Open for Business!
Yes, our shop is open for business! If you wanted to drop by, please make an appointment before coming.
Keep in mind, if you call our business line, you may get a voice mail greeting, but we should be returning your call, so leave a message.
It would be best if you check out our website first and see if that will answer your questions. The navigation links at the top of this page are a good place to start.
WELCOME TO LEONARD’S BOOKS
Leonard E. Haley first opened Leonard’s Antiques & Used Furniture back in 1972 in a familiar storefront in Lafayette, Indiana. After he passed away in 1988, his son Eric continued the family business, gradually adding his favorite stock — books — and changing the name to “Leonard’s Antiques & Books.”
Leonard’s was the first antiques store in the Lafayette area to go online, in 1996. Five years later, in 2001, the landmark store was closed, and Eric moved his collection of rare, out-of-print, and quality used books and magazines to a new location in Carroll County, Indiana–right next to our house in the old Burrows fire station. The name was changed to “Leonard’s Books” to reflect our new focus on both book sales and bookbinding. Today, the vast majority of our business is book and Bible rebinding.
To Catch You Up from the Last Year
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything here, so I thought I’d fill you in on what’s been happening in Burrows, Indiana. As you can see, Eric and I are still in good shape! Eric and I on an average day. Particularly, one of our customers wanted to...
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