Whistle-Stop Rare Books

02/09/2025

❤️🤍💙“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.”
- Maya Angelou

11/11/2024

To all who have served — thank you for your resilience, commitment, and love for our country.

11/02/2024

Stop in and visit another new business in Genesee Depot!!

10/27/2024

Stop in and say hi on our last day open... I can't believe it's here already!
All of our 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞, so if you are interested come and take a look while still available! 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥-𝐚-𝐁𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 $𝟓 – any book in the store!

10/27/2024

Stop in and say hi on our last day open... I can't believe it's here already!

All of our 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞, so if you are interested come and take a look while still available! 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥-𝐚-𝐁𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 $𝟓 – any book in the store!

A family-owned, independent used bookstore specializing in rare, out-of-print books and literature.

10/24/2024

𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐄 𝟑-𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 — $𝟓 𝐁𝐚𝐠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞!!

Don't miss our 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 – 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐥-𝐀-𝐁𝐚𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 $𝟓 𝐁𝐀𝐆 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄, through Sunday, October 27th! This includes all of the books in the shop, including the old and vintage books!

We have plenty of books for everyone, so 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧. We might run out of paper grocery bags, so if you could bring your own that will help. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you!

10/20/2024

**𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐉𝐎𝐁 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐁𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒!!**
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𝐆𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐆𝐎!! Post some pics of you and family in Packer gear!

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦-𝟔𝐩𝐦 this Packer Sunday during our huge 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞! We are still bringing in more books from our storage unit... we had more than we thought, but we should have that wrapped up soon!

10/19/2024

Come find me at the bookstore! 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦-𝟔𝐩𝐦 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞!

10/17/2024

Good morning on this beautiful, Fall Thursday! Stop in and say hi – All books are $3 or less thru 10/27!

10/15/2024

A huge shoutout to Kate and Michael at Jarvis Square Books in Chicago for driving all the way in to find a new home at their new bookshop for many of our books! Make sure to visit them when you're in Chicago! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561750597516

Come visit us at 1522 W. Jarvis Ave. in Rogers Park, Chicago.
We are open Tuesday-Saturday, 11:00am-6:00pm, and Sunday 11-5. Closed Monday

10/14/2024

Okay, it's Monday, but who said Mondays have to suck?

Stock up on your winter reading with $3 Hardcovers and $2 Paperbacks (less for kids books)! 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 𝟕 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 – 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 - 𝟔𝐩𝐦