ABC BOOKS

WE WANT YOUR BOOKS!

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We are ALWAYS buying quality books in top condition.
These include:
LITERATURE
PHILOSOPHY
GRAPHIC NOVELS
SCIENCE FICTION (paperback)
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY MONOGRAPHS
ART HOW-TO
MILITARY AND WWII
FASHION
EASTERN RELIGION
FILM THEORY AND CRITICISM
OCCULT
COOKING
ARCHITECTURE
We also purchase:
COMIC BOOKS Golden Age to Modern
DVD's Cult, Classic and Foreign, Box Sets & Music and Documentary
MEN'S MAGAZINES Vintage to Present (50's and 60's Playboy only, No Penthouse)
(All other titles welcome).
VOGUE MAGAZINE & EURO FASHION MAGS (No North American fashion material exc. Vogue)
We generally pay 1/3 of our selling price CASH!!!
Will do pick-ups for larger collectons.
CALL 416-967-7654

CONDITION AND SELLING YOUR BOOKS PART 1

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We reward customers who bring us good titles in the best possible condition. Hardcovers should have dustjackets with minimal wear. Paperbacks should appear gently read with as few flaws as possible. Please check out the images below for an idea of what we are generally looking for in a used paperback (You can right click any image on the page for a magnified view).

For an idea of condition problems that will prevent us from purchasing your books, please take a careful look at the accompanying post CONDITION AND SELLING YOUR BOOKS PART 2.

CONDITION AND SELLING YOUR BOOKS PART 2

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At ABC BOOKS we love books. We want to purchase every book that we are capable of selling and pay you the most we can for those books. Aside from being appropriate subject matter that we can sell, your books MUST be in saleable condition.

Lets take a look at condition flaws that make some books impossible for us to sell.

SPINE CONDITION ON PAPERBACKS

These are examples of various paperback spines with stress lines, cocking and various types of wear that make them undesirable for resale.

COVER WEAR

Aside from damage to the spine, the next major condition issue that affects saleability of a book is wear to the wrappers, or cover. If your book has undue scuffing, scratching or dog ears to the cover we will be unable to purchase it.

CRUSHED BOOKS

A book may generally still be intact, but along the way have been crushed by improper storage. This too affects its ability to be resold.

WATER DAMAGE AND SOILING

Books and water do not mix. That goes for coffee and wine too. If your book has gotten wet by accident or because you like to read in the bathtub, please recycle it.

UNDERLINING

Before bringing your books to us for sale, flip through them and make sure they weren't used for note making. Pencil, pen and marker underlining may make them invaluable for your own reference, but impossible for us to use as store stock.

SPLIT BINDINGS

Leaf through your books and check for broken spines. Readers that are hard on their books may unnecessarily bend the pages back too far when reading and split the spines. Alternately a paperback that is quite old may often split from simple age as the glue in the spine dries out. Flip through your books to make sure they aren't falling apart.

LIBRARY BOOKS

If it is a book with library markings and stamps purchased from a library sale we will definitely not be interested in that book. These markings are generally quite obvious and on library hardbacks the book usually has had its jacket protected by a mylar wrapper.

To avoid disappointment when bringing items for sale into ABC BOOKS it is always worth your while to quickly go through your books and eliminate any items that are in poor condition. If you edit the items with flaws that are listed above you will save yourself carrying around heavy books that you may have to take back home.