Three Lives & Company is hoping the building's new owner will let the store stay at 154 West 10th St. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Danielle Tcholakian

WEST VILLAGE — After 33 years in the West Village, Three Lives & Company's days at 154 West 10th St. may be numbered.

In an email to customers, store owner Toby Cox explained that their building has been put up for sale, and the owners opted not to renew the bookstore's lease, allowing them to stay on a month-to-month basis.

"As you are certainly aware, the white-hot real estate market in New York City means this could present some challenges for the bookshop," Cox wrote in the email.

Cox wrote that he hopes to work with a new owner, when one is found, to keep the shop in its home of more than three decades — or if they have to find a new home, to stay in the West Village.

"The shop has moved once since it originally opened on the corner of West Tenth and Seventh Avenue, and there’s always the possibility for a third life for Three Lives," he wrote. "It is our desire to stay in our neighborhood, the West Village, but we will need to find the right space at the right price, not an easy task considering the current commercial rental conditions in the area."

Cox was not immediately reachable by phone to discuss the email. The rest of the email, in which he thanks his landlords and notes that their business is thriving, follows.