Columbia Books

Check out our recently expanded Young Adult section through our website or in person. Bring your mask and escape into a different universe.

Columbia Books is now "cautiously open" and will resume purchasing books by appointment; outside in the parking lot (on sunny days). We will continue to fill order requests for curbside pickups and mail packages as well. We are so grateful for all our loyal customers who have called to check up on us and order books from us instead of Amazon; your support has helped us through these challenging days.

As a safety precaution we are not buying any used books at this time. We do have free shipping on all online orders over $30 at columbiabooksonline.com.

Just a reminder that we have 33,000 titles on our website (columbiabooksonline.com) and all orders over $30 come with free media mail shipping. If you need to special order books then we can ship them to you. Stay safe and keep those hands washed.

Check out our newly expanded collection of Vernacular architecture. Over 100 titles added.

The New Year is here and we have 2020 Calendars at 50% off the regular price. We also have a Louisa May Alcott display and we're showing off our Houseplant books. In our paperback room we are also selling vintage Romance novels for $1 each.

Our Holiday sale is back! Everything in the store is 20% off from now until December 24th.

Celebrate Romantic Love with Vintage Victorian Valentines

Here is a sample of some of our 319 Christmas/holiday books; a complete catalog can be found on our website www.columbiabooksonline.com

Our Christmas display is up and we're sending out our Holiday Discount cards next week.

Columbia Books will be closed on October 13th due to a wedding in the family. We will be open our regular hours next week.

The One-Read Finalists have been announced and they're both available in paperback.

"Les Modes Parisiennes" Hand-colored engraving, ca1845. Fashion plates are not only attractive and decorative in themselves, they are also an invaluable guide for the historian of costume. The golden age of the fashion-plate is considered to be from 1843-1879. Les Modes Parisiennes innovated a new style of the fashion plate; fashion was presented in a more conversational atmosphere, the women of the illustrations wer posed in daily activities. This example of the "latest" in springtime High Fashion is one of many other examples of these lovely engravings available at Columbia Books.