Welcome to resourcebooks.net!

If you're looking for unique and thoughtful business or personal gifts, or just something special to add to your collection, rare, collectible and gently used books are always appreciated, and are an environmentally sound, "green" alternative to buying new.  We have more than 12,500 books online and you're certain to find something to interest you or someone you know.

Featured Items

We've chosen a few items of interest which we've included in our Featured Items area to the right.  Click the More Featured Items area to view more.  If you're a fan of the Wyeth family - including N.C.Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth, we've recently purchased a fairly large collection of books, and some ephemera, about their work.  Some of these are shown in our Featured Items, but there are lots more included in our regular inventory.  Just use our title search with the name Wyeth.

About Our BOOKS Sign

The large BOOKS sign visible in the photo above is part of the sign that once proudly hung over the main door of the venerable Johnson's Bookstore in Springfield, Massachusetts.  Founded in 1893, the family-owned bookstore grew to encompass several buildings and sold new and used books, art supplies, office supplies and giftware.  It became a Downtown Springfield destination at which you could spend hours browsing.  Due to the proliferation of the big bookstore chains and the floundering Springfield economy, Johnson's closed its doors for good in the mid-1990s.  Along with some other store fixtures, we purchased the large gilt metal letters that spelled out BOOKSTORE above the door (the Johnson family still has the Johnson's part).  Originally mounted on a green background, we mounted the first five letters (we still have the others) on a dark blue background to provide a sharp contrast with the gilt.  So if you ever purchase a book with a small Johnson's Bookstore sticker along the bottom edge of the inner front or rear cover, you now also have a better idea where it came from.  The closing of the store marked the end of an era.

What We Buy and Sell

Other Services

Other services we provide include book searches; consultation on furnishing personal libraries (books and other items, from bookends to bookcases, from maps and globes to lighting); library and museum de-accession sales; library fundraising sales; consignment sales; and complete estate liquidation. We are also available for "Antiques Roadshow" - type benefit events or will speak to small groups about collecting and caring for books.

Resource Books, LLC is a member of IOBA, the Independent Online Booksellers Association. IOBA is dedicated to maintaining and enforcing high ethical and professional standards for member booksellers, including a Code of Ethics and promoting trust between customers and booksellers by providing a safe online environment for the purchase and sale of books.  Our business has also been profiled in the IOBA Standard newsletter. If you'd like to learn more about us, click here: Resource Books LLC Profile in IOBA Standard.

A Note About Online Shopping:  Our site includes a secure shopping cart, but if you're uncomfortable with using the Internet for credit card transactions, feel free to call us at our toll-free number - (800) 841-0786 - with your payment details. We may not be available at the time you call (we may be out buying books), but please leave a message and we'll return your call. If you like, you can even fax this information to (860) 658-0278 - our fax machine is in a secure location away from roving eyes.

We share another website with an associated business, Gallery One, specializing in original art, jewelry, silver and other antiques. To visit this website, click here: http://www.gallery-resource.com/