The building was purchased by the Hare Krishnas, intent on expanding their business empire. We were ordered to move out, which we did in 1981 into our own quarters at 3827 West 32nd Avenue, behind a fine old Victorian mansion. Here we grew to about40,000 volumes aided by Ms. Kennedy, Bruce Albright and others. But, by 1994 we had outgrown our space, and thus moved to 32 South Broadway, where we quickly  grew to over 80,000 volumes. Space is a vacuum...

During the period 1994-1999, we were blessed with the able management of John Snurka, and the skillful sales ability of Ken Chapin and Caren Eno. These were the golden years of Booksearch before the Internet really got going. Thanks to John, wewere on the leading edge, and listed our stock on Bookquest, the first online database.

In 2001, we opted for a change and moved lock, stock and volume to Rockport, Texas, a pleasant village on the Gulf Coast. People come from all over to vacation, and we were pleasantly surprised at the amount of business that came in the door. But Texas had a dark side - taxes. In 2004 we were notified of their intention to tax out-of-printbooks as inventory. Now a book dealer may keep stock for years, and paying inventory tax year after year on the same item will kill you.  Also, their real estate taxes are astronomical. There was no interest on the part of Texas politicians to correct this error so we moved back to Denver.  Lock, Stock and 80,000+ volumes. Iam getting very good at moving large amounts of books, so if any of you need guidance on this issue.....

We were comfortably established in a business condo about 150 yards from I-70 atQuebec.  We stayed for about 7 years, and in March, 2011 we then decided to move all the books into the enormous basement of our new home. What a task!  You can see the stock by appointment - Call me at 303 733-5700 or email at orders@abrabks.com. Please feel free to contact me for further information.