South Carolina Antiquarian Booksellers Listing
(Members of ABDASC)

Aiken | Anderson | Beaufort | Charleston | Columbia - Midlands | Greenville - Upstate | Western SC | Services

Aiken

Palmetto Presence
(Mail order/Online order)
Proprietor: James (Jim) D. Arnett
Aiken Antique Mall (Laurens St, Aiken)
Relic's Antique Mall 3881 Savannah Hwy, John's Island [view map]
Mailing Address: PO Box 851, Edisto Island, SC 29438
Phone: 843-869-0593
Email: jdarnett@mindspring.com
2,000 Volumes: South Caroliniana, Civil War. Stereoviews, Documents.

Anderson

J & S Books
(Internet, catalogue, mail order, appraisals, search)
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1164, Anderson, SC 29622
Phone: 864-245-1262
Email: info@jandsbooks.com
Web: www.JandSBooks.com
3,500 Volumes: antiquarian, biography, children's literature, history, literature, modern firsts, mystery and suspense, non-fiction, rare and collectible, signed, science fiction.

McDowell's Emporium
(Mail order/Online order, Search Service)
Proprietor: Judith McDowell
Address: 104 Oak Drive, Anderson, SC 29625 [view map]
Phone: 843-524-1119   864-231-8896
Email: neatstuffs@mcdowellsemporium.com
Web: www.McDowellsEmporium.com
Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-5pm * Saturday by appt.
20,000 Volumes: general stock with large selections of children's, genre fiction, religion - hardcover and paperback.

W. N. Dunlap Books
Proprietor: Neil Dunlap
Address: 1009 Power St., Anderson, SC 29621
Lavonia Antiques Market, Hwy 17 at Exit 173 at I-85, Lavonia, GA [view map]
Phone: 864-22-1548 (Anderson)   706 356-2744 (Lavonia)
Email: wndunlap@bellsouth.net.com
Hours: Anderson - By Appointment Only
Lavonia - Mon-Sat: 10 a.m. - 5:30 pm * Sun 1 pm - 5:30 pm
5,000 Volumes (Anderson), 1,000 Volumes (Lavonia): Art, architecture, photography, Southeastern Archeology, the South, military history and antiquarian.

Beaufort

McIntosh Book Shop
(Mail order/online order, appraisals, search service)
Proprietor: Wilson McIntosh
Address: 917 Bay Street, Beaufort, SC 29902 [view map]
Phone: 843-524-1119 * 843-986-0029 (fax)
Email: scbooks@earthlink.net
Hours: Monday-Saturday: 10am - 5pm, Sunday: 1pm - 4:30pm
20,000 Volumes: South Caroliniana, Gullah, fine sporting books, Civil War, Archibald Rutledge, nautical, aviation, and out-of-print and bargain books.

Charleston

Books Tell You Why
(Online Purchases, Catalogues issued, Mail orders, Visits by appointment only)
Address: 1265 Chrismill Lane
Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 [view map]
Phone: (800) 948-5563 (toll free), (843) 849-0283
Fax: (843) 849-6186
Email: Books@BooksTellYouWhy.Com
Web:www.BooksTellYouWhy.Com
6,000+ Volumes: Rare Books, Signed Books, Modern First Editions, Fine Press, James Bond, Mark Twain, Books made into Movies, Antiquarian Children’s Books, Biographies, Collectible Books in all Fields

Here Be Books & Games
(Open shop, search service, mail/online orders)
Proprietors: Tim & Tina McDuffie
Address: 4650 Ladson Rd, Ste I, Summerville, SC 29485-8535 [view map]
Phone: 843-695-1498
Fax: 843-821-1466
Email: Info@HereBeBooks.com
Web: www.HereBeBooks.com
Hours: Tuesday thru Saturday 10am to 6pm
40,000+ Volumes: Sci-fi & fantasy, history, young adult, westerns, war, modern first editions, parapsychology, antiquarian, and role-playing games (RPG's). General selection of used, out-of-print, and collectable fiction and non fiction in both hard cover and paperback.

