For more than 70 years, bookworms have had a wonderful home in a Davenport store. Source Book Store is a media shrine, packed with rare and unusual books, music and more. From hard-to-find vintage titles to recent must-reads, you’ll find endless discoveries in this special shop. Make plans today to head to Source Book Store – here’s a taste of what’s waiting for you.

The store is massive. It's located at 232 W 3rd Street, in an impressive brick building in downtown Davenport.
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Back in 1939, a foundry worker named George Pekios started the book store out of the living room of his East Moline home. The enterprise took off and decades later, it's still going strong, and is now owned by Carter Brown.
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The store's inventory is impressive. It has it all - hardcovers and paperbacks, literature, contemporary fiction​, sci-fi/fantasy books, mystery novels and books for kids and young adults There's also a huge nonfiction collection - everything from books on sports and entertainment to local history, foreign languages and science and math.
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If you can make it past the books, you'll find tons of collectible magazines, comics, music on all the classic formats as well as movies on DVD, VHS and Blu-Ray. The store has publications that are over 100 years old
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In this little corner of the basement, you'll find an inventory of postcards, atlases, and travel books that will take you on a trip around the world.
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Will shoplifters be prosecuted? Maybe you should ask the knight who guards the basement!
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The shop buys some rare books and you can also choose to donate books or receive store credit. The store can arrange pickup service if you have a lot of books. Not sure how much your books are worth? The store is happy to do an appraisal. if you can’t make it to the store, they are happy to ship anything they have in stock. Looking for more good reads? Here are 7 cozy and welcoming places to pick up a good read in Iowa City.

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