The Book House Wantlist
The Book House is the primary funding source for The Second Chapter Life Center http://www.2ndchapter.org/ supporting youth and young adults with developmental disabilities. We are always looking for donations of good quality books to resell. We are primarily interested in classic, quality literature, philosophy, history, and children's books but accept books in all catagories. You may bring books to donate ANY time during our regular business hours. Your donation is tax deductible. Books must be clean, and free from damage.
We will accept books from all catagories for donation. However, this is our current Want List. We are seriously looking for quality editions of these books for our customers. We can occasionally pay cash or trade for books of significant interest and value. If you have any of these books, please send us an email info@bookhousestl.com
Baum, L. Frank Oz Books - early editions
Bantock, Nick. Pop-up Books
Benson, Sally. Meet me in St. Louis - early hardcovers
Bretz, Caves of Missouri
Buster Holmes Cookbook
Carter, Millionaire Households (1903)
Compton and Dri, Pictorial St. Louis
Dablemont, American Johnboat
Donner, Fred. Early Islamic Conquests
Eaton, Seymour. Roosevelt Bears - early hardbacks Foote's Notes on Virginia Genealogy, Early County Histories
Gorey, Edward. Early Books, first editions
Grant, Vernon, Mr. Mixie Dough
History of St. Louis County, Missouri
Hughes, Langston, Writing on the Bathroom Walls
Kelmscott Press Books
Kruger. Devil's Discus
L Frank Baum. Oz Books
Louisiana Purchase Expedition 1904 (St. Louis World's Fair)
Lovecraft, H.P. (Arkham House editions)
Maps of St. Louis City, St. Louis County - early
Middleton, Starlight Creek Angling Society
Noonan. Church Visible
Thompson, Ruth Plumly. Oz Books
Tolkien. (early, illustrated editions)
Trexler, Slavery in Missouri
Twain, Mark. (early, illustrated, and first editions)
Van Raavanswaay. Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri.
Wildenberg, Thomas. Grey Steel, Black Oil
We are always looking for quality COLLECTIONS and estates, especially in the subjects below. Books must be in very good condition We can occasionally pay cash or trade for books of significant interest and value. Please call Michelle Barron at 314-968-4491, or email to michelle@bookhousestl.com arrange an appointment.
Areas of interest:
Art - Art Deco, Avant Garde, Fantasy, Folk, Nouveau, Photography Monographs, Primitive
Aviation – early aviation and ballooning
Books about Jesse James, the James Gang, and the Younger brothers
Books on books – Book collecting, History of printing, Printmaking
Cartography – Color maps, Early atlases
Chess, Backgammon, Go, MahJong
Children’s Books – Quality hardbacks in very good condition; older series, illustrated books, classics, 19th and 20th century
Circuses
Counterculture, Beat writers and poets
Crime – Mafia, 19th century crime literature
Eastern Religion and Philosophy
Geology – Caves, Mining
History – Missouri and Illinois County Histories and Genealogies; African American and Native American; Civil War, Fur Trade, Westward Expansion; Medieval History, Heraldry
Illustrated Manuscripts, Early printed books (pre 1800)
Illustrators - Howard Chandler Christy, Harrison Fisher, Kate Greenaway, Maxfield Parrish, Arthur Rackham, N.C. Wyeth, and other 19th and early 20th century illustrators
Jazz + Jazz Age
Literature, poetry and philosophy – African American lit/Slave narratives; 19th and 20th century collections
Matrix Quarterlies by Whittington Press
Music - Folk, jazz, dance, costume and fashion
Natural History, Botanical Illustration, Herbals
Occult, Witchcraft, Spiritualism, Secret Societies, Freemasonry
Railroads, Riverboats, Steamships, Maritime History
Radio operation and repair, electronics, technology arts pre-1960
Sideshows
Stage Magic
Theatre
Theology – Apocrypha, Bibles – 18th and 19th century, Commentaries, Greek and Hebrew texts and lexicons, Judaica
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