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Booksellers, Booksearch and Area Guide links
are limited to those that are UK based, with independent websites,
prominently show their permanent postal address (not a PO Box number)
and telephone contact details; and offer the accepted terms of
trade for bookselling. We do not regard those with 'home pages'
provided by large bookselling sites as independent
websites.
The following includes descriptions
provided by the booksellers themselves.
A Book for all
Reasons
Medium general stock of collectable and out-of-print books with
emphasis on first half 20th Century popular fiction, Royal Navy
(mainlyWW2 and esp. Royal Naval Patrol Service and Coastal Forces),
Norfolk and Suffolk Topography and Local History. Member PBFA and
ibooknet.
Lesley
Aitchison
Manuscripts, maps, photographs, documents, engravings, ephemera etc.
relating to the local history of: Cornwall -- Devon -- Dorset --
Gloucestershire -- Somerset -- Wiltshire
Alternatives
Women's Books
Books by or About Women - Fiction and Non fiction from Art,
Autobiographies, Feminism to Health, Spirituality and Women's
Studies: Includes Novels - Adventure, Romance, Sci-fi, Lesbian,
Detective to Short Stories.
Ambra
Books (Ivor Cornish)
Buying and Selling Antiquarian and Secondhand Books, relating to
Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire and
issue regular catalogues. The catalogues contain a wide range of
subjects relating to each county, and include works on history,
(local, industrial, mining and social) topography, genealogy,
archaeology, geology, agriculture and natural history.
abook4all
(formerly Goldenbks)
Online only, specialist rare bookstore and antiquarian library
consultants. Established buyers and sellers of quality leather bound
and out of print books.
Brian
Annesley
Books of Scottish interest. Books on all aspects of Scottish Life,
Literature, History, Clans, Sport and Culture.
Ian Barfield
Books
Suppliers of out of print and second hand academic books, especially
philosophy and politics to libraries, academics and collectors
worldwide.
Baggins Book
Bazaar
The largest rare and secondhand bookshop in England - amongst huge
and constantly changing general stock are large sections devoted to
Natural History, Biography, Fine Art, Foreign Travel and Fiction.
Book Search service is free with no obligation to buy and extremely
thorough and prompt.
Beckham
Books
Specializing in theology and religious books including bibles and
prayer books but also with a wide range of other subjects with over
14,000 books online and thousands of additional books on our shelves.
Member PBFA and ibooknet.
Peter
Bell
Antiquarian and secondhand booksellers specialising in antiquarian
and scholarly books on the humanities, especially English History,
Literature and Biography; Scottish History, Literature and Philosophy
Bertram Rota
Ltd
A long-established London bookdealer specialising in Modern First
Editions, Arts and Architecture and Private Press Books; members of
the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and the International League
of Antiquarian Booksellers.
Martin
Bott
Specialist dealers in Transport and Industrial History Books and
Ephemera (especially Railways, Buses, Canals, Mining, Steam Engines
and business history). Bookshop in Horwich, Bolton, Lancs (M61 Jct6)
Richard
Booth's Bookshop Ltd.
Richard Booth founded the world's first Book Town at Hay-on-Wye in
1961.The idea has caught on and now there are seventeen Book Towns in
various stages of development all over the world. Centrepiece of
Hay-on-Wye is Richard's Castle at Hay, a magnificent pile dating from
12th C and incorporating the Hay Castle Bookshop.
Brockwells
Books
Brockwells specialise in rare and Antiqurian books and if you cannot
find the book you want Brockwells will search places that the
Internet can't reach, to find them for you.
Brown
Studies
Working with books since the early 60’s, Brenda and Mike Brown run an
exclusively internet/mail order business with over 25,000 books in
stock covering every subject known to man with special interests of
gardening, herbs, ecology, construction, diy, donkeys, Miss Read and
John S Goodall, and also a range of texts used by
students.
Nicholas
& Helen Burrows
Specialising in signed First Editions of the best contemporary
British and International fiction
Clarebooks.co.uk
Online store selling second-hand books, non fiction books, out of
print books, used books and rare books with an
affiliated
site specialising in biography and autobiography.
The
Children's Bookshop
With a stock in the region of 15,000 books we cater not only for
children but also for adult collectors, teachers and researchers. For
collectors we can offer a variety of books and annuals in most areas,
Girls/Boys school,W E Johns, R Crompton, D C Thompson, among others.
We also carry a selection of older illustrated books, dating from the
1920s and earlier. Our speciality is twentieth century fiction.
Countrybooks
(Jim Bell)
A selection of secondhand and antiquarian books on countryside
subjects, including cottage life and living, self sufficiency,
country pursuits including fishing and shooting, and general life
'out of town'.
Countryman Books
Specialist dealers in rare and out of print books on Fishing,
Shooting, Dogs and Horses. P.B.F.A.members.
