| Age Concern Bookshop
16 The Square
MARKET HARBOROUGH Leicestershire LE16 7PA
tel: 01858 469014
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00.
Aucott & Thomas
Whitemoors Antique Centre
SHENTON Leicestershire CV13 0LA map
tel: 01530 260580 e-mail
Open: 7 days 11.00 - 4.00.
Around 2000 - 3000 general books and an expanding local history section.
Christine's Book Cabin
9 Coventry Road
MARKET HARBOROUGH Leicestershire LE16 9BX map
tel: 01858 433233 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00, closed Wednesday.
Booksellers since 1992; shopkeepers since 1997. 2,500 books with specialist sections on Leics and Northants, history, maritime fiction, children's collectable fiction and crime fiction. Website has searchable database of books not shown in the shop.
Clarendon Books
144 Clarendon Park Road
LEICESTER Leicestershire LE2 3AE map
tel: 0116 270 1856 e-mail
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
Antiquarian books bought and sold, with the emphasis on history, local history and the arts. Easy Parking.
Decent collection of literature to browse through here (3/4 cases), although not recommended for claustrophobics. Prices rarely exceed £2.50, so probably the best value of the Leicester shops. - Nick Campsall 04.11.08.
LOROS Bookshop
85 Queens Road
LEICESTER Leicestershire LE2 1TT map
tel: 0116 270 0931
Charity bookshop selling donated books.
Real treasure trove, always excellent stock, well arranged & categorised. Friendly staff. P/bs usually start £2 - fj21@le 10.07.10.
Lustig Books
2 Francis Street
Stoneygate
LEICESTER Leicestershire LE2 2BD map
tel: 0116 270 9666
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Two rooms of interesting secondhand books. Easy parking.
Definitely the cleanest and most presentable of the Leicester shops. Medium-sized stock of literature, mostly £2- £3. - Nick Campsall 04.11.08.
Maynard and Bradley
1 Royal Arcade
Silver Street
LEICESTER Leicestershire LE1 5YW map
tel: 0116 253 2712
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
Fine books, maps and prints on all subjects.
Looked very promising until you realised that most books had framed pictures hanging in front of them. Stock looked interesting but you can't easily move the frames. Chris Harte 01.04.09.
Pooks Motor Books
Unit 4
Fowke Street
ROTHLEY Leicestershire LE7 7PJ map
tel: 0116 237 6222 web
Open: Monday - Friday.
Car, motor cycle and truck books, magazines and ephemera.
The Black Cat Bookshop
Leicester Indoor Market
Market Place
LEICESTER Leicestershire LE1 5HQ map
tel: 0116 2512756 e-mail web
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 9.00 - 3.00
Stock on display is mostly paperback fiction but other items by arrangement.
Specialities include children's collectable authors & illustrated books, crime fiction, Leicestershire & Rutland books and ephemera , etc. Regularly exhibiting at book fairs across the UK and vast stocks of books available by worldwide mail order service.
Tin Drum Books
68 Narborough Road
LEICESTER Leicestershire LE3 0BR map
tel: 0116 224 8409
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 6.00.
Books for students, readers and collectors.
Small/medium sized stock of novels, slightly pricier than the other Leicester shops and ordered alphabetically only in the loosest sense, although thankfully the owner is incredibly kind and gives great discounts! - Nick Campsall 04.11.08.
Treasure Trove Books
21 Mayfield Road
LEICESTER Leicestershire LE2 1LR map
tel: 0116 275 5933
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
General stock, children's, detective fiction. Books and records bought and sold.
Similar sized stock of literature to the other Leicester shops (i.e. nothing to write home about). Not so easy to browse here due to double-layers of books. Prices are reasonable. - Nick Campsall 04.11.08.
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