Just fill out the form here and we will add your business to our listings. The redruth bookshop is the largest secondhand and out of print bookshop in cornwall. Sale now on and we are operating as normal on abe and. We also stock beautiful gift ideas, stationery and cards. Penzance natural history and antiquarian society 18391961 was a local society founded in penzance in cornwall, england, uk, whose aim was the cultivation of the science of natural history, and for the investigation of the antiquities referring to the early inhabitants. The ground floor of the shop offers mainly new books whilst the lower ground floor offers a good selection of seconhand and antiquarian books. But what visitors to the bookshop are most likely to notice is the sheer number of westcountry books, biographies, and tomes for sale. What with the annual bridport prize for authors, a renowned lit fest and a high street stuffed with second hand book shops, you could say bridport is. A rather tucked away shop that is easy to miss so, make sure you dont. A full range of commercial facilities can be found in falmouth, with branches of all the major banks, post office, famous high street stores and a large number of interesting specialist shops including galleries, antique stores and antiquarian book shops. A small antiquarian second hand bookshop in the cathedral city of truro specialising in all areas of cornish history, mining, archaeology etc.
Peter harrington specialises in selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, library sets, maps and original artwork. A traditional book shop that sells a combination of new and secondhand books. A great little bookshop just off the main street in bideford. Newlyn books offers an eclectic collection of excellent quality antiquarian and second hand books in its new premises in penzance. Your guide to independent bookshops in bristol, cornwall, devon, dorset, gloucestershire, somerset, wiltshire and throughout the southwest fri 30 sep 2011 19. Weekly event 2025 dealers, free admission, all indoors, cornish books, ceramics, militaria, books, local pottery, collectable toys. Buy cornwall books in antiquarian and collectable books and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay.
Specialized on rare books, with mostly british books, manuscripts, ephemera. We hope you find what you are looking for but if not, please feel free to enquire. Ambra books antiquarian and secondhand books, relating to cornwall, devon, dorset, gloucestershire, somerset, wiltshire, bought and sold. Art materials, greetings cards, stationery and postcards. Our aim is to be a welcoming and exciting bookshop at the centre of our community, providing a source of inspiration, creativity and fun. We have every kind of book from modern secondhand paperbacks to collectible and antiquarian books of considerable value.
Delph books antiquarian and secondhand book dealers was established in 1979, and is run by frank lamb. Sign up for the next edition of the old books leaflet or get online immediately. If the shop youre looking for isnt shown or you notice any errors or significant inconsistencies in this or any other ukcbd listings, please let me know county confusion. Approximately 8000 books in the bookshop, 15,000 books online, and literary. Bookstore cornwall square cornwall, ontario chapters. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and outofprint stock ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Antiques for sale from antique dealers in cornwall. Welcome to the edge of the world bookshop, the leading independent bookshop in penzance. As a book shop lover i wanted to take a picture for future reference. Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important and we try to offer our customers a varied selection, along with advice on library development and special purchases. I now have my website up and running again, and you will see pictures of the shop and various information which will help you to order from my site. Penzance natural history and antiquarian society wikipedia. Looking for out of print books, cornish books, rare and collectable books.
Water lane bookshop, salisbury 24 water lane, salisbury, wiltshire, sp2 7te 01722 337929. Biblio offers nearly 100 million used books and rare books for sale from professional antiquarian booksellers around the world. The antiquarian booksellers association is the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books, manuscripts and allied materials in the british isles. Antiquarian book sellers, shops and dealers in cornwall. Cornwall, where we are open by arrangement, and come away surprised and. This particular shop has always specialised to a degree in west country topography and books relating to the local area. Nick bikoff and his wife fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the colorado antiquarian book seminar at the university of denver.