Columbia - Midlands

Books and Things Past
(Mail order/online order, search service)
Proprietor: Kitty Parrott
Address: 133 Gissendanner Dr., Eutawville, SC 29048 [view map]
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 342, Eutawville, SC 29048
Phone: 803-492-7010
Email: radcliffestreet@msn.com
Hours: By appointment only.
Vintage books and paper ephemera including documents, photographs, and advertising. South Caroliniana, Southern authors, Southern topics, general stock of modern first editions, scientific and educational texts, religion, philosophy, reference and others as found in regional estate libraries.

Books on Main
(Mail order/online order, appraisals, search service) Randy Berry & Owen Holmes
Address: 1209 Main Street, Newberry, SC 29108 [view map]
Phone: 843-524-1119   803-321-1920
Email: BooksOnMain@earthlink.net
Hours: Monday-Saturday: 10am-6pm
6,500 Volumes: South Caroliniana, Southern Literature, history, juvenile, pop-ups, cookbooks, Shakespeare, & travel.

Bridwell Books
(Mail order/online order, appraisals)
Proprietor: Ron Bridwell
Address: City Market Antiques, 705 Gervais St., Columbia, SC [view map]
Mailing Address: PO Box 7875, Columbia, SC 29202-7875
Phone: 803-779-2353
Email: athbooks@aol.com
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 10am - 5:30 pm
3,500 Volumes: South Caroliniana, Civil War and Genealogy.

Ed's Editions, LLC
(Catalogues issued, Mail order/online order, Appraisals, Search service)
Proprietors: Ed Albritton & Irene Henderson
Address: 406 Meeting Street, West Columbia, SC 29169 [view map]
Phone: 1-866-791-8002 (toll free), 803-791-8002
Hours: Monday-Friday: 10:30am-5:30pm
Saturday: 10:30am-4:30pm Closed Sun and Mon
Email: edseditions@sc.rr.com
Web: www.EdsEditions.com
25,000+ Volumes: South Caroliniana, Southern fiction and non-fiction, history, literature, poetry, art, science and juvenile.

The Five Points Bookshop/Dr. Books
(Mail order/online order, search service, appraisals)
Proprietors: Don Rosick and Patricia Mason
Address: 718 Santee Ave., Columbia, SC 29205 [view map]
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11:00am-5:30pm
Also generally open Monday & Sunday afternoons, but call ahead to be sure.
Phone: 803-799-7182
Email: drbooks5@yahoo.com
Web: www.abebooks.com/home/DrBooks
12,000+ Volumes: General stock of fiction and non-fiction with an emphasis on scholarly non-fiction titles.

Gumshoe Books
(Catalogues issued, Mail order/online order, Appraisals, Search Service)
Proprietor: Skip Webb
Phone: 803-799-1871
Email : gumshoebks@campaignsystems.com
Web: www.abebooks.com/home/GumshoeBooks/
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10:30am-5pm
13,000 Volumes: Prints, maps, South Caroliniana, mysteries, Modern Firsts, African Americana. Books also Featured on Alibris.com.

Henry Dickens & Co.
(Online/Internet only)
Proprietor: Fred Davis
Email: freddavis@henrydickens.com
3,000 Volumes: Academic, technical, religion, and history.

Kirkwood Books
(Mail order/online order, search service, appraisals)
Proprietors: Sam & Eve Montgomery
Address: 944 Broad St., Camden, SC 29020 (just south of Rutledge)
Phone: 803-432-5169
Email: info@thebooklink.com
Web: www.TheBookLink.com
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am - 4pm, Sat 10am - 1pm
8,000 Volumes: 4,000 Rare and Out of Print Books. 4,000 New and Best Sellers. Antiquarian and rare, history, War Between the States, Revolutionary War, Modern firsts, sporting books, Archibald Rutledge, fine press, Southern literature, ephemera and pamphlets, technology of another era.

