One of my favorite bookstores is 2nd Street Books in Osceola, Missouri, a small town about a half an hour south of Clinton on Missouri Highway 13.
The store is in an old building just off the square, and has a pretty large inventory of books from all genres. Prices are very good: almost all books are priced $1 for paperbacks, $2 for hardbacks. The owner is a good-natured older-middle-aged guy. I am not quite sure about the hours: the only time I am there is on weekends, and I know he is open by around 9am Saturdays.
I have picked up a number of nice books here, the most notable of which were 1st editions of Kon-Tiki and The Illustrated Man. Most recently I picked up a 1953 hardback of Bartlett’s Quotations.
If you drop in, tell him that guy who used to have long hair sent you (sorry, it won’t get you a discount).
One more thing: dress appropriate for the weather.
2nd Street Books
755 2nd St
Osceola, MO 64776
417-646-8602
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