Choctaw Books, Jackson

Choctaw Books has a national reputation as a specialist in books on the South. With 70,000 volumes, it is also the largest bookstore in Mississippi for used and rare hardbacks. Whether in search of a 19th-century Civil War memoir or a signed Grisham novel, Choctaw is a booklover's dream. Most customers seek the thousands of $10-20 books that literally overflow into the aisles. But the Collectors' Room is where this quaint store truly distinguishes itself. First editions in this room can cost $1,000 each, and for many Faulkner and Welty titles, this price is a bargain.