Why go: A bookshop of almost 90 years, run by one man for more than half a century, with about 40,000 books from estates and a volume printed in Florence in 1551.
Golden Books
Used books & printsCarmel Center, Haifa
Golden Books is a long-established shop for used and new books at 125 HaNassi Boulevard in Haifa’s Carmel Center.
Plan your visit
- Address
- 125 HaNassi Blvd, Haifa
- Opening hours
- Google rating
- Website and social links
- No official link listed
What you’ll find
- Antiquarian books, the oldest from Florence, 1551
- Books from estates
- Books in Hebrew, English, Arabic, Russian and Japanese
About the shop
Two German-speaking immigrants founded the shop, and according to a January 2025 Davar article it has been open for almost 90 years. Shmuel Golden has run it alone for more than 50 of them. He repairs bindings himself and gives books he can’t sell to community centres and schools. He told Davar that none of his children will take it over.
Most of the stock comes from estates, and books in Hebrew, English, Arabic, Russian and Japanese share the same shelves. A November 2023 Haipo article counted about 40,000 books, some of them in a storeroom. The oldest is a Latin volume printed in Florence in 1551, and the shop also has the original Hebrew edition of Dune.
Location and map
125 HaNassi Blvd, Haifa