Cusack
Books
We are Internet/mail-order based and specialize in TV-related titles
from Andy Pandy to Z Cars via Bewitched, Monty Python and Star Trek.
We also offer out of print rock music titles.
Daddymont's Used
Books
Search or browse descriptions and pictures of a wide range of second
hand books, including Children's, Christian, History, Illustrated,
Nature and Poetry. Secure online ordering.
Deiltak First
Editions
Modern first editions, mostly UK firsts, though we also have smaller
lists of biography, non-fiction and US firsts. Our site also includes
a magazine for book lovers and collectors, the dagga, contributions
to which are also welcome.
Dorset
Rare Books and Water Lane Bookshop, Salisbury
Shop a few minutes from Salisbury Cathedral, we buy and sell good
quality Antiquarian and Second-hand books on most subjects, good
prices paid. PBFA member.
East
Riding Books
Located in East Yorkshire, East Riding Books offers a range of second
hand, collectible and new books on all aspects of music and a very
small collection of scores. A member of the PBFA
Simon Gough
Books
A large general stock and specialising in agriculture; applied arts;
art historyand reference; artists; bindings; literary criticism;
literature; composers; musical instruments; and rural life.
Greyfriars
Books - the Colchester Bookshop
Large bookshop specialising in academic secondhand and out-of-print
books on literature, art, philosophy, history, science and local
interests.
David
A. H. Grayling
Scarce and out of print books on big game hunting, deer & deer
stalking, field sports, gamebird & wildfowl shooting, angling
& fishing, hunting with hounds, coursing, dogs, natural history,
ornithology, mammals, sporting guns & rifles
Peter J.
Hadley
Stock of English Literature, English Architectural History including
Interior design and Landscape History, general English History and
Private Press titles including new publications.
Han-Shan Tang Books
(John Cayley)
The West's foremost bookseller specializing in the Art of East Asia,
SouthEast Asia and Central Asia. In our area of expertise we stock
antiquarian, new and secondhand books, and other documentation, in
any language. We are constantly buying high quality, scholarly
libraries, we also have a strong stock of area and cultural studies
titles for the region. We work mainly by mail order.
Hay Cinema
Bookshop and Francis Edwards
Some 200,000 volumes on all subjects housed in what used to be the
town's Cinema. Francis Edwards, antiquarian bookseller since 1855,
relocated to Hay-on-Wye, 'The Town of Books' in 1985. Occupying four
rooms on the first floor of the world famous Hay Cinema Bookshop,
Francis Edwards keeps a stock of approximately 10,000 antiquarian and
collectors' books from early printed books to modern first editions.
Hay-on-Wye
- see Booklinks
Hereward
Books
Specialists in fine and rare books on all aspects of Guns, Big Game
Hunting, Shooting, Angling and related subjects and have been trading
full time for 25 years. Produce two catalogues a year on specialist
stock but also carry a good selection of rare and collectable books
on various subjects at our shop at Haddenham, near Ely.
Janda
Books
Kemp
Booksellers
A varied stock of secondhand and antiquarian books with an emphasis
on modern first editions and Yorkshire local history and topography.
We issue occasional catalogues on both these specialities, please
email us to receive a copy.Under our publishing imprint Mr.Pye
(Books) we reprint in facsimile a selection of local history titles
relating to our area. The Leading Mervyn Peake specialist.
Kidz
Books
Rare and hard to find children's books, specialising in Enid Blyton,
Malcolm Saville, Elinor Brent-Dyer, Ladybirds and many more. With
just under 3000 books we have a very quick turnover and new stock is
added all the time.
Little
Wonder Books
Ancient Civilisations, Astrology, Biography, Cults and Secret
Societies, Divination and Precognition, Earth Mysteries, Folklore
& Legends, Ghosts and Hauntings, Graphology, Mediumship,
Spiritualism, Mystism, New Age, Occult & Magic, Palmistry,
Psychical Research & Parapsychology, Witchcraft, etc.
Lymelight Books and Prints
Main specialities are Art, Geology, Illustrated, Literature, Natural
History, Poetry, Topography and Travel.
Maggs Bros. Ltd
....was established in the nineteenth century and is a leading
London dealer in rare and antiquarian books and related items. We
specialise in Modern First Editions, English literature; incunabula;
illuminated manuscripts; travel; continental literature; natural
history; military and autographs.
March House
Books
Specialist internet booksellers since 1997 March House Books offers a
wide range of children's, illustrated and general books.
Military
Library Research Service Ltd
Sellers/publishers/reprinters of military books and manuals -
military history reprints for all military historians, re-enactors,
wargamers, modellers and tour guides.
Mr. Mac
A varied range of secondhand and out-of-print books. On-line
catalogue available on web site.
Modern
Firsts
The online bookstore of Petersham Books, specialising in modern
first editions with a large selection of rare and collectable modern
and contemporary literature as well as crime and mystery fiction.
Newcastle
Bookshop (Valerie Levitt)
Based on the Newcastle Quayside in the North-East of England, stocks
a wide range of used, out of print and antiquarian books.
