(last updated 12/09)

Although we may decline to offer on particular items listed below, we are currently seeking the following types of books in Good condition or better. See Book Condition standard descriptions to determine how to rate the condition of your book(s).

• College Textbooks- if published after 2003 and the most recent edition available
• Vintage Cookbooks (published prior to 1980)
• Vintage Pulps (magazines such as Weird Tales published prior to 1960)
• Missouri Authors, except self-published books after 1990
• Books About Missouri - history, settings and topics (e.g., 1904 World's Fair)
• Genealogy, Early County Histories
• Nonfiction books on narrow, specialized topics, such as:
• African American, literature and slave narratives
• Art - Art Deco, Avant Garde, Fantasy, Folk, Nouveau, Photography Monographs, Primitive
• Aviation - early aviation and ballooning
• Books About Books - Book collecting, binding, printmaking
• Children's Books - hardcovers only; pop-ups, older series books, illustrated, classics, including 19th and 20th century, selected Little Golden Books, early Oz books (Frank L Baum), early Tarzan books
• Circuses
• Crime - Mafia, 19th century crime and criminals (no current bestsellers)
• Diaries, Journals, Autobiographies, Memoirs (except current bestsellers)
• Engineering
• Fashion Design
• Game strategy books: Chess, Backgammon, Go, MahJong, Poker
• Geology - Caves, Mining
• History - Civil War, Westward Expansion, Fur Trade, Maritime History
• Illustrators: Books illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy, Harrison Fisher, Kate Greenaway, Maxfield Parrish, Eloise Wilkin, Edward Gorey, Arthur Rackham, N.C. Wyeth, and other 19th and early 20th century illustrators
• Literature, poetry, and philosophy -- 19th and 20th century collections
• Mark Twain books, early editions
• Medieval History
• Music and Performing Arts - Folk, jazz, dance, costume, theatre, Vaudeville
• Native American
• Natural History, Botanical Illustration, Herbals
• Needlecrafts
• Occult, Witchcraft, Wikka, Spiritualism, Secret Societies, Freemasonry
• Poetry - Beat poets, works and autobiographies (no self-published or chapbooks)
• Radio operation and repair, electronics, technology arts pre-1960
• Railroads
• Riverboats, Steamships
• Sideshows and Stage Magic
• Theology Commentaries, Greek and Hebrew texts and lexicons, Judaica, Eastern Religions
• Philosophy
• Writing - Books on writing techniques, publishing, marketing of writing

We purchase selected rare, antique, signed, or collectible books and also may be able to refer you to a qualified buyer. Contact us for information.

We occasionally buy collections and large quantities of books. Contact us if you are a book wholesaler or distributor, or if you are interested in selling an estate collection, a closing bookstore's inventory, a large quantity of books offered by a library or college or charity, and/or books by the pallet.

Authors and Publishers should visit our Consignment Service and Author Promotion Service pages for information on how StLBooks can help you sell your books.

More information:

1. Sell Your Books
2. How It Works
3. How Much Do We Offer?
4. When Will You Receive Payment?
5. Wants List
6. Books We Do NOT Buy