pieces of correspondence that we exchanged in the 80s.
THE BOOK
I have had the worst luck with that book since then. The first copy of «Foundation and Earth» I lost to a flood, and since then it has been a sad sad saga of love refound and then lost again, such as when my ex-​wife made off with the 2^nd copy I had. Then years, and then decades of not finding it stores shelves that I was perusing. [Be patient, I know at any moment in the last decade I could have found it on Amazon, probably, but I wasn’t concentrating too much energy on the task — it was just something that just teasingly remained out of my reach… until yesterday!
SCI-​FI SECTION
Brand’s Bookshop had a copy of «Foundation and Earth»! I snatched it up for just a handful of bucks and I couldn’t have been happier.
THE LOWDOWN
Brand’s Bookshop has some really awesome books.

One of my favorite places on this planet. Books, records, Jerome. You really can’t go wrong with the Brand Bookshop.
I always check the windows first for the newest stuff and then waltz inside to dive into their stock. I pretty much find something every single time I’m there. The store is very well organized and although it shows its age, its definitely not a weird smelling funky mess of a store like some used book shops I’ve been to. The staff really knows their stuff and its really easy to find what you’re looking for.
Jerome is the heart and soul of this place. Even at 80+ he’s always quick to help open the case with the art books or grab you something from the window. If you haven’t heard a story about Kamikaze or Japan yet, you will. Such an awesome guy.
It’s cliché, but this place is a gem. Even if you’re not an avid reader, take a look in here some time. it just might surprise you.

this is a truly wonderful bookstore in an awful town.
my boyfriend and i came across this place because some of our friends were moving to hawaii and they had a store credit here that they passed along to us. i would have never found this place on my own because, straight up, i hate glendale– the drivers are just fucking terrible and after being physically threatened by some of them (ah yes, that one bitch in the galleria parking lot who sent her preteen daughter to scream at me «i know your car! i know your car!» when she felt that i had stolen her parking space) i only go to glendale for one thing: delicious empanadas from rincon argentino.
but enough complaining about glendale… because i now have one more reason to visit– the big and beautiful brand bookshop! i knew from the moment i walked in and smelled that lusty, musty scent of old paper that brand bookshop and i would be friends. the selection is vast and you have to walk through twisty towers of bookshelves to peruse the selection. here’s a helpful hint for first time visitors: the paperback fiction and literature section is in the the rear right of the shop. but don’t let that stop you from wandering aimlessly through the stacks, they’re all pretty neat and organized, with some intriguingly strange sections (rich/​elistism, anyone? how about the philosophy of science?).
prices are decent, mostly at or below half of the manufacturer’s selected retail price and there’s a huge parking lot just behind the store (entrance on orange street) that offers ninety minutes of free parking.

It was very organized. I suppose I have an odd taste in books, and I’m always on the look out for books on murderers. They had a whole section!
They had classics, foreign literature, and so much more.
I thought it was going to be a small place but once you turned a corner there was more bookstore to explore.
The prices were great.
The older gentleman behind the register was so sweet and helpful.
He really made it a pleasant visit.