The Book Trader

Category: Used book store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Address: 7 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

Phone: +12159252080

Opening hours

Sunday: 12–7PM

Monday: 12–7PM

Tuesday: 12–7PM

Wednesday: 12–7PM

Thursday: 12–7PM

Friday: 12–7PM

Saturday: 12–7PM

Reviews

Chad Todd

Sep 19, 2022

Favorite used book store in the city!

Jennifer S

Sep 16, 2022

Fun place to browse. An absolute jumble of books and you never know what you will find. All. Books in great condition. No strange smells or pet hair. It is hot thought in the summer the AC was pumping out cold air on the first floor but the second floor was intolerable due to heat. Cute cat on second floor by the window. Be warned no public bathroom.

Suraj Nyalakonda

Sep 6, 2022

Tremendous variety of books: classic used bookstore vibe. Cute cat, too.

Eric Nguyen

Aug 23, 2022

It's got plenty of books and the people are friendly.

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Questions & Answers

Do you buy used books?

John Baynard | Sep 28, 2018
jon mmmayhem | Sep 28, 2018

They trade for used books, i.e. you get store credit, but no cash. They're pretty adamant about the distinction

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Do they sell african american fiction novels

Della Daniels | Sep 27, 2020
Julia Grassi | Sep 27, 2020

Yes

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Do they have childrens books?

Lesley M | Sep 28, 2018
Gretchen Gerloff | Sep 28, 2018

Yes downstairs

What are the Covid safety practices like here?

Anonymous | Sep 27, 2022
Nate Smith-Awesome | Sep 27, 2021

Hand sanitizer is provided and employees wear masks. Masks required. The aisles are a bit tight.

Is there a manga selection?

Susannah Stoll | Sep 27, 2021
Ricky Pierson | Sep 27, 2021

Yea

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Do sell mystery books

Rhonda Mack | Sep 27, 2020
Len Shaffer | Sep 27, 2020

Sure do.

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any pauli ebner vintage art prints or books in english

Shawn Stanley | Sep 27, 2020
CJ Cunningham | Sep 27, 2020

I would call and ask to make sure

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Do you buy hard back novels ? & can you give me idea how the pricing is done ?

Harinam Khalsa | Sep 27, 2020
donald coppersmith | Sep 27, 2020

You can get used hard back novels (classics) there. The price for HB may be + - 12 dollars. The store is a used book store and you will have to hunt among amazing titles. It is the overflowing of books on shelves and on the floor but believe it really has books classified arranged ABC order.

Does the store have Barron's 501 Spanish verbs second hand book?

f o s s | Sep 27, 2020
Jessica Marie | Sep 27, 2020

I'm not sure. It's a used book store, you can call.

Is there magazines

Cornelius Brown | Sep 28, 2019
Lisa James | Sep 27, 2020

I've seen National Geographics at Book Trader.

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Do they have romance novels

Deborah Foster | Sep 28, 2019
Dawn Marie | Sep 28, 2019

They have all the books you can think of

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How to get there by bus.

Deborah Foster | Sep 28, 2019
Lisa James | Sep 27, 2020

The 33 or 48 bus via Market St. will get you to 2nd & Market. The Book Trader is on the right on 2nd across from a small park.

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Is there any GED books in the store with the complete 5 subjects

Ebony Cottle | Sep 28, 2019
Kaitlin Stopyra | Sep 28, 2019

It's possible but the store is so densely packed it's hard to find some thing that specific. If you are in the area I'd say take a look. Usually whoever is at the desk can tell you where to look. If you don't have time maybe try a bigger store.

Does this bookstore buy used books at all ?

Anthony Waskovich | Sep 28, 2018
The Book Trader | Sep 28, 2018

We do not buy books outright, however we do give store credit at a rate of 10-20% of the original retail price of the book. If we cannot take a book we will donate it or you can take it back as long as you stay for the duration of the trade.

Do they have any books regarding language learning?

-Yunarei - | Sep 28, 2018
John Christopher | Sep 28, 2018

Yes. It has language learning books for all major languages (written in English), as well as translation dictionaries. They also have a significant number of books written in various languages.

Does this place buy used textbooks?

Max Chirinian | Sep 28, 2018
Memnoch | Sep 28, 2018

From what I remember they will take current text books but only offer store credit for all trade-ins.

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Do you have Harry Potter there?

Jason Noel | Sep 28, 2018
Andrew Bowers | Sep 28, 2019

Harry Potter? Harry Potter is a fictional character and cannot be found anywhere except your imagination. They do have Harry Potter books tho.

I have a good selection and variety of books for sale , Is this a good place to come to ? Are they fair in their pricing for books being sold to them ?

Willard Singleton | Sep 28, 2018
Laura Barry | Sep 28, 2018

I would give it a shot. I do think they have a limit to how many and what types of books they will buy or accept at any given time.

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Do you carry any books on the subject of Bigfoot ? Looking for a copy of the first Bigfoot book published

Thomas Warner | Sep 28, 2018
Lynn Grace | Sep 28, 2018

They have 2 floors of books you should find anything there

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