IMPORTANT STORE UPDATE:

The rapid spread of Coronavirus Covid-19 has led us to the decision that, for our safety and for yours, we will be closing in-store shopping until further notice.  Despite the potential loss of revenue for our little store, we still believe that this is the right thing to do.  Update:  Although the restrictions placed on Salt Lake City businesses have been lifted, we feel that this reopening has been done prematurely, and will, over the coming weeks, only exacerbate the pandemic.

We look forward to continuing to serve you with these alternate, safe-distance options, and know that not even a pandemic will stop readers from reading - because it's our greatest love.

To use any of these two ordering methods, you can reach me at the store by telephone Tuesday through Saturday from Noon to 4:30 p.m.

To support our store by ordering a gift certificate, please call 385-695-2042 Tuesday through Saturday, Noon - 4:30 p.m.

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BROWSING FROM HOME:

Browsing is the true delight of being in a bookstore.  We're working hard to create browsing opportunities for you in lieu of being in the shop.  

- "shooting gallery" style albums of new releases and new arrivals are being posted on our facebook page every week or so.
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- thousands of our secondhand and rare books can be browsed on our abebooks storefront. 

1.) go to www.abebooks.com  

2.) click "Sellers" in the red bar 
 
3.) under the line of alphabet
letters, enter "The Printed Garden" in the Name blank  
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​4.) single click our name hyperlink

SOME SAFETY TIPS

Right now, I think we all have three things in mind:  safety, safety, and safety.  Here are some of the things that we are doing, and can do, to make our continued operation as safe as possible both for us, and for you:

1.)  Multiple studies have shown that Covid-19 can live as long as 48 hours on cardboard.  The boxes that are taken into our store are left untouched 48 hours before they are handled.  Therefore we're allowing no margin of possibility for potential contamination.

2.)  If you choose a ship-to-home delivery option, I highly recom-mend setting your parcel aside in an out-of-the-way place when it arrives.  Wash your hands thoroughly, and don't touch it for two days.  Then enjoy your books!

3.)  If you've picked up books with us using curbside pick-up, you've noticed already that I have either handed your items over in a bag or have set your bag on a seat through an open window, but will always be careful not to touch you or your car.  I've had a couple folks call when they enter the lot, and request that I leave the bag curbside for them.  I'm happy to do this, as well.  We cannot be too careful, and I want to do whatever I can to help you feel safe and comfortable.

4.)  Please call the store before coming, and I'll ring up your order over the phone.  It is best for both our safety and yours if we do not handle your credit card.  We're dealing with a virus that anyone can carry and transmit to others without having any symptoms at all.  Again, I don't think we can be too careful.

Finally - thank you all for embracing these safe-distance shopping options as quickly and as readily as if they had always been a part of how we do business.  You are all helping to keep this little shop alive, and I can't express how grateful I am for your continued support!

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SUSPENDED
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
​ STORYTIME
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS
at 5:00 p.m.

The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks have been combined in one volume, Bedknob and Broomstick by Mary Norton.  These are the original exploits of the three Wilson children; Miss Price, the apprentice witch; and the flying bed.  A tale of a witch-in-training and trouble of the most unforgettable kind.

SHIPPING TO HOME:

1.) Call us at 385-695-2042 to see if the book or books you're looking for is either on our shelves or available for order.

2.) If already on our shelves, we'll take your credit card info, and will ring up your order.

2.5.) If not on our shelves and you would like to place an order, we'll take your credit card info, and will order your book or books.

3.) For $4.00, we'll ship your book to you via USPS Media Mail.

4.) Orders of $50.00 or more will ship free via USPS Media Mail.

(if you're using an iphone, scroll down to see Curbside pickup and Delivery info - they're all at the top of the site, but will appear on your phone mixed with other items).

READING & SIGNING
WITH AUTHOR/HISTORIAN
TOM
CLAVIN
HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH
7:00 P.M.
at THE CITY LIBRARY
MARMALADE BRANCH
280 WEST, 500 NORTH

The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill.

On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history. Thirty bullets were exchanged in thirty seconds, killing three men and wounding three others.

The fight sprang forth from a tense, hot summer. Cattle rustlers had been terrorizing the back country of Mexico and selling the livestock they stole to corrupt ranchers. The Mexican government built forts along the border to try to thwart American outlaws, while Arizona citizens became increasingly agitated. Rustlers, who became known as the cow-boys, began to kill each other as well as innocent citizens. That October, tensions boiled over with Ike and Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne confronting the Tombstone marshal, Virgil Earp, and the suddenly deputized Wyatt and Morgan Earp and shotgun-toting Doc Holliday.

