The Looking Glass

The Looking Glass Not just another used book store. Brightly lit open spaces featuring used books in all categories. Great selection of Children's book reasonably priced.

The Looking Glass provides a bright and friendly atmosphere to shop for Used Books and book related gift items. We have used books in a variety of categories. Fantastic selection of Children's books at resonable prices. Weekly specials up to 30% off. Located 1/2 block north of the Oak Park Blue Line stop. Open seven days a week so stop in today.

Weekly Specials! 30% off these five books this week because the authors have birthdays. “World Travel” by Anthony Bourd...
06/22/2026

Weekly Specials! 30% off these five books this week because the authors have birthdays. “World Travel” by Anthony Bourdain is a fine reading copy. “The Da Vinci Code” and “Listen! the Wind” by Anne Morrow Lindbergh are firsts. “She” by H. Rider Haggard is a British edition. “Bridge of clay” by Markus Zusak is a signed first. You can see these five books and thousands more gently used books 1/2 block north of the Oak Park Ave Blue Line stop on the west side of Oak Park Ave in the Southtown district of Oak Park. Easy to get to. We are open Monday through Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5. Questions? You can contact us The Looking Glass Bookstore
It is also Book Lovers Club week and all books are 20% off for members. Stop in for details.

First, I want to say thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at the MWABA 63rd Annual Chicago Book and Paper Fair...
06/15/2026

First, I want to say thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at the MWABA 63rd Annual Chicago Book and Paper Fair. It was great seeing everyone.

Second, our weekly specials. 30% off these five books this week because the authors have birthdays. “The Cat Who Could Read Backwards” by Lilian Jackson Braun is a first of her first book. “Personal History” by Katherine Graham is an inscribed eighth printing. “We were the Mulvaneys” by Joyce Carol Oates and “Prisoner’s Dilemma” are firsts. “Shame” by Salman Rushdie is a first American. You can see these five books and thousands more gently used books 1/2 block north of the Eisenhower on the west side of Oak Park Ave in the Southtown district of Oak Park. We are open Monday through Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5. Please stop in. Questions? You can call the store during business hours or contact us The Looking Glass Bookstore

06/13/2026

Come visit us at the Journeymen Plumbers Union Hall in Chicago today 10am to 5pm for the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association’s 63rd Book and Paper Fair!! We are at Booth #8. The store is also open normal hours today as well!

Weekly Specials! 30% off these five books this week only. “The Beet Queen” by Louise Erdrich, “Whose Body?” by Dorothy L...
06/08/2026

Weekly Specials! 30% off these five books this week only. “The Beet Queen” by Louise Erdrich, “Whose Body?” by Dorothy L. Sayers and “Heidi” by Johanna Spyri are reading copies. “The Mephisto Club” by Tess Gerritsen is a first. “Deadlock” by Sara Paretsky is a signed uncorrected proof. You can see these five books and thousands more gently used books 1/2 block north of the Oak Park Ave blue line stop on the west side of Oak Park Ave in the Southtown district of Oak Park. Easy to get to. We are open Monday through Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5.

A reminder we will be at The 63rd Chicago Book and Paper Fair this Saturday at the Chicago Journeyman Plumbers Union Hall from 10-5. Hope to see you there.

Questions? You can call the store during business hours or contact us

The 63rd Chicago Book and Paper Fair is Saturday June 13th. I still have a few passes left. I haven’t missed one yet. Go...
06/03/2026

The 63rd Chicago Book and Paper Fair is Saturday June 13th. I still have a few passes left. I haven’t missed one yet. Go to www.mwaba.com for all the details.

Here are our weekly specials. 30% off these five books this week because the authors have birthdays. “The White Road” by...
06/01/2026

Here are our weekly specials. 30% off these five books this week because the authors have birthdays. “The White Road” by John Connolly is a signed first. “Sad Dust Glories “ by Allen Ginsberg is a first. “Torch Song Trilogy” by Harvey Fierstein is signed. “Horns” by Joe Hill is a signed limited edition. “Poetry and Prose” by Walt Whitman is published by The Library of America.

You can see these five books and thousands more gently used books 1/2 block north of the Eisenhower expressway on the west side of Oak Park Avenue in the Southtown district of Oak Park. We are open Monday through Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5. Please stop in. We buy books Monday through Thursday. Questions? You can contact the us

Weekly Specials! As you know these five books are 30% off this week because the authors have birthdays. “We are the Chi...
05/26/2026

Weekly Specials! As you know these five books are 30% off this week because the authors have birthdays. “We are the Children” by Andrew Clements is a first. So are “Chronicles Volume One” by Bob Dylan and “Five Women I Love” by Bob Hope. The Emerson is published by The Library of America. “The Caine Mutiny” by Herman Wouk is a later printing.

This week is also Book Lovers Club week. 20% off all books for members. Not a member? Stop in for details.

You will find us 1/2 block north of the Eisenhower on the west side of Oak Park Avenue in the Southtown district of Oak Park. We are open Monday through Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5. We buy books Monday through Thursday. Questions? You can contact us

Here are this week’s specials. 30% off these five books this week. “Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan ...
05/18/2026

Here are this week’s specials. 30% off these five books this week. “Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a leather bound Franklin Library. “Border Liners” by Peter Hoeg is a first. “Shadow Country” by Peter Matthiessen is a first British. Pope John Paul II “Pastoral Visit to the United States is a pictorial about his visit in 1979. “Impact” by Douglas Preston in an uncorrected proof. You can see these five books and thousands more gently used books 1/2 block north of the Eisenhower on the west side of Oak Park Avenue in the Southtown district of Oak Park. We are open Monday through Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5. We buy books Monday through Thursday. Questions? You can contact us

Weekly Specials! 30% off these five books this week because they were written by authors with birthdays. “Memo to the P...
05/11/2026

Weekly Specials! 30% off these five books this week because they were written by authors with birthdays. “Memo to the President” by Madeleine Albright and “The Ravenscar Dynasty” by Barbara Taylor Bradford are firsts. “Queen Zixi of Ix” by L. Frank Baum is not one of his books that you see often. “Fowl Twins get what they Deserve” by Eoin Colfer and “The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter” are both fine reading copies. You can see these books and thousands more gently used books 1/2 block north of the Oak Park Ave blue line stop on the west side of Oak Park Ave in the Southtown district of Oak Park. We are open Monday through Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5. Please stop by. We buy books Monday through Thursday. Questions? You can contact us

This week’s specials. 30% off these five book this week because the authors have birthdays. “Maia” by Richard Adams is a...
05/04/2026

This week’s specials. 30% off these five book this week because the authors have birthdays. “Maia” by Richard Adams is a first American. “Mary Astor My Story” is a first paperback. “Peter Pan” by J. M. Barrie is a cute reading copy. “Fatal Cure” by Robin Cook is an inscribed first. “The Burial Hour” by Jeffery Deaver is a first. You can see these books and thousands more gently used books 1/2 block north of the Eisenhower on the west side of Oak Park Avenue in the Southtown district of Oak Park. We are open Monday through Saturday 11-6 Sunday 11-5. We buy books Monday through Thursday. Questions? You can call the store during open store hours or contact us

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823 S Oak Park Avenue
Oak Park, IL
60304

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Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm

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