Hours
During Covid, our hours change week to week. For the most part we are managing Noon-5 PM Thursday to Sunday.

Old Books on Front St.

249 N. Front St.
Wilmington, NC 28401

Parking: There are three parking decks on Second Street between Market Street and Grace Street (one each block) that are all free for the first hour.

Contact Info

Phone (910) 76 BOOKS
Email: oldbooksonfrontst@gmail.com

Instagram: @OBOFS

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S M A R T   T O O L S

Between the Covers Bed & Breakfast

Between The Covers: A NC Literary Bed and Breakfast is located in the Rohler family home in the Historic Carolina Heights neighborhood. It is a temple to the written word with rooms themed around Maya Angelou, Tom Robbins, Zelda Fitzgerald, Nicholas Sparks and a North Carolina Poets Laureate Garden.

Gift Certificate for a Night Stay in the Maya Angelou Room

$130.00

The Maya Angelou Room celebrates one of our most accomplished and gifted writers. Dr. Angelou taught at Wake Forest University from 1981 to 2011. She lived in her famous "little yellow house that Caged Bird bought" in Winston-Salem until her death in 2014. We have painted the west facing room a lovely shade of yellow in honor of that house. The late afternoon sun filtered through the magnolias makes the walls glow. The room is filled with her books, and also others about North Carolina, her work and interests. There is a private bathroom with a full bath and shower, double bed, and a typewriter for your enjoyment as well. It is cozy, but elegant.

 Between The Covers a NC Literary Bed and Breakfast is a full service Bed and Breakfast. Your stay includes an awesome breakfast in our stunning dining room; and all day coffee, beverage and snacks buffet located in the Butler's pantry.  Please let us know if you have any food allergies or eating requirements when you make your reservation. With 48 hours notice we are prepared to accommodate vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and paleo diets. 

We will happily mail your certificate to you or your recipient.

Please note: Room is on the second floor. All guests must be able to walk up the stairs. No pets.

Thank you so much!!!

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Gift Certificate for a Night Stay in the Tom Robbins Room

$140.00

The Tom Robbins Room.... is wall papered in pages from Still Life With Woodpecker and Another Roadside Attraction. Yes, that is a map of the world on the ceiling. There are some more fun surprises, but if we show you pictures of them all it would undermine the joy of discovering them for yourself. The shelves are stocked with Robbins' books as well as NC history, and the mystical, magical, irreverent topics that captivate him and his readership. He was born in Blowing Rock, NC and actually ran away to join the circus. The rest, as they say, is the whole enchilada. 

Between The Covers a NC Literary Bed and Breakfast is a full service Bed and Breakfast. Your stay includes an awesome breakfast in our stunning dining room; and all day coffee, beverage and snacks buffet located in the Butler's pantry.  Please let us know if you have any food allergies or eating requirements when you make your reservation. With 48 hours notice we are prepared to accommodate vegan, vegetarian, gluten free and paleo diets. 

We will happily mail your certificate to you or your recipient.

Please note: Room is on the second floor. All guests must be able to walk up the stairs. No pets.

Thank you so much!!!

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Literary History Walking Tour

During Covid we are conducting Tours by appointment.
Please email:
oldbooksonfrontst@gmail.com
to make arrangements.

A just under two hour tour we start in 1535 and come forward into the present.

Two Gift Certificates for Literary History Walking Tour

$18.00

This is a gift certificate for two tickets to The Literary History Walking Tour.

The Tour departs from Old Books on Front St on Saturdays at 1:30 PM. It is around two hours of strolling through downtown Wilmington discussing books and authors, film adaptations, theatre, the two libraries, newspapers, education, literacy, Oscar Wilde, Stephen King, Arthur Miller and Nicholas Sparks among others. Private tours for 6 or more are available during the week, please send a message to make arrangements.

This is a wonderful gift idea to make a date with a friend or family member who likes history or literature.

We will happily mail you the gift certificate or put it in the drawer with your name on it until you are ready to use it.

Thank you very much for the support - it is appreciated!

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The Top Shelf Literary Loft

Have you ever dreamed of spending the night in a book store?
We have a nightly rental loft above the book store that sleeps six.  Yes, that is a life size scrabble board on the living room floor (of course we have tiles for it!)

Gift Certificate For a Night Stay In The Top Shelf Literary Loft

$250.00

A Gift Certificate for a night's stay in our beautiful NC Writer's Themed Loft above our Iconic Family Owned Independent Book Store! The living room floor has a life sized Scrabble Board and pieces approx a foot in size to play the ultimate game! The Loft has a full kitchen, bathroom and will sleep up to six. More pictures are available at top shelf literary loft dot com. Or message with questions. We would love for you to stay with us. This is a wonderful way to celebrate with friends, family or your special someone. 

A few details: The Loft is on the second floor, everyone in your party must be able to walk up stairs.

No pets. Sorry.

We will happily mail your gift certificates to you or your recipient.

Thank you very much!!

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