Our Store

Village Lights opened as a bricks-and-mortar shop in November of 2008, a quintessential “mom & pop” business, locally owned and independent, with the proprietors, Nathan Montoya and Anne Vestuto, living above the shop.

For fifteen years, as a full-service store, we offered personal attention and expertise, a carefully curated selection of quality used and new books, out-of-print book searches, bookbinding & repair, poetry readings, author events, an 1897 Steinway grand piano, live music events, a spacious reading room, loads of comfy chairs, and a never-ending cortege of bookstore cats. A welcoming establishment, we served everyone.

Village Lights has now transitioned to a rare and antiquarian book shop located on the second floor of our building, open by appointment. While our primary focus is on rare and out-of-print items, we still maintain a select inventory of high-quality new books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, as well as the American Booksellers Association and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association.

“Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America International League of Antiquarian Booksellers National Coalition Against Censorship