Bestselling author Tom Clavin peers behind decades of legend surrounding the story of Tombstone to reveal the true story of the drama and violence that made it famous. Tombstone also digs deep into the vendetta ride that followed the tragic gunfight, when Wyatt and Warren Earp and Holliday went vigilante to track down the likes of Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill Brocius, and other cowboys who had cowardly gunned down his brothers. That "vendetta ride" would make the myth of Wyatt Earp complete and punctuate the struggle for power in the American frontier's last boom town.

We're proud to partner with Utah Humanities and the Marmalade Branch of the Salt Lake City Library to welcome author/historian Tom Clavin back to Salt Lake City to read from, discuss, and sign copies of his newest book, Tombstone:  The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride From Hell.  Light refreshments will be served.  This event will begin at 7:00 p.m.

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CURBSIDE PICK-UP:

1.) Call us at 385-695-2042 to see if the book or books you're looking for is either on our shelves or available for order.

2.) If already on our shelves, we will take your credit card info and will ring up your order.

​2.5.) If not on our shelves and you would like to place an order, we'll take your credit card info and will order your book or books.

3.) Call and let us know you're on your way to the store.  Pull up to our curb and give a quick toot of the horn.  We'll bring your order out and pass it to you through your window.

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A SALT LAKE CITY
BOOKSELLERS' MANIFESTO

April 30, 2020

Dear Governor Herbert, Mayors Mendenhall and Wilson,

For the safety of our customers, our booksellers, and our community we oppose tomorrow’s premature lifting of restrictions that have helped slow the onslaught of the coronavirus in Utah. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Salt Lake County has risen steadily this week from April 26 with 35 cases; April 27 showing 44 cases; and April 28, 66 diagnosed cases.

Along with the victims of COVID-19, we, our colleagues in books, in retail, in restaurants and in services, are fighting for not only our lives but our economic survival—and that of our staff.

Our businesses are suffering, our sales are disappearing, and our very futures are at stake.

We, proud members of the culture and community of Salt Lake City, are terrified for our own futures and yours.

Over the past weeks we have taken every step we conceivably could to keep our customers in books yet out of harm’s way—from curb-side pickup to local delivery to virtual storytimes. We will continue to do so, and all three of us want to thank our devoted customers for their big-hearted and unswerving support as we developed these strategies to avoid direct physical contact.

Much as we would love to throw open our doors to the public for business as usual on May 1st, we believe we would risk our lives along with those of our employees and customers by doing so. 

For small businesses such as ours, even reliable access to necessary cleaning and disinfecting supplies is still out of reach!

For small businesses such as ours, where the face-to face connection of bookseller and customer is a vital but intimate piece of the bookselling magic for which we are known, the infection with coronavirus of a single employee who has been forced to work openly with the public could bring on the very destruction we have fought so hard to avoid, forcing us to send our few employees home to quarantine and leaving no one to run our stores—even in the marginal ways we now do. 

For small businesses such as ours, the infection with coronavirus of a single customer whose safety we could not guarantee, however effectively we mask and sanitize, is unthinkable.

To suppose we can totally reopen our economy while COVID-19 cases are rampant in our state is magical thinking at best—and an idea we suspect our mayors view with misgivings.

As responsible employers we resist the idea of putting our booksellers (or our customers) at risk, however much we long for the return to a normal world. 

Therefore we, Ken Sanders Rare Books, The King’s English Bookshop, and Weller Book Works beseech you to allow local businesses to do businesses in safe and thoughtful ways rather than throwing our doors open to the public before it is safe to do so.

Respectfully,
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Ken Sanders
Betsy Burton and Anne Holman
Catherine and Tony Weller

CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN
1924-2020

TONI MORRISON
1931-2019

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SPACES FOR BOOK CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, OR EVEN JUST A FEW FRIENDS

Looking for a quiet, comfortable meeting space for your book club?  There might be distractions at home, but there aren't any in this room!  Let us do the work so you can enjoy your time together.  Order and purchase your selections through our store and use our Reading Room, with our compliments!  We'll keep things organized so your members can pick up the following month's books at the current month's meeting, and save you a special trip to pick it up later in the month!

Looking for an inexpensive night out of the house?  Meet a couple friends at The Printed Garden for a friendly (or not-so-friendly) board game, and enjoy one of our complimentary hot beverages.  We also have chess, checkers, Monopoly, Jenga, and a couple decks of cards - or feel free to pack your own game in if you'd like!  If you've come by yourself to study, just let us know and we'll turn the music down or off