The Book Orphanage is an on-line store (mail and phone orders). We focus on the Mystery genre, but continue to acquire titles in other fields. It is our intent to bring together owners in need of books and books in need of owners. We specialize in autographed books, hard to find and some limited editions that you may not be able to find at your local chain stores. We are Jeff and Nancy (Her Majesty) Kreider and our son, Erik (The Web Guy). We are a branch of “Jeff Kreider, Consultant”. We have been providing on-line sales of First Edition (signed and unsigned) books since 1995. As we start the new millennia we offer web page access to our store of books through this page and ABE Books (See our inventory: click here)

Our name was chosen to impress you with our goal of placing books, new and used, into good homes. Take a look at our List of Residents. A catalogue is available in a PDF format and we will list a sampling and some special offers for web visitors. These PDF files are dated and reflect the current pricing. These files may be updated and the prices changed from time to time without notice. So be sure you have the latest edition.

Adoption Procedures  outline how to adopt any of these orphaned books.

See Specials for a current sampling from our List of Residences with special, limited-time pricing.

We have also provided a page of Author Info  providing photos, signatures and/or bibliographic information that we have gathered over the years (some not so flattering, but, we’ll try to improve on that). The signatures were taken from books or bookplates signed by the author. For the most part, these signatures were done in our presence so we are fairly confident they are authentic. Some came in books that we acquired already signed. Consequently, we can’t testify to the authenticity of them. So, if you see a signature that doesn’t match what you have seen, please let us know. Keep in mind, of course, that signatures change. A couple years ago, I found two books signed by Patricia Cornwell (Postmortem and Cruel & Unusual) and the signatures were wildly different. The earlier one was very legible and neat and the older one much more scribbled. The same is true for Ray Bradbury signatures, and I’m sure there are others.

Also, if you are an author and are not represented on the pages, feel free to contact us and we’ll gladly arrange to add you to these pages.

The mailing address of The Book Orphanage is not the store location. The phone, fax and e-mail are those of the business offices in Hesperia, California. Feel free to contact us in writing at the mailing address or via phone, fax or e-mail at the office.