We have approximately 14,000 volumes for sale at present. We are working to make photos or an on-line commerce option available. If you want to know if we have items related to your interests, please contact us for details.

Pricing Information

Please see our simple color-coding scheme on the next page to view the price of every volume. We are happy to respond to requests for more info to share how we arrived at the price.

If you see books of interest but are unable to visit the store, contact us for information on how they can be paid for and shipped to you.


On-line and In-store Inventory

In the near future our books valued at $50 and higher will be listed on one of the main selling platforms. We will announce when this service is available to you. Similarly we hope in the near future to feature photos of our stock, either here or on the companion Instagram site.

Subjects sold at Books & Fields;

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We have collections of books under the following headings:

  • Fiction, Literary Criticism, Anthologies; Poetry; pre-1940 novels

  • US History, by era [ pre-history to the Civil War; the Civil War; Reconstruction to end World War 2 [1866-1945]; since the end of WW 2 [1945-now]

  • US Social History [African-American; Native American; Women, Urban & Immigrant; The working man & labor; Rural & regional Americana; American radicalism; thematic histories]

  • WW1, WW2, Spanish Civil War, the Vietnam and Korean wars

  • Regions of the world: Middle East; South and Central Asia; Latin America; Africa; Oceania; western Europe; Russia, the USSR, Communism, Eastern Europe; China and east Asia; the Ancient World [Greece, Rome, Egypt, Byzantium]

  • Children and Young Adult

  • Cookbooks, Decor and Fashion, Architecture

  • Adventure, Sports, Hobbies, Humor, Survivalism and weapons

  • Self-Help, Intimacy

  • Religion & Philosophy

  • Natural History & Science, Social Science

  • The Visual Arts & the Performing Arts; fine illustrations

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy; Romance; Historical Fiction; Mystery & Thrillers

  • Local history of western NY; Regional Americana; old school textbooks

Pricing information

Color coded bookmarks easily show you the price

We want you to know the price of any book in our stock. You will see a bookmark in each book. The bookmark color tells you the price, using the coding scheme shown. Books costing more than $15 will have the price hand-written price noted.

Color Price
white$1
red$3
orange$5
yellow$8
green$10
blue$12
purple$15
light gray>$15 [price will show]

Pricing of Sets
Some sets will be sold as sets only. In others the individual volumes may be purchased. The pricing will clearly indicate whether the volumes can be individually purchased or not.

Shipping
Books shipped to customers will be charged the actual cost only of the package and the shipping cost. Unlike many other dealers we do not add profit disguised as shipping. We normally employ the US Postal Service book rate. Please contact us if you prefer another shipping partner or wish to add special services like signature on delivery or insurance. 

In Person Delivery

We are happy to personally deliver your purchases to you for free provided you live within 50 miles of any of the following locations: Newark, NJ, Scranton PA, Philadelphia PA, Baltimore MD, Washington DC, Binghamton NY, Syracuse NY, Rochester NY, Buffalo NY, and of course Perry NY.