We stock thousands of books on virtually every subject. If you continue browsing, well assume that you are happy to. We offer a wealth of antiquarian books, specialising in early and handpress printing but not excluding all others. To help keep our communities safe, all our retail locations are temporarily closed until further notice. Sunday has a masters degree from nyu and was a forbes small business contributor. We also have a large selection of new books on cornwall. Think of them as the wise and familiar grandparents of your book collection. Christian bookshops in cornwall uk christian bookshops. About antiquarian books book collecting is at once the most various, the most sophisticated, and the least incometaxing of the major forms of connoisseurship. Antique fairs in cornwall helston, redruth, penryn. We believe we have the most extensive cornish collection and are always happy to undertake book searches. A good general stock of secondhand and antiquarian books specialising in cornwall, topography, poetry, music, politics, natural history, social history, biographies and a large selection of books, old and new, on the history of golf over the past 150 years.
Join us free to promote your business on antiquesatlas. We offer a prompt and personal service with a guarantee to despatch all orders within 48 hours of customer confirmation. Rather tucked away on the first floor of the guidhall shopping centre but has plentiful parking very close at hand. Proprietors susan sutherland and james simpson ogara offer a broad range of secondhand and antiquarian books. Antiquarian books are like the grandparents of books. Top 10 independent book shops in the south west top 10s. I have a large bookstore on a trout stream near a covered bridge in west cornwall, co barbara farnsworth, bookseller, a. Also has a good signed book section perfect for presents. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure these details are correct, we recommend that you contact each individual bookshop before travelling any distance. Needless to say, it did not take me long to find the antiquarian bookshops even in. Cookies on oxfam we use cookies to ensure that you have the best experience on our website. Formerly located in the old post house in chapel street, newlyn books can now be found at captain cutters house also on chapel street.
We sell all over the world so please use our currency converter found on each listing page. Key open at advertised times phone before travelling appointment necessary. Bookshop spencer magill, 2 white hart arcade, launceston, cornwall. There isnt much room to turn round, but that along with the resident dog which snuffles around browsers feet is the secret of the shops. New, secondhand and antiquarian books sold through the shop, by mail order and. Ian marr rare books ian marr, 23, pound street, liskeard, cornwall. There is a wide variety of accommodation available from camp sites to luxury hotels. Located opposite one of launcestons churches, the shop is arranged on two floors. Redruth book shop cornwalls largest new and out of print bookseller.
The petersfield bookshop antiquarian and secondhand. Antique books clearly have been around for a long time, but dont let the words antique book or antiquarian book give you the wrong impression. Our knowledgeable staff are onhand to advise and inspire in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. In the 1970s and 80s, when my family went on holiday to cornwall or the lake district, a tour of the local shops would almost always cover our. Secondhand and antiquarian bookshops in the uk 2020. Find useful information, the address and the phone number of the local business you are looking for. Weve been in business in portsmouth, nh since 1973. The cornish bookshop features new used and collectable books cds and dvds about cornwall.
Abaa about rare books book glossary about antiquarian books. Find antiquarian from online booksellers and bookstores specializing in antiquarian. Relocated from camden lock london to cornwall in 2002. Welcome to the oxford street bookshop, a treasure trove of popular, collectible and rare antique books in the heart of whitstable. The shop also sells local interest titles, best seller paperback fiction and childrens books, as well as stationary, greetings cards, postcards and art. Her appraisal skills were recently featured on atlas obscura. Discover oxfam online shop s range of antiquarian, rare and collectable books. Inside the store, bibliophiles will soon discover a wide array of books. Bookends is an antiquarian and second hand bookshop situated along the narrow streets of beautiful fowey, once daphne du mauriers home town. Ambra books antiquarian and secondhand west country books. Your guide to independent bookshops in bristol, cornwall, devon. Click on a marker to see the name of the location and click the box to go to the information about that place.
A fond farewell to secondhand bookshops books the guardian. We run a bookshop spread over 2 floors in a converted chapel in the old fishing port of looe in cornwall. At water lane bookshop you are hemmed in by books on all sides. Oct 29, 2008 the water lane bookshop is one of the best book shops in the south west. Always a wide range of books relating to cornwall and cornish history. The antiquarian bookstore, new hampshires largest antiquarian book store, features collections, outofprint books, rare books, antiquarian books, magazines, comics, art, and collections. Bookshops south west cornwall penzance the bookshop. What with the annual bridport prize for authors, a renowned lit fest and a high street stuffed with second hand book shops, you could say bridport is a mecca for the bibliophile. Antiquarian and secondhand book sellers, book search and bookbinders in.
