Want to own a bookstore named after Virginia Woolf’s most famous character? You
can. The award-wining Mrs. Dalloway bookstore in Berkeley, Calif., is up for sale.
We first heard of the shop in September 2014, when we made reference to a blurb about its Woolf connections and its book recommendations. Now, after 17 years in business, the two owners of the shop named after Woolf’s 1925 novel have listed it for sale.
About the shop
Set in the center of Berkeley’s Elmwood shopping district on College Avenue, the shop expanded in 2009, nearly doubling its space while other stores were facing challenges.
According to the shop’s website, it was then able to create “a vibrant events program with readings from leading novelists, poets, biographers and garden writers from not only the Bay Area but all over the United States and beyond, about 100 per year.”
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Calling potential buyers
If you or someone you know might be interested in buying Mrs. Dalloway’s and carrying on its proud tradition, you can visit the shop’s website and click on the Buyers Guide for information on submitting a proposal. Owners Marion Abbott and Ann Leyhe hope to accomplish the sale by this fall. You can reach the shop at sale@mrsdalloways.com.
A superb bookstore, @MrsDsBooks, is for sale.
Co-owner Marion Abbott: “This is not a fire sale. We not only survived the pandemic, but in many ways we’ve come back stronger.”
I’ve been blessed to have the shop as my local bookstore over the past year. Long live Mrs. D’s! pic.twitter.com/bCkZUDQKN9
— John McMurtrie (@McMurtrieSF) April 15, 2021
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