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 40,000 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 Sebastopol and Petaluma or online.

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.

Petaluma Used & Rare

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
We are not currently buying books as we work to assimilate the books from our Sebastopol Used store. Please call at the beginning of March to see when we will begin buying books again, or check this site for updates. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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. We need your quality books free from dust, pet hair, mold, insects, etc.

  2. Sort by Type. We're interested in purchasing anything we think we can sell, including current textbooks. Please sort out the following types of books. 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    • Out-of-date textbooks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 two locations, Petaluma Used (707-782-0228) and Sebastopol Used (707-829-0429). Please call ahead of time if you have more than four boxes of books and would like to sell at the Sebastopol location, or if you have more than two boxes and would like to sell at the Petaluma location. Directions and buying hours are listed here: PETALUMA and SEBASTOPOL

  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, and Books on CD are eligible for trade credit only. (We no longer 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.