We Buy Books

Do you have books you wish to part with? We are always interested in buying books, especially large collections.  Whether you just want to pass on a few books you’ve finished with, or are looking to sell a houseful, please get in contact.  We are always keen to buy good quality, interesting second hand books.  If they fit with our specialist areas, so much the better, but it is not essential as we try to maintain a good, well-rounded general stock as well.  We most like to buy books in our local area – around London, Kent and the South East – but we can travel the country for larger and more interesting collections.

We do not buy:

• Paperbacks or modern mass market fiction
• Dictionaries or encyclopedias
• Book club books, including Folio Society books        
• Foreign language books

To obtain the maximum retail value from the books you want to pass on, you would have to sell the books individually yourself directly to the end customer with all the research, knowledge, conservation skills, logistics, marketing and dispatch operations that involves.  If you wish to sell to a bookdealer – who will likely take the entire lot and move then for you – expect to be offered somewhere around 15 to 25 per cent of retail value for lower value books, perhaps rising to as much as 50 to 70 per cent for high value items.

Do give us a call if you have a individually interesting books or a quantity of books to sell.  Even better if you can email us with pictures of the books.   We’ll quickly be able to tell you if we’re interested and, if not, will likely be able to advise on who else to contact or other options to consider.