The Old Bookie is the work of a lifelong student, enthusiast, and collector of Texana, along with two generations of other family miscellanea.
If it's in the shop and related to Texas somehow, it's here. Nineteenth, twentieth, and even twenty-first century titles are included.
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Even the Old Bookie was once young. This collection represents items created and published for those between the ages of three and 25. A number of older titles are of their time, and may include themes and content which are out of step with current attitudes toward race, sex, and gender. The Bookie recognizes this, and expects their clients to understand the issues inherent in such historic literature.
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This is no Half Price Books nor Strand Bookstore, neither a Powell's nor a Library Buyers, rather one person selling books as a side hustle and a passion. When you deal with me, you deal with me, not an anonymous clerk. I presume sales to be final except in case of substantial condition discrepancy or lost and strayed shipments, and I'm not at home to buyer's remorse, so don't EVEN go there.
Books will be wrapped securely in unused newspaper stock and shipped in bubble-padded mailing envelopes. Additional bubble-wrap may be included for large, heavy, or specially fragile items. After multiple instances of the US Post Awful losing books for me (it averaged about one per month) I have changed to UPS for US domestic shipments. Unfortunately, this also means I CANNOT ship to Post Office box addresses any longer (the delivery trucks won't fit into the little boxes) and I have to charge more S&H than I used.
I send international shipments via the broker Global Post, at International First Class rates. This will of necessity delay delivery at times.