Inventory Overview

Items for Sale

The Greater St. Louis Book Fair annually sells over 1 million donated items including hardback and paperback books, records, tapes, CDs, DVDs, videos, limited magazines and ephemera.

Categories and Interests

Items span over 150 categories including but not limited to:

Quality Guidelines

The Greater St. Louis Book Fair accepts new or gently used, clean items or rare and best loved treasures. We do not accept donations of moldy, dirty, written in, defaced or otherwise damaged materials. All reference material must be timely - law books no more than 3 years old, encyclopedias no more than 10 years old. Our rule of thumb is "if you wouldn't want to read it in bed, then we won't sell it."

Pricing Guidelines

The following is a guideline for our pricing. Actual prices may vary based on the age, condition, rarity and/or popularity of the item:

Rare & Collectible Inventory

Hundreds of rare and collectible items will be located in glass cases at the front of the fair. Our inventory includes first editions, limited editions, out of print editions, signed copies and other treasures. All such items are sold on a first come first serve basis.

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Auction Inventory

A special collection of rare and collectible books will be sold by auction on opening night of the Fair. Anyone may attend the auction provided they pay the $10 admission fee for opening night.

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