ABCD Books in Camden, Maine - Used, Out-of-Print and Rare Books

We at ABCD Books continually look for new sources of books - which, in many cases, happens to be our customers. Unlike new bookstores, second-hand bookstores cannot simply order books from a publisher or warehouse. So before you put your books in a garage sale, please give us a chance to bid on your collection! We offer the most competitive prices around.

ABCD Books buys whole libraries as well as single volumes. If you have three or four boxes of books that you want to sell, please feel free to bring them to the shop at 23 Bay View Street, Camden, Maine, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Should the amount of books you have to sell be larger than you can carry in your car, we will be happy to travel in a radius of 100 miles to appraise your books and make an offer.

ABCD Books buys books outright, not on consignment. We pay the seller one-third of the estimated retail value. When purchasing books we consider both content and condition:

Content. As we are a general antiquarian bookstore, we welcome books on a wide variety of subjects. We are more likely, however, to be interested in those books that match our specialties. We do not purchase paperbacks, modern textbooks, Reader's Digest Condensed Books or Book Club editions, nor do we normally buy old magazines or newspapers.

Condition. Books published in the 20th century should be in very good condition with their paper dust jackets. As for books from earlier centuries, we look for volumes that are intact and clean, with the cover and spine in very good condition. Books should not be moldy, worm-eaten or damp-stained. The pages should not be torn or wrinkled. If the book has either illustrations or maps, they should all be present and in very good condition. Note that the pages in many old books could be "foxed" or browned (foxing and browning are the result of chemical impurities in the paper); this does not necessarily detract from their value.