VERY GOOD AUTHORS
(We can almost always buy)
Aaronovitch Ben , Abnett D, Asimov I, Bradbury Ray, Bronte Anne, Child Lee, Christie A, Crowley A, Dick Philip K, Guin Ursula Le, Herbert F., Heron Mick, Jackson Shirley, Jackson Steve, Jung Carl, King S., Larkin P, Livingstone I. ,Lovecraft H P, MAAS SJ , MOORE ALAN, Murakami H , Myers B. PLATH S, Poe E , PRATCHETT T. Rackham A, Ross L J, Sanderson B, Sapowski A, Smith Guy N. , Tchaikovsky A, Tolkien JRR, Vonegut K
ALL: Warhammer, RPG, Pengiun, Taschen, Ladybird Classic, Chiltern, British Libary (Crime Sci fi or Gothic, SF Masterworrs, Modern Folio authors / books bought.
NEEDED GENRES:
Antiquarian, Bibles, Buddhist, Box sets,Boxing , Chess, Classic Crime, Collecting,
Comics (some) , Cycling, Crime (True),Conspiracy, D&D, Dr Who, Esoteric,Fantasy Art. Fantasy(Modern) ,Fairies, Fairyloot. Folio .Foraging, First Editions (Rare), Gothic, Graphic Novels, Horror, LGBTQIA, Local (EAST coast )Manga (all) Martial Arts,Mycology, Mystical, Myths, Music (Not classical) Legends, Mystics, Nature (Specialised ), Pengiun, Romantacy, Sprayed edges, Signed, Specialised, Spirituality, Tarot cards, Trains, Transport, True Crime, UFO, Warhammer, Wargaming, Witchcraft, Young Adult (post 2020)
DIFFICULT TO BUY / TRADE:
All Romance style, a lot of thrillers, old girls / boys annuals.
Foraging / Nature / Self Sufficiency
We urgently need :
Foraging, mushrooms, self sufficiency, woodland crafts. Books such as Raynor Winn and tales of the Countryside especially with woodcut illustrations.
Specialised bird or animal ie Book of Falcons
Animal / plant intelligence / communication
Observers (Countryside)
We don’t need :
David Attenborough / Blue Planet (too many in print)
General large format / 1960/70s/80s generic hardback Nature / Countryside books
Esoteric / Witchcraft / Spirituality / Tarot
We desperately need :
New or older Tarot books or cards, witchcraft, Crowley , Aliens , specalised conspiracy / truth seeking, Yogi, astral projection
Legends and Myths / Mythology (Smaller areas ie of a certain town / culture. ) Crystals. Spiritual travelling, beatnik, drug culture ie Timothy Leary.
Ghost books / hauntings / Poltergeists / Aliens
Unusual religious / mythology books ( not historically common in the UK) – Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Pagan, Celtic, Viking, Indian etc.
We don’t need / will struggle with:
Dreams, mediums, angels, Christianity books (we can buy bibles though)
Comics / Graphic Novels and Manga
All graphic novels wanted urgently.
All manga wanted urgently.
Some comics , better if bagged and boarded / valuable. Runs are also much better. Marvel or similar better than large format UK.
Annuals – Dandy Beano (Not Dandy Beano Comics) Commando or similar.
We don’t need:
Viz comics, Dandy Beano(Comics) , most 2000 AD, most magazines.
RPG / Games Workshop
We desperately need :
D&D , AD&D , all roleplay games and supplements / adventures.
Warhammer Horus Heresy urgent
Warhammer Rule books and figures.
Fighting fantasy / Lone wolf books
Young Adult/ New Adult (not the same as teen) Fiction
We need:
Sarah J Maas , Rebecca Yaros, Rainbow Rowell, Colleen Hoover, Fairyloot / Signed limited editions, sprayed edges., LGBTQIA themes, diversity etc. Most “pretty” books will be accepted from this category.