Lee's Book Attic
(Mail order/online order, search service, apprisals)
Proprietors: John & Maureen Lee
Address: City Market Antique Mall, 705 and 709 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC 29201 [view map]
Mailing Address: 101 Leeward Rd., Columbia, SC 29212
Phone: 803-781-5157
Email: bookattic@bellsouth.net
Web: www.abebooks.com/home/Attic
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5:30pm, Sunday 1:30pm-5:30pm
4,500 Volumes: First Edition and autographed fiction, South Caroliniana, African Americana and Southern non-fiction, literature, poetry, history, music and art.

The Mouse House, Inc.
(Mail order/online order, search service, appraisals)
Proprietor: Steve Dingman
Address: 2123 Park Street, Columbia, SC 29201 [view map]
Phone: 803-254-0842
Email: Mouse_House@prodigy.net
Hours: Open weekdays
Specializes in affordable antique prints, many that are professionally matted and ready for framing and book plates. Includes botanicals, natural history, landscapes and maps. Original book arts by Susan Lenz also available.

Southern Exposure
(Mail order/online order, search service)
Proprietor: Nancy A. Pitts
Address: 705 Gervais St (City Market Antiques/Eccentricities (co-op)), Columbia, SC 29201 [view map]
Phone: 843-524-1119   803-957-5552   793-622-9444 (mobile)
Email: pittsna@aol.com
Web: www.abebooks.com/home/NAPBKS
Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-5:30pm, Sunday 1pm-5:30pm
2,500+ Volumes: South Caroliniana, Southern authors, first editions

St. Andrews Books
(Search service, Mail order only)
Proprietor: Tom Bettendorf
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1134, Camden, SC 29021
Phone: 803-425-4080
Email: standrew@infoave.net
4,000 Volumes: D.H. Lawrence, nautical books, British Literature.

Watafindbooks.com
(Internet/Online Order)
Proprietors: Marie and Vik Vevik
Mailing Address: 1821 Cupstid St., Cayce, SC 29033
Phone: 803-926-9798
Email : info@watafindbooks.com
Web: www.watafindbooks.com
8,000+ Volumes: Online bookshop specializing in South Caroliniana, Military, Religion, Non-Fiction (General), and Fiction (Poetry, Essays and Novels).

Greenville - Upstate South Carolina

Bookquest
(Mail order/online order, appraisals, search service)
Proprietors: Mike & Dianne Bailey
Address: Buncombe Antiques Mall (Taylors, SC)
Hours: Monday-Saturday: 10am-5pm
Mailing Address: 125 Greybridge Rd., Pelzer, SC 29669
Phone: 864-243-3341
Fax: 864-243-3350
Email: baileybq@juno.com
5,000 Volumes: General stock, South Carolininana, Archibald Rutledge, and modern firsts.

Western South Carolina

Wilington Bookshop
(Mail order/online order, search service)
Proprietor: Ann Francavilla, Willington on the Way, Inc.
Address: 1801 Morrah Bridge Rd & Hwy 81, McCormick, SC 29835 [view map]
Phone: 843-524-1119   864-391-2218 (voice & fax)
Email: sarandan@wctel.net
Web: www.WillingtonOnTheWay.org
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday: 11pm-3pm
16,000 Volumes: General stock, religion, cookbooks, Southern writers, travel, juvenile.

Services

Miller's Bookbinding
(Bookbinding Services)
Proprietor: Larry Miller
Address: 506 Jasper Street, West Columbia, SC  29170 [view map]
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm
Phone: 803-739-0971
Email: customerservice@millersbookbinding.com
Web: www.MillersBookbinding.com
Services: Binding single pages and rebinding books. Restoring old and rare books, bibles, hand warbles papers, fancying bindings, and gold stamping. We do not sell books.