We have had an open store since 1987. We've been online since 1997. We moved to our larger (about 1800 square feet) location in January of 1999.
The new location has a Genuine Vault, leftover from when the building was a Jewelry Store in the 40's. It is now the depository of our 1st Editions and Collectibles.
We have a large selection of both Paperback and Hardback books (35,000+ items). We have a wide selection of books with no topics excluded.
The staff are fairly knowledgeable in the fields of Military, Mystery, SF, Fantasy, Romance & more. Send a note if you have any questions, comments, or want any more info.
Come Browse our books in Real Life at our 'Bricks & Mortar' Store!
Over 30,000 more items!
5422 E. Village Road
Long Beach, CA 90808
On the corner of Village Road & Viking Way in the Parkview Village
Triangle
(near the corner of Carson St. & Bellflower Ave.)
We Trade MassMarket Paperback books 1 for 3. Bring in 3 paperback books
that we can use & you can take one of ours free of charge. The Trades
should be of a similar subject/genre - Mystery for Mystery, Romance for
Romance.
We also Trade the large size Paperback novels 1 for 3.
We Trade for 'Books on Tape' 1 for 3 for the number of cassettes (or
CD's) in the box. To get a 2 tape set you could bring in one 2 tape set
and one 4 tape set - being a total of 6 cassettes.
You may bring in as much as you like, if you do not wish to get all
of your Trades on the same day we will give you a Card which you keep (or
give away) and can use to redeem the Trades at any time.
Purchasing Policy
We are currently Purchasing books in the subjects of Art, Military, Transportation
(Cars, Ships, Trains, Planes), and History of specific subjects. We are
always looking for good quality books with DustJacket covers, or LeatherBound
editions in any subject. We are generally not interested in Book Club Editions,
most Self-Help books, School Textbooks, Encyclopedias, Time/Life, or Reader's
Digest Books.
That being said we will be happy to look at whatever you would like
to show us, bring the books by the store anytime Monday through Saturday
only from 10 to 6:30, and someone can usually go out to your car to look.
If you have a large collection or estate you can call and make an appointment
for Roger to come out and look at them. (562) 420-1034 (10-7 Mon - Sat)
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