Website: https://rhinobooksellers.com/
Rhino Booksellers is a neighborhood bookstore in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in used, rare, and specialty books. Located on Charlotte Avenue, the shop describes itself as committed to Nashville’s community of creative talent, welcoming readers, musicians, artists, writers, filmmakers, and photographers. Its tagline, “Used, Rare, Endangered,” reflects a focus on the kind of intimate, service-minded specialty bookselling that the store positions as an alternative to ordering online. The store is owned by Fred Koller.
Products & Services
Rhino Booksellers stocks a host of titles across multiple genres and carries its share of rare volumes. In addition to books, the store offers related items that reflect Nashville’s creative community, including:
- Used hardbound and paperback books across multiple genres
- Rare and out-of-print volumes
- Vinyl records, including vintage LPs
- Musical instruments of all shapes and origins
The store actively buys and trades. It is always looking for gently used hardbound and paperback books, instruments, and vinyl records. Customers interested in selling or trading items are asked to call to set up an appointment. As a stated policy, the store does not accept textbooks or coursework books.
About
Rhino Booksellers presents itself as a vintage-style community bookstore that values intimacy, individuality, and personality in the bookselling experience. The store frames its role in the context of an era when brick-and-mortar stores of many types are steadily disappearing, arguing that there remains both room and a need for the service-minded specialty outlet, particularly where books are concerned. A featured description on the site, credited to Ron Wynn, characterizes Rhino as a place where the conversation seamlessly shifts from music to film to literature and back to books, and where visitors never know exactly what new treasures have arrived since their last visit. The same write-up notes that owner Fred Koller’s range of friends and supporters contributes to the store’s character, so customers never know who may be shopping there. The store summarizes its appeal as offering variety, individuality, and personality.
Location & Contact
- Address: 4918 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209
- Phone: 1-615-279-0310
- Hours: Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm
The store invites customers to stop by its Charlotte Avenue location during its posted hours, and it handles buying and trade inquiries by appointment rather than on a walk-in basis.
Additional Information
To sell or trade gently used books, instruments, or records, customers should call the store to schedule an appointment. The store reiterates that it does not accept textbooks or coursework books. Rhino Booksellers maintains a presence on Instagram and Facebook, where it shares its latest happenings. The shop emphasizes personal service and direct community connection as central to the in-store experience, contrasting it with the convenience of online ordering.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (rhinobooksellers.com).