Sell Your Books
Do you have some books stacked on old bookshelves that you no longer need? Or perhaps you have an antiquarian book which you have been saving for many years? Whatever the case, we might be able to help. If you are interested in selling us some of your secondhand books, please read the Frequently Asked Questions below.
Yes, we are always looking for interesting books in good condition.
Books can be brought in directly to us with an arranged appointment. For larger collections we can travel to you.
Please email enquiries@boothbooks.co.uk and provide us with the following:
The genre(s) of books and the approximate number per genre
Titles and authors where possible
Your location- particularly important if you have a larger collection
Please arrange an appointment so that we can ensure the relevant department head(s) are available to view the books on the day you visit. You can arrange an appointment by emailing enquiries@boothbooks.co.uk.
This part is up to you- but please ensure that you communicate an approximate number with our staff whilst booking your appointment. Larger collections will need more time for staff to look through and may also require multiple department heads to be consulted.
This will depend upon the subject and condition of your books.
This depends upon what we have in stock at any given time, and also upon which books are popular sellers. The best approach here is to tell us which genres of books you hope to sell whilst you are arranging an appointment.
Generally, most customers are able to park outside the shop front whilst unloading their books, and then move their vehicle to a nearby carpark.
Please approach the front desk and inform the staff member there that you have an arranged appointment for a book buy.
Where reasonable, we will make an offer on any books that we believe we can sell in the bookshop. Sometimes, this means you will be leaving the bookshop with some of your books. We will do our best to suggest other local bookshops who might be interested, if we are unable to take them ourselves.
Depending upon staff levels, we may not be able to look at your books on the day you drop them off. In some instances this may take up to a week. If we are unable to make you an offer on some of your books, we ask them to be collected from us within 30 days. After 30 days we reserve the right to dispose of anything left behind.
For larger collections we can travel to you, but this must be agreed during initial contact. For smaller collections we ask that the books are brought to us, with an arranged appointment.
Most book buys are paid via BACS within 7 business days, occasionally we may be able to offer cash for small buys.
“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack”
Virginia wolff