With over 30,000 books in stock across two floors, we invite you to browse our distinctive shop, where every turn leads you to another seemingly hidden room full of beautiful books. The petersfield bookshop is a large and rambling bookshop of a kind that is harder and harder to find these days. Fowey festival of arts and literature 6 14 may 2016 fowey, cornwall organised by the daphne du maurier society, this is cornwall s flagship literary event, featuring a diverse range of authors, speakers, musicians, and artists in the beautiful seaside town of fowey. Locate and compare book stores in cornwall on, yellow pages local listings. Redruth book shop cornwalls largest new and out of print. A good general stock also includes childrens illustrated, topography, countryside. Specialising in local history and topography, devon and cornwall also. F rancis edwards antiquarian bookseller, was established in 1855 in the west end of london. Antiquates bookseller based in corfe castle, dorset, uk, specialising in early printing, antique bibles and important books in all areas. Overlooked by the cathedral and in the centre of truro, we are a truly local bookshop providing a vibrant meeting place and friendly welcome for all visitors to. Bookshops south west cornwall truro secondhand and antiquarian bookshops in the uk 2020. Sunday is the vice chair of midatlantic chapter of the abaa and was a keynote speaker at the york antiquarian book seminar in england. Use the list below to locate a specific specialist bookseller or book store near you.
Bonython bookshop buy and sell secondhand books, specialising in cornish history, as well as offering a search and valuation service. The 5 best cornwall antique stores with photos tripadvisor. We have an eclectic assortment of more than two hundred fifty thousand 250,000 books. Newlyn books in penzance, lands end peninsula, bookshops. Derek tangye and many other authors connected with cornwall. Redruth book shop cornwall s largest secondhand and out of print bookshop the redruth bookshop is the largest secondhand and out of print bookshop in cornwall.
Growing over the years from a small book store in the kiva center to over 2300 sq ft on scottsdale road in the heart of old town scottsdale. In our store and on our site, you will find a diverse selection of books, with particular emphasis on the arts, architecture, history, literature, philosophy, and religion. Sep 30, 2011 your guide to independent bookshops in bristol, cornwall, devon, dorset, gloucestershire, somerset, wiltshire and throughout the southwest fri 30 sep 2011 19. We are not a specialty book store, so carry all authors from willa cather. There are currently no listings for antiquarian book sellers, shops and dealers in cornwall. Independent bookshops in southwest of the uk books.
Independent bookshops in southwest of the uk books the. This bookstore is on vacation or is not currently active on. Abbey books is owned by spencer magill and has been established for twelve years in the very heart of launceston, a cornish town between. We have a fantastic range of books including the newest titles, classic, quirky and local books. This excellent book shop is in a great corner location one of the main streets in bude. Now situated on the top floor of the world famous hay cinema bookshop in hayonwye, the town of books, the francis edwards division occupies four show rooms and has in stock over 3,000 volumes. Cornwall books in antiquarian and collectable books for. Another longestablished book shop that carries a general stock of secondhand and antiquarian books. Shop for old books in excellent condition at affordable prices. Shop a vast selection of books, art and collectibles from independent sellers around the world.
Guildall sreetanpol st ives cornwall tr26 2ne get directions with streetfinder. Specialized on rare books in general, ian marr does mostly mostly rare british books, rare manuscripts, ephemera, 17th20th century, bindings. Great little shop, fantastic selection of old comics and books, well worth a visit. Founded in 1963 by george chamberlain, the antiquarian rare book shop has become a respected member of the scottsdale community. The shop caters for a wide range of different interests with a very large stock on two floors. Always a wide range of books relating to cornwall and cornish history, nautical books and a good general stock. Rare and antique books is a leading online book dealer specialising in highly collectable rare books, particularly classic, childrens and modern first editions. Were very happy to give help and advice about any of our books any time up to 9pm uk time as we live over the shop. Antiquarian shop just click browse on the left, then click. This is ian marrs new member profile on joining the antiquarian booksellers association in april 2005.