(Despite some erroneous information floating around on the interweb we are not, and never have been, located in La Habra.)
Open on almost all Holidays! (We’re closed on Christmas)
See what’s new & what’s been
going on.
Click here to take a
virtual tour of the shelves
BUY (books from us)
All books are priced on
the first (or second) page in the upper right hand corner, written or stamped
in fully erasable pencil, or box there may be a price sticker instead.
We
can order any in print Comic Book, Graphic Novel or Manga,
and we can do special orders for any Book.
We
offer a Free a search service for any out-of-print item - while you
wait. If it exists we can get one for you. (Sorry, we are not able to do searches
by phone, please stop by in person.)
TRADE (your books for our books)
Not every book will be acceptable for trade, sometimes we have too many copies
of particular titles or subjects. We need to check and see if it is something
we can use. We need to see the item in person, we are not able to evaluate
items over the phone, or via email.
We
trade mass
market (or racksize) PaperBacks on a 3:1 ratio. Bring in three mass
market paperback books that we can use and you can take one used mass
market paperback for free. Trades should be for similar genre/types - mystery
for mystery, romance for romance, etc. We may not accept everything, we will
check to see if it is something we can use.
We
give credit for select Hardcover Books, DVDs, large paperbacks
(‘Trade
PaperBacks’ or TPB's), Toys, CDs, Records, Manga, VHS Video
& AudioBooks (cassette or CD).
We
will offer an amount of credit for the lot after individually examining each
item in person.
You
may bring in as much as you like, if you do not wish to use all of your Trade
Credit on the same day we will give you a Card which you keep (or may give
away) and can be used to redeem the Trades at any time. Trade Credit is not
valid toward New items, collectables, or special orders.
Donations
are always welcome.
SELL (your books)
We purchase select items. We are currently looking for books in the subjects of
Art, Military, Transportation (Cars, Ships, Trains, Planes), and History of
very specific subjects, and Toys & Games in their original packaging. We
are always looking for good quality books with DustJacket covers, or
LeatherBound editions in any subject. We do pay cash, but can always offer much
more in Trade Credit.
We
will be happy to look at anything you wish to bring by the store. It can take
up to 15 minutes to evaluate a box of books, since we close at 6:30, please be
considerate of the time when you bring a large collection. Due to manpower
constraints we are generally not able to come to you, but exceptions might be
made, call for details. No buying after 6 p.m., call ahead on Sundays.
A Castle of Books Merchandise – if for some reason you want it.
http://www.cafepress.com/acastleofbooks4
http://www.cafepress.com/acastleofbooks3
FREE BOOKS for First Friday – come by and pick up some FREE BOOKS every First Friday.
Map
of A Castle of Books
(click
on image to expand)
Map
from old location (A) to New location (B)
The Book
Baron of A Castle of Books, the One Dollar (and up) Bookstore, which covers
0.25 Acres of Books in Long Beach (the Bixby Knolls area), says:
“Books,
books, books! All books must go. At A Castle of Books we're slashing books in
half! This is a book blow out! Make us an offer on our vast selection of
books! We got white books, black
books, Spanish books, yellow books, hot books, cold books, romance books, tight
books, big books, horror books, fat books, scary books, crime books, kids
books, silk books, Naugahyde books, snappin' books, horse books, dog books,
mule books, fake books! If we don't have it, you don't want it!”
