Clayton Books
Dear friends and customers of Clayton Books:

We regret to announce that we have lost our lease and will be closing on May 23, 2010.

To learn the details, please come visit us at the store, as we are unable to answer thousands of emails, but would love to see you before the store is gone!

You can help us by coming in and buying books! We still have over 40,000 books, Papyrus and other greeting cards, stationary, and great gift items to liquidate by May 23. Everything in the store is on sale and must be gone by May 23, including some quality fixtures and bookshelves.*

We will be back at some point in the future! Many of our fixtures have been donated to the Concord Historical Society to create a new joint venture bookstore on the Galindo House historical site in Concord. The Society will be moving and restoring the masonic temple which will become our new home - check our website for details as they become available.

We can no longer accept trades, exchanges or returns.

Please support our final event:



Saturday May 1 at 11:00am
James S. Hirsch

Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend


Considered to be "as monumental -- and enigmatic -- a legend as American sport has ever seen" ("Sports Illustrated"), Willie Mays is arguably the greatest player in baseball history, still revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball's bold expansion to California. With 3,283 hits, 660 home runs, and 338 stolen bases, he was a blend of power, speed, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades.

Now, in the first biography authorized by and written with the cooperation of Willie Mays, James Hirsch reveals the man behind the player.

* Does not include special order or author event books.