Sorry we can’t take:
Antony Horrowitz, Charlie Higson , Stephanie Meyer, Suzanne Collins, most Rick Riordan , Darren Shaw (most “YA” before 2018 approx)
Sci Fi /Fantasy / Horror
Horror – All Horror / Gothic
Especially good is Lovecraft, Stephen King, Guy N Smith, Dracula , Pan Books of Horror , Dennis Wheatley, Poe, Mary Shelley
Mainstream Fantasy : (Good)
Tolkien, Philip K Dick , Michael Moorcock, any D&D / Forgotten Realms, Andrzej Sapkowski, Isacc Asimov ,Kurt Vonnegut, J G Ballard, Sarah J Maas, Robert Jordan, Joe Abercombie, Terry Brooks, Margaret Atwood, J K Rowling,
Terry Pratchett!!!!!!! Always good especially paperbacks / unseen library.
Mainstream Fantasy – Sorry no go
Anne Macaffrey, George R Martin, Terry Goodkind, Arthur C Clarke paperbacks (most 50s / 60s paperbacks) , Cassandra Claire, Tom Holt, Dean Koontz.
LOCAL BOOKS / Topographical
Scarborough , Whitby, Filey, Brid, Robin Hoods Bay, smaller villages around this area. Urgent!!!
Not Yorkshire unless pre 1900!!! Although we can buy Gordon Home.
Other areas needed:
Hull, East Coast of Yorkshire
Rejected :
London, Yorkshire, (most topographical ), maps, atlases, Yorksire Shepherdess, generic photographic / memory lane books except Scarborough and district. Most travel guides unless a donation.
Travel stories will generally be rejected / exploration etc. except older Arctic books.
Music Books
We accept nearly all music related books, except some older classical / proms books.
Biographies (Rock, dance, punk, Motown etc)
Learn to play books – Any instrument
Song sheets (Not classical) – 70s 80s can be very good .
Music books We don’t need
90s pop ie Robbie Williams, Kylie backstreet boys annuals etc.
Art Books
We need ecletic and more unusual art / photography books:
David Hockney, Martin Parr, Most Taschen art books, specialised ( one artist not collections) , Out of print, reportage photography, Tattoo books,
We don’t need :
Generic Picasso, Renoir, very famous artists (unless a definitive edition) books of general art etc. Most 70/90s coffee table art books. How to art / photography books.
Folio Books –
Modern folios tend to be worth a lot more, with some exceptions, Fiction better than non ficiton
Older Folios most are now very tough to sell.
Box Sets tend to have good value. (Most box sets even non folio)
Rare 1st Editions (Not Harry Potters)
Difficult to define as most 1st editions don’t hold value well. It generally needs to be Hardback, classic cover and the first book of a famous author before they were famous.
Authors of interest:
Sylivia Plath, George Orwell, Vonnegut , Bram Stoker (also early edition) Mary Shelley
Crime Thrillers (Fiction)
We are very well stocked on most authors in the crime section, and have a large amount of books coming in . We may reject many crime thrillers even as trade ins unfortunately.
We especially need LJ Ross , Agatha Christie , Cormac McCArthy and Mick Heron.
We do need :
Modern releases within 1 year.
Pengiun.
Classic 1920s/ 1930s style crime: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, George Simenon, Margaret Allingham and green penguins. (Not Sherlock Holmes. ) Classic Crime Libary
Lee Child, (not all) Michael Connelly, (Not all) Elly Griffiths, Cormac McCarthy, J D Kirk, L J Ross , Sven Hassle, James Patterson (Low prices on Patterson though 🙂 )
Midrange:
Bernard Cornwell, Peter James, Simon Scarrow, Conn Iguden, Ian Rankin, Vall McDermid, Peter May,
Poor / rejected generally
Harlan Coben, Peter Robinson, Clive Cussler , Wilbur Smith, John Buchan, Anna Smith, Patricia Cornwell, Mary Higgins Clark, John Grisham, Dan Brown, most non famous authors.
Books we need :
- Music Books ( most artists not classical – also sheet music not classical )
- Specialised books (very specialised)
- Folio books (most not all)
- Local books (East Coast)
- Filey, Whitby, Scarborough, Pickering etc.
