Sell Your Books

Do you have secondhand, used, or rare books to sell in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, South East Queensland, or Northern Rivers / New South Wales regions? The Book Merchant Jenkins buys books, from single items to entire collections. Interstate and international purchases made for the right material by arrangement.

Jenkins buys rare and interesting books of cultural or academic interest in all genres as well as related antiquarian paper materials (such as photographs, ephemera, manuscripts, archives, artwork, and maps). Jenkins is especially interested in purchasing material within the fields of sexuality, LGBTIQ+, ethnopharmacology, butoh, and art.

Jenkins buys books of value. Jenkins does not buy general reading books. If you are unsure what you have Jenkins is always happy to take a look.

For antiquarian and collectible material we offer a fair price based on what we expect to sell your item for taking into consideration condition, desirability, availability, sale records, and current requirements.

Jenkins does buying by appointment at the Woolloongabba store and will travel for large or specialist collections. Appointments are available most days. Please call or email ahead to confirm availability.

You may email clear pictures of the spines or shelves to save you carrying them in only for Jenkins to turn you away full-handed. If you have multiple books to enquire about it is best to send through a single photo of the books on a shelf rather than lots of individual photos. Jenkins can then take a quick look and we can go from there. If you know it is something we will be interested in, or taking and emailing photos is a challenge, you are welcome to bring books in without sending through photos first, whichever is more convenient.

Jenkins cannot give accurate estimates of value via phone or email. Books must be inspected in person to evaluate. Phone and email enquires will only tell you if we are going to be interested in taking a closer look.

Receive 50% more when exchanging for in-store credit, eg. $100 cash value is $150 store credit.

Email: hello@thebookmerchantjenkins.com Phone: 0413 469 509