Sell Your Books

Eudora, now deceased, formerly of Sebastopol Used and RareWhether you're looking for a first-edition Jack London or an armload of affordable children's books, a selection of high-quality art monographs or your favorite mystery series, Copperfield's Used Books offers more than 20,000 titles to select from. Our buyers are committed to stocking the shelves with a full range of subjects, from art, history, science, and spirituality to all genres of fiction and poetry in the best possible condition. You can find them in our Used & Rare bookstores in Petaluma or online at various e-commerce marketplaces.

Sebastopol Used & Rare has moved

Our used and rare stock has been consolidated into our Petaluma Used & Rare store, 140 Kentucky Street, through the doors then downstairs.

Thank you for your business.

Copperfield's Underground

140 Kentucky Street
Petaluma
Phone: 707 782-0228

Open: Monday - Saturday 10:00 AM thru 9:00 PM and Sunday 10:00 AM thru 6:00 PM
Book Buying: Wednesday thru Friday 12:00 PM thru 4:00 PM and Saturday 11:00 AM thru 3:00 PM
The buying desk is now open!

If you have more than two boxes, please call ahead to schedule an appointment.

Five Easy Steps to Selling Us Your Books!

Five Easy Steps to Selling Us Your Books!

  1. Sort for Quality. The job starts at home. PLEASE sort through your books ahead of time. Condition is extremely important - we need your quality books free from dust, pet hair, mold, insects, etc. Bindings must be intact and there can be no writing or highlighting in books.

  2. Sort by Type. We're interested in purchasing anything we think we can sell. Please sort out the following types of books, as we don't usually buy these:

    • Out-of-date textbooks
    • Library books
    • Book Club editions
    • Reader's Digest Condensed, National Geographic, and Time-Life books
    • Most Hardcover fiction
    • Harlequin Romance novels
    • Advance Reader's Copies (ARCs)
    • Books with underlining, highlighting, or margin notes
    • Magazines
    We may not buy all the books you bring in so be prepared to take those we can't use back with you.

  3. Come In Or Make An Appointment. We have one buying location, Petaluma Used (707-782-0228). Please call ahead of time if you have more than two boxes to sell. Directions and buying hours are listed here: PETALUMA

  4. How We Pay. We base what we pay on the current market value of the books in question. Very generally, that means 15% of the cover price in cash OR 25% of the cover price in trade credit. However “pocket” size paperbacks, children's books, DVDs, and books on CD are eligible for trade credit only. (We don't buy books on cassette.)

  5. What's Trade Credit? Trade Credit is good for purchasing Used or Sale (Remainder) books. Trade Credit may not be used for purchasing new books.

Thanks for selling us your Used & Rare Books!

*We reserve the right to close the buying counter at any time.