- Rare 1st editions / signed
- Witchcraft
- Modern books post 2020
- Tarot – UFO – esoteric
- Conspiracy
- Roleplay / D&D Warhammer
- GOTHIC Horror
- Manga
- Graphic novels – comics
- Classic videogames – strategy guides
- Nature – geology- foraging
- Terry Pratchett
- Agatha Christie
- Stephen King – horror
- Dorothy Sayers, classic crime
- Penguins – Nearly all – Modern or classic
- Young adult (modern)
- LGBTQIA++
- Modern history (post WWII)
- Box sets – pamphlets
- Scientific – engineering
- Contemporary art (1990 and after) / fantasy art
- Frank Herbert
- J R Tolkien
- Sylvia Plath
- Coleen Hoover
- George Orwell
- Ernest Hemingway
- Virginia Woolf
- Ian Banks
- Murakami
- Sarah J Maas
- Diesel train books
- Martial arts
- Chess
- Osprey
- Louis L’Amour
- Engineering, clockmaking
- Mining books
- Val McDermid
- Left wing / Left wing Book Club
- Dracula
- Alice in Wonderland.
- Hunting, shooting, fishing (more specialised)
- Music
- Local geology
- Natural history
- Buddhist, Taoist, old yoga or mystic.
- Older car racing / specialised
- Older boxing (1950s or pre)
- Pan horror
- Dr Who ( Not David Tenant books)
- Penguins-Pick up All Penguins –
- Observers
- Car manuals (Not haynes)
- PG Wodehouse
- Nicely illustrated (Arthur Rackham, Margaret tarrant)
- Neil Gaiman
- Margaret Allingham
- Thin books and miniature
- Crime Club – British Library
- Specialised football clubs
- Horror
- Classic Crime
- Dandy / Beano annuals
This is an idea of some of the authors and genres that we are looking to buy for cash or take as donations.
Please note this is a rough guide but can help you decide if we are able to buy your books for cash.
Books we will struggle to buy at present
Books we will struggle to buy at present
Royalty
CharlesDickens
Antony Trollope
Thomas Hardy
Cookbooks (We can make an exception for very new or specialised / original Mrs Beetons)
Gardening
Encylopedias
General History
60s/70s / 80s/ 90s / 2000s general fiction / thrillers
Romance
John Grisham, Dan Brown, Jack Higgins, Martina Cole , Anna Smith etc.
Patricia Cornwell ,Peter Robinson etc.
Dean Koontz
Craft
Computing / Law / Business
Archeaology
General Yorkshire (except ancient books)
Biographies (Except Music Rock / Punk / Soul (not pop)
Humour /Comic
George R Martin
Christian / Islamic
Older books 1900-1950s (Except classic crime or Scarborough)
Readers Digest Except Witchcraft or some nature
Most old books
Ladybirds (Unless with loosecovers)
Top Gear
Cricket / Football autobiography, most sports.
Books with yellowed pages unless vintage or thin
Magazines
DROP OFF
If you wish to drop off the books we will always look at them and appraise whether we are able to buy them . You can park outside.
Exchange
We are very happy to offer you credit on other books , we can usually offer 1.5 x the cash price in credit against other books. Sometime we may offer credit only if your books are less likely to sell.
Small Print
Please note that credit notes are not exchangeable for cash, we cannot use them for online purchases or orders ,and we will not apply deals to the credit notes.
Donations
We take any books generously donated.
(Unless a cash offer has been rejected see below)
Cash policy
If you are after cash and we reject them, we appreciate if you are able to take them to charity.
We will happily pay for any books that we can definitely sell, if we do not pay for them we will have little confidence that we are able to sell them.
We may offer exchange /credit for other books in these cases, please see below.
We may ask for photographic ID for cash purchases.
Please do not be offended if we can’t buy your books, there are many amazing books that we cannot sell due to space and lack of demand, there are 125,000,000 different titles out there looking for good homes and we cannot house them all !! 🙂
Online market
Also bear in mind that if a book is available on Ebay for £2-3 with free postage we will not be able to pay much money for it, even if it is saleable (please look at the lowest not the highest price and check completed listings) –
We try our best to be fair with our cash offers if we want the books, if not then maybe try to sell them yourselves, another bookshop or ziffit /Ebay. We do pay over ziffit prices for most books that we have confidence in selling, especially the higher value books.
Feel free to pop in for a quote.