secondhand books
Previously owned literature
Secondhand books are books that have been previously owned, sold or given away after their first purchase.
The term covers everything from pristine unread copies to well-worn paperbacks with cracked spines and margin notes.
Secondhand bookshops and online sellers offer them at reduced prices: I found a first edition at a secondhand bookstore for ten dollars.
- flea marketOutdoor secondhand goods venue
- garage saleResidential secondhand merchandise event
- marginaliaNotes in page edges
- thrift shopStore selling used donations
- book fairMarketplace for printed works
bookplates · trade-in · foxing · bibliophile · book lover · used bookstore · dog-eared pages · rare editions · inscriptions · previous owner · out-of-print · online marketplace · bookbinding · literary heritage · charity shops · bargain bin · signed copies · bookshop
- bibliophile's hublibrary, bookstore, bookshop, reading room, book club
- resaleresale, eBay, Poshmark, thrifting, used goods
- secondhand goodsused cars, used furniture, used appliances, used toys, hand-me-downs
- street bookstallpaperbacks, novels, magazines, newspapers, vendor
- Book sharinglittle free library, book swap, book club, lending library, book donation
- collectiblesbaseball cards, commemorative stamps, rare coins, mementos, rare stamps
market channel/retail type
secondhand booksnew arrivals