General Info

The Book House has been open since 1985 as an open shop and an online store under the ownership of Michelle Barron and her family. We are located in a charming historic Victorian house built in 1865. We are about 15 minutes from downtown St. Louis where an eclectic mix of quality rare, out of print, new, and used books are tucked into nine rooms on three floors of winding staircases filled with nooks and crannies, and a dungeon we call the 'bargain basement'. Our house is patrolled by two store cats, Chaucer and Blake, as well as one ghost. Our extensive used, rare, and out of print holdings have been collected for years, and represent some of the finest in the Midwest. We have wonderful selections of children's and illustrated books, 19th and 20th century literature, poetry, drama, military history, art, architecture, and photography. Our science fiction, cookbook, philosophy, religion, and mystery collections are huge. A portion of our proceeds now support Second Chapter Life Cen ter, a non-profit supporting young adults with special needs and their families.