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 Bookshops >> Central >> Shropshire <<
Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshops in
Shropshire
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Aardvark Books Ltd
Oxford Barn  Brampton Bryan
BUCKNELL  Shropshire  SY7 0DH
tel: 01547 530888  e-mail
 map
Open: Monday - Friday 9.00 - 5.00.
20,000 titles covering all subjects. Books are a mixture of secondhand, new, remainders and a small section of rare and antiquarian. Particularly strong for art and related areas. Interested in purchasing libraries.

M & M Baldwin
24 High Street
CLEOBURY MORTIMER  Shropshire  DY14 8BY
Tel: 01299 270110  map

Barn Books
Pear Tree Farm  Norbury
WHITCHURCH  Shropshire  SY13 4HZ
tel: 01948 663742 fax: 01948 663742  e-mail
 website  map
Open: Friday - Sunday and bank holidays 10.00 - 5.00.
With three rooms of books - local history, gardening, countryside interest are the main topics - with books on many other subjects as well. The Bookshop is situated in a Barn in the Countryside with ample parking space.It is on the Cheshire/Shropshire Border with a Shropshire address but is just in Cheshire.

Simon Baynes - Books & Memorabilia
24 Claremont Hill
SHREWSBURY  Shropshire  SY1 1RD
tel: 01743 244833  e-mail
 website  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
We have about 10,000 general second-hand books, together with new classical CDs, greetings cards and old postcards. We are also keen to buy books and will visit to look at books for sale. For that hard-to-find title why not try our Book Search Service? Further details are on our website.

The Book Passage
57a High Street
BRIDGNORTH  Shropshire  WV16 4DX
tel: 01746 768767  e-mail
 website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.30.
We stock a wide range of books, paperback and hardback, fiction and non- fiction, covering most subjects. We also stock local history books and pamphlets in addition to newly published works by local authors. Our shop is located in a 17th Century alley which previously led to stables behind the coaching inn next door, now an Indoor Market. Here we have over 15,000 books for you to browse in addition to our internet stock.
    Literally a passage. A good half of the stock is contemporary fiction, sci-fi and crime, both h/b and p/b, but I had no difficulty in finding a purchase in the other half. - Henry Middleton 15.10.09.

Bridgnorth Books
Central Court
BRIDGNORTH  Shropshire  WV16 4DT
tel: 01746 761490
Open: Tuesday & Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 9.30 - 5.00, Sunday 11.00 - 4.00.
Opened in January 2010 with a general stock of mainly modern secondhand books.
    Directly opposite Thai Arts restaurant, which is in St Mary's Street. A small and friendly shop, with reasonable stock - John Hale 24.02.10.

Candle Lane Books
28 Princess Street
SHREWSBURY  Shropshire  SY1 1LW
tel: 01743 365301  map
    An amazing find, tucked away behind The Square in the centre of Shrewsbury, and spread over four floors (though the attic one is quite small). Strong on antiquarian, and of course Shropshire topography and local history, also children's books. A higher proportion of the stock than is usual in bookshops these days seems to be from the first half of the last century (and before) - though hopefully this is not a sign of low turnover! I only made one purchase, but I'm sure if I'd had more time I should have been able to find more. - Henry Middleton 15.10.09.

Craven Arms Bookshop
Unit 2  Drovers House  The Old Auction Yard
CRAVEN ARMS  Shropshire  SY7 9BZ
tel: 01588 673902
  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00.
Donated books sold in support of the Severn Hospice.

First Edition (was Bookworld)
32
Beatrice Street
OSWESTRY  Shropshire  SY11 1QG
tel: 01691 657112  fax: 01691 657112  e-mail
  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00.
General, especially Shropshire local interest; price range £1 to £2,000.
    Under new ownership (Richard Mountford) from late August 2009. He is reorganising and adding to the stock and expanding the display area - he also said he is reducing prices, which should help turnover and attract custom! Definitely one to watch. - Henry Middleton 15.10.09.

Oswestry Indoor Market Books (OIMB)
Oswestry Indoor Market  Bailey Head
OSWESTRY  Shropshire
tel: 01938 500844  e-mail
 map
Open: Wednesdays and Saturdays 9.00 - 4.00.
You will find us upstairs, near the cafe. Good quality secondhand general stock. Books bought - good prices paid; will collect.
    Two lock-up market units packed with stock and spreading out onto the adjacent balcony. As good as many conventional shops and better than some - well worth a visit if you can co-incide with market days. I left with three good purchases. - Henry Middleton 15.10.09.

Oxfam Bookshop
45 The Bullring
LUDLOW  Shropshire  SY8 1AB
tel: 01584 876951
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Much More Books Ltd
6 High St
MUCH WENLOCK  Shropshire  TF13 6AA
tel: 01952 727992  e-mail
 website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00, Sundays (Easter - Christmas) 1.00 - 5.00.

Our family run shop is a treasure trove of utter delight for all book lovers. We have over 50,000 secondhand books in stock covering all genres. Free booksearch available. Come and have a look, browsers welcome.
    Nicely laid out, great selection of books. My only problem was prices, way over what I expect to pay, and indeed do pay elsewhere. I doubt I will bother returning. - The Wanderer 21.12.09.

Newport Book Shop
16 Upper Bar
NEWPORT  Shropshire  TF10 7EJ
tel: 01952 813900  e-mail
 map
Open: Thursday - Sunday 11.00 - 5.30.
Secondhand and antiquarian books, maps and prints. Books Purchased. Bookbinding and book finding service.

Oxfam Bookshop
10 Dogpole
SHREWSBURY  Shropshire  SY1 1EN
tel: 01743 363380  map

Wenlock Books
12 High Street
MUCH WENLOCK  Shropshire  TF13 6AA
tel: 01952 727877  map
Open: Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.30, Sundays (Easter - Christmas) 11.00 - 5.00. 
A new bookshop with a wide range of secondhand books on the first floor. UK Independent Bookseller of the Year 2006. Browsers very welcome: if we're not too busy we'll even serve you tea and cake!
    Recieved 14 separate nominations in 2005 for inclusion in the Guardian's Shoptalk database of "the UK's finest independent bookshops." TBG.

Yarborough House
The Square
BISHOP'S CASTLE  Shropshire  SY9 5BN

tel: 01588 638318  map
Open:Tuesday & Thursday - Sunday 10.00 - 5.30.
We have a large selection of secondhand books covering all topics and we are major specialists in secondhand classical records. Our coffee shop serves tea and coffee throughout the day, and we also have a range of selected gifts and cards.

    Well-stocked, pleasant, with refreshments and located in one of Shropshire's more interesting little towns. - Paul Lister.
    Very nice indeed with an excellent little cafe and a massive selection of classical CD's & LP's to complement a good selection of general books. - Steve Archer 17.09.09.
    I agree with Steve Archer - I didn't have time to sample the cafe but made three excellent book purchases (one a volume I'd even failed to locate on the internet) and was only deterred from making more by the prospect of domestic disharmony!
- Henry Middleton 15.10.09.

 
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