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110 St James Road
NORTHAMPTON Northants NN5 5LF map
tel: 07984 873768 web
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
We are a Northampton based bookshop with around 10,000 titles; comprising new, used and second hand titles along with rare, antiquarian and out of print books covering a variety of subjects over many genres. We're also members of the PBFA and travel to fairs all over the country showcasing some of our best books.
Pleasant small shop mixed new and second hand. Interesting selection, decent quality, worth a look. - Norman Davies 31.10.11.
Brackley Antiques Cellar
Draymans Walk
BRACKLEY Northants NN13 6BE map
tel: 01280 841841
Open: 7 days 10.00 - 5.00.
Situated under the Waitrose supermarket. A huge area of treasures including thousands of books of a very high standard. Well worth a visit. - Chris Harte 19.05.09.
Interestting place in a lovely town, even in the rain, but the books such as they were scattered throughout numerous antiques stalls and number in the hundreds and not the thousands. Much very dead stock and the whole place smelled damp , rather surprising as under Waitrose, a relatively new building. NWAD but the Old Hall Bookshop is worth a visit. - Jon Morgan 03.03.12.
Harrowden Books
61 High Street
FINEDON Northants NN9 5JN map
tel: 01933 681522 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30.
Over 18,000 books in stock covering most subjects. We offer a friendly personal service. Browsers welcome.
There are insufficient superlatives in the English language to describe this place. Just when you begin to despair that the type and quality of second hand bookshop which existed in bygone days is in fact a thing of the past, along comes one which restores faith. You are offered a complementary cup of excellent coffee on entry by a very well dressed owner who is attentive, intelligent and well informed. The stock is extensive, varied in and between subject / genres. Price for HB and PB is excellent £2 upwards for the former and on average £1.50 for the latter. Cafe next door in this very pretty calm and quiet Northants village. AND you can park free right outside - Perfection itself. I urge, advise, exhort an early visit. If only there were more like this. - Jon Morgan 03.03.12.
That's a fantastic review Jon, and very much apreciated. Can't think who this "attentive, intelligent and well informed" chap can be though ... does he work here? - Mike Sumner 13.03.12.
Northampton Book Shop
26 St Michael's Road
NORTHAMPTON Northants NN1 3JU map
tel: 0758 1881310 e-mail web
Open: Wednesday - Saturday 11.00 - 5.00.
A general stock of quality secondhand books, ephemera, newspapers and magazines. Another floor is open by prior appointment -- mainly ephemera, magazines and newspapers.
Recently opened bookshop, shared premises with record store. Plenty of stock for those prepared to search, much on shelves and a lot of unsorted ephemera in boxes. For the adventurer, a great experience, with another floor of unsorted stock. - Anon 05.02.09.
Fairly new and looked unpromising until I found a hallway stacked with collectable titles - Chris Harte 14.04.09.
Phoenix Comics
29 Abington Square
NORTHAMPTON Northants NN1 4AE map
tel: 01604 602311
Sherwood Antiques
59 Little Street
RUSHDEN Northants NN10 0LS map
tel: 01933 0353265 or 01234 359784
Open: Tuesday & Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 11.00 - 5.00.
Several shelves of books in the main shop and a room full of antique stock (much of it in fairly ropey condition) upstairs: viewable by request. I bought 6 or 7 books. - Richard 31.03.09.
Closed at time of visit, and although antique stock in shop looked closed full stop. No evidence thru the window of any book related activity. As for the town definitely NWAD. Even the charity shops were depressing.The ony reason for going anywhere near it is the bookshop in Finedon, which I have reviewed seperately and justified the journey all on its own.
The Courthouse Bookshop
Workshop Unit 3
Mill Road
OUNDLE Northants PE8 4BW map
tel: 01832 274754 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30, closed Wednesday.
Fiction - thrillers, crime, spy & historical fiction. Sport - football, cricket, golf, boxing, motor racing, fishing, and birdwatching. Crafts, painting & photography. Reference, countryside, gardening & history. Also children's books. Secondhand bookshop located in the courtyard of the Courthouse/Museum buildings in the historic market town of Oundle. Parking close by at the Drill Hall car park.
Small but well-organised shop, only opened six weeks ago. Stock is expanding, I gather. Very broad subject areas. Prices are incredibly cheap - Charity shop cheap - and I almost felt embarrassed to walk out with some absolute bargains. Advise you go there before owner has to put them up. - Colin Peel 05.05.11.
Very very small. Little stock although very reasonable prices. Better than a charity shop (NB Good Oxfam Shop in town) and very helpful polite owner. - Jon Morgan 03.03.12.
The Old Hall Bookshop
32 Market Place
BRACKLEY Northants NN13 7DP map
tel: 01280 704146 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
Large general stock of new, secondhand and antiquarian titles, located in beautiful Georgian house. Fast ordering system for books in print and full booksearch service for those that aren't! Members of ILAB, ABA, PBFA, BA. - Established 1977.
Very good quality stock. They obviously take care about what books they buy in. Military in abundance. Visit recommended so long as you ignore the upper middle-class twittering mothers in the room set aside for children's books. - Chris Harte 19.05.09.
Flourishing and well worth a visit. - Tony Laverick 25.06.09.
Excellent shop with a large stock in most areas - yes it has a room for new children's books. Sensible prices seemingly good turnover too. Pleasant browsing environment. - Norman Davies 31.10.11.
A beautiful shop in a beautiful building in a beautiful town. Stock was good new and old. Bit light on fiction but very good prices generally , excellent atmosphere. Almost everything a second hand bookshop should be! NB the antiques centre under waitrose is very poor for books but wad for antiquey stuff. - Jon Morgan 03.03.12.
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