The Poor Scholar

An Online Used Bookstore for the Overeducated and Underpaid

Quaint and Curious Volumes of Forgotten Lore a Specialty

About Me

With a mastery of impractical subjects, self employment as a bookseller seems to be the career for which I'm best suited. I scour library and estate sales for scholarly books which I sell at the lower end of the range of current market prices. Occasionally I will find vintage science-fiction/fantasy, collectible books such as Folio Society publications, and antiquarian books, but the main focus is specialist non-fiction. Whether you want to read about the German Naval Mutinies of 1918 or Carthaginian child sacrifice, I might have something for you. Thus the "poor[as in impecunious] scholar" is the customer I hope to serve as well as a self description. It is also the name of an Irish reel, as well as a William Carleton novel.


Where to Purchase Books from the Poor Scholar

In the future I might upload a more select scholarly and antiquarian stock to abebooks, but right now I sell only on ebay. The link to my store is below.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/thepoorscholar

Social Media

I will post videos about books I've bought recently on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoorScholar

I will highlight books I find interesting on Instagram at:

https://www.instagram.com/thepoorscholar/