Scott Harrison, the owner of the Abandoned Planet (Closed 2010).

I ran into Scott Harrison, the owner of Abandoned Planet bookstore on Valencia, which closed in January, unloading boxes of books this afternoon from his van (license plate Camus) to give to the Treat Avenue donation center.

Harrison said he’s selling online at eBay and elsewhere, but the books he was dropping off were not moving. He hopes to open again in the Mission District but has no immediate plans. When Mission Loc@l did the audio-slide show of his closing, he talked about the wonder and privilege of having a bookstore.

Book Donation Center

438 Treat Avenue
(Between 17th and 18th Streets, near Harrison)
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-522-8600
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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