O'Donoghue
Books
Stock of over 10,000 second hand and out-of-print books with an
emphasis on Philosophy and Social Sciences as well as a wide
selection of general titles.
Paralos Ltd.
Antiquarian books, maps and prints. Early printing, classics, plate
books and travels. Decorative and natural history prints. Maps and
atlases of all regions printed before 1800.
Patterson
Liddle
Books on Aviation, Canals and Inland Waterways, and UK Railways.
Paul Orssich
Established on the Mediterranean Island of Menorca in 1980, the
business now operates from Fulham a short distance from the
commercial centre of London. All aspects of Hispanic Studies found in
antiquarian, rare or out of print books. Two catalogues each year;
descriptions are in Spanish but often include citations in the
language of the text. Lists of available titles can be generated by
almost any criteria.
Phenotype
Books Ltd, J. E.Mattley
Antiquarian and secondhand books on agriculture, farm livestock, dogs,
horses, and allied subjects. Working from private premises in Cumbria,
regular catalogues on specialist stock issued or can provide single
subject lists on request. Member of PBFA.
Plurabelle
Books
English studies, linguistics, book and computing history, rhetoric,
gender studies, philosophy, etc. Member ibooknet.
Quaint
and Quirky
An eclectic range of books which are mainly secondhand, non-fiction.
Also a small number of booklets, magazines, new books, and some
quaint and quirky 'Not Books'.
Scorpio
Books
Lorna and Patrick Quorn have together over half a century of book
selling experience and have been members of PBFA for over twenty-five
years, specialising in Military, Aviation, Naval History together
with Jazz, Women's studies and Performing arts. They also carry a
large general stock.
G. A.Michael Sims (A
Book for all Reasons - ABfaR)
Medium general stock of collectable and out-of-print books with
emphasis on first half 20th Century popular fiction, Royal Navy
(mainlyWW2 and esp. Royal Naval Patrol Service and Coastal Forces),
Norfolk and Suffolk Topography and Local History. Member PBFA and
ibooknet.
Ken
Spelman Rare Books
Art, Design and Ornament: Architecture: Classical and General Works;
Architecture: Rural and Cottage, also Flowers and Gardens;
Literatureand History; Illustrated Books and Bindings; Science,
Technology and Medicine; Colour Science and Technique; Education,
Dictionaries and Philosophy; General Antiquarian Stock.
The
Sporting Bookshop
Specialises in old and out-of-print football, cricket, boxing and
fishing books with a selection of many other sports. We also have in
stock football and other sports programmes, magazines, videos and
memorabilia
Tarka
Books
General secondhand bookseller and supplier of discount computer
books. Largest secondhand bookshop in North Devon's regional centre.
Established 1988.
Robert
Temple
Specialists in English and American literary first editions,
including later printings with revisions or additions, with a current
stock of about 4,000 both antiquarian and modern. Also a
bibliographical archive file, giving bibliographical information and
notes on about 18,000 books, on a good many of which there is no
other bibliographical information available.
Tilleys
Vintage Magazines
For all kinds of printed material, mainly magazines, periodicals,
comics, newspapers, annuals and programmes but including books and
ephemera, with over one million items stocked - retail
premises in Sheffield and Chesterfield.
TLÖN
Books
History of the world divided into catalogues by country/period.
John
Townsend
Second-hand and antiquarian books, specialist in Genealogy and
BritishTopography. Samples of stock, get a catalogue by e-mail, etc.
Underwood
House Books (Bruce Holdsworth)
You can browse through our Catalogue of books on art and design and
related subjects and Order Books on any subject or request a Book
Search for new or out of print books. Underwood House Books is an
established bookseller with years of experience, specialising in the
area of Art and Design and related subjects.
Village
Bookshop
A bookshop serving Upper Teesdale offering a range of new and an
ever-changing stock of secondhand books for collectors in many
subjects, especially Country Life, Fishing and Shooting, Sporting and
Working Dogs and anything to do with Co. Durham (particularly
Teesdale and Weardale). Out of print or rare books can be searched
for on your behalf.
The
Virtual Bookshelf
Medium-sized book shop based in south-east London, having a broad
general stock with emphasis on military history, theatre history, all
things equine and Shropshire topography and local history.
R. F. & C.
Ward
Online stock in catalogues indexed alpabetically and by subject; a
stock of over 20,000 titles (all subjects) and have been trading full
time since 1984
David
White Books
buys and sells old, rare, antiquarian and interesting out-of-print
medical books specializing in the history of medicine and pharmacy.
Wigtown
- see Booklinks
Nigel
Williams
First edition literature, childrens books and P. G. Wodehouse.
Yesteryear
Railwayana
Postal dealers specializing exclusively in every kind of printed
material both textual and illustrated that might relate to any aspect
of railway history worldwide, covering all periods of time and in
various languages.
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