Beck's Books, Chicago

This textbook chain is free of a university setting and you can find all your awe-inspiring school books here for the same prices in a more sophisticated location. They have an assortment of postcards, T-shirts, and, of course, those daunting metal shelves stacked to the ceiling with textbooks. They also purport to have new books here, though there aren't any visible except in the window display. Additional locations are scattered throughout the Chicago area.