A Castle of Books

Business Type: Bookstore

4302 Atlantic Ave.
(in Bixby Knolls, just north of Carson)
Long Beach, California 90807

Phone: (562) 448-ACOB (2262

Website: http://www.acastleofbooks.com/

Blog: http://acastleofbooks.blogspot.com/

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Email: indiebound@acastleofbooks.com

HOURS
OPEN EVERY DAY 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

We - BUY * TRADE * SELL Used, Rare & New; Books, Comics, Toys, Magazines, Movies, Ephemera, and More!

All Subjects! Every Genre! Best Sellers, Art, Historical Fiction, Manga, Mystery, Military, Travel, History, Entertainment, DVDs, VHS, Audio Books, Collectable Figures, Paperbacks, Hard Covers, Leatherbound books, Thrillers, Religion, Self Help, Cookbooks, SF/Fantasy, Romance, Kids Books, Picture Books, Posters, Games, RPG's, Philosophy, Classics, Literature, Westerns, Suspense, Supernatural Romance, Ancient History, Animals, Gardening, Crafts, Business, Law, Crime, Computers, Metaphysical, Eastern Religion/Philosophy, Graphic Novels, Comics, California History, Humor, Horror, Collecting, Medical, Young Adult, Plays, Poetry, Adventure, Politics, Cars, Trains, Ships, Aircraft, Children's Picture books, Architecture, and much much more.

Special orders for new books and comics, Search service for out of print books.

Days and Hours: OPEN 7 DAYS 9:30 to 6:30

BUY
All books are priced on the first (or second) page in the upper right hand corner, written or stamped in fully erasable pencil. If the item is in a bag or box there may be a price sticker.

TRADE
We trade PaperBacks on a 3:1 ratio. Bring in three paperback books that we can use and you can take one used paperback for free. Trades should be for similar genre/types - mystery for mystery, romance for romance, etc.

We trade Large format paperbacks (‘Trade PaperBacks’ or TPB's) 3:1 for every three TPB's you bring, you can take one used TPB priced up to $6.95 for free. Trades should be for similar genre/types - romance for romance, self help for self help, etc.

We trade Manga 3:1 for every three Manga books you trade in, you can take one used Manga priced up to $6.95 for free.

We trade VHS Video Tapes 3:1 for every three VHS Video Tapes you trade in, you can take one used VHS Video Tape priced up to $6.95 for free. Trades should be for similar genre/types – movies for movies, self help for self help.

We trade AudioBooks 3:1 for the number of cassettes or CD's in the box. To get a 2 tape set you could bring in one 2 tape set and one 4 tape set - being a total of 6 cassettes.

We trade Hardcover Books & DVDs as well, we will evaluate the books/DVDs and offer an amount of credit for the lot after individually examining each item.

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.

Not every book will be acceptable for trade, sometimes we have too many copies of particular titles or subjects.

Donations are always welcome.

SELL
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. 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 more in Trade Credit.

We will be happy to look at anything you wish to bring by the store. For very large collections an appointment may be possible for someone go out and look at them. Call ahead on Sunday.

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Specialties: comic books, Manga, Movies, paperback exchange, rare books, search service, Special orders, toys, used books

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