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Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshops in Kent
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Whilst every effort has been made to ensure these details are correct, we recommend that you contact each individual bookshop before travelling any distance.  Add a Bookshop


Baggins Book Bazaar
19 High Street
ROCHESTER  Kent  ME1 1PY   map
tel: 01634 811651  fax: 01634 840591  e-mail  web
Open: Every day 10.00 - 6.00.
Secondhand books in profusion, all subjects. We run a secondhand booksearch service.
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Beau Nash Bookshop
13 Nevill Street
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN2 5RU   map
tel: 01892 547005
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30, closed Wednesday and Bank Holidays.
Under new ownership as of April 2010. All books at very reasonable prices. Antique maps and prints also bought and sold. Half - price book sale ends February 5th 2012.
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Books
168 High Street
DEAL  Kent  CT14 6BQ   map
tel: 01304 368662
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Secondhand and antiquarian books including the arts and architecture.
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Booksharp
22b King Street
GRAVESEND  Kent  DA12 2DU   map
tel: 01474 561101
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
Mainly secondhand paperbacks for readers.
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Britannia Antiques and Books
15 Neville Street
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN2 5RU   map
tel: 01892 750944
Open: Monday & Tuesday 2.15 - 4.30, Thursday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
General secondhand nonfiction stock. Sensible prices, fast turnover.
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C P Books
9 High Street
EDENBRIDGE  Kent  TN8 5AB   map
tel: 01732 300814
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00. Closed Wednesdays
General secondhand stock of about 4,000 items with emphasis on the arts disciplines: Art history, English literature, history, philosophy, religion. Also sells online. Chair provided for visitors and toys available for children to use while parents browse.
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Chaucer Book Shop
6-7 Beer Cart Lane
CANTERBURY  Kent  CT1 2NY   map
tel: 01227 453912  web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Large general stock of quality secondhand and antiquarian books.
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Cinque Ports Military Bookshop
The Old Stables
2B East Cross  High Street 
TENTERDEN  Kent  TN30 6AD   map
tel: 01580 766224  e-mail  web
Open: Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Specialist military bookshop, opens January 2012 on Saturdays only. All books at reasonable prices, please contact before travelling any distance. Military books across a range of subjects.
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City Books
(was Backroom Bookshop)
41 High Street 
ROCHESTER  Kent  ME1 1LN   map
tel: 07531-397407
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 6.00, Sunday 10.00 - 5.00.
We stock a variety of specialist and popular books.
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Halls Bookshop
20-22 Chapel Place
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN1 1YQ   map
tel: 01892 527842  e-mail  web
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
General secondhand stock and history, children's and antiquarian.
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Hooked on Books
15 High Street
DOVER  Kent  CT16 1DP   map
tel: 01304 213862
Open: Monday 10.00 - 1.30, Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
A large general secondhand bookshop.
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Hythe Bookshop
86 High Street
HYTHE  Kent  CT21 5AJ   map
tel: 01303 265666  e-mail
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00
General, mostly hardback, including history local history, topography, natural history, military, transport and travel, outdoor pursuits. Hythe Bookshop has been selling new books for 30 years and in May 2009 opened a second-hand department.
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Marrin's Bookshop
149 Sandgate Road
FOLKESTONE  Kent  CT20 2DA   map
tel: 01303 253016  e-mail  web
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
Antiquarian and general second hand books, Kent topography, maps & prints. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and the PBFA.
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McConnell Fine Books
The Golden Hind
85 Beach Street 
DEAL  Kent  CT14 6JB   map
tel: 01304 375086  web
Open: Friday and Saturday
Secondhand and antiquarian books including literature, history and books about Kent.
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Michael's Bookshop
72 King Street
RAMSGATE  Kent  CT11 8NY   map
tel: 01843 589500  e-mail  web
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
A fairly large general bookshop, about 30,000 books arranged on over 100 bookcases. About half of our stock is secondhand ranging from ordinary paperbacks to collectors items.
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Monkton Nature Reserve Bookshop
The Field Study Centre
Monkton Nature Reserve  Monkton 
RAMSGATE  Kent  CT12 4LH   map
tel: 01843 822666  e-mail  web
Open: Tuesday - Thursday & Sunday 11.00 - 4.00.
Based in the reserve Field Centre, several rooms, containing 1000s of second hand books available at very competitive prices, including many collectable items. All proceeds go toward maintaining the reserve and the work of the Thanet Countryside Trust.
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MR. Books
2 Bank Street
TONBRIDGE  Kent  TN9 1BL   map
tel: 01732 363000  e-mail  web
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 6.00, 8.00pm Thursday.
Large general stock. Tonbridge, Kent, Sussex. Very large children's and TV annual collection. Sport, modern fiction. Also top of the range Anglepoise lamps. Find me right near the castle in Tonbridge. Also organiser of the Tonbridge Book Fair, on Sunday April 1st and October 28th, 9.30 - 4.00.
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Old Bank bookshop
Old Midland Bank Building
17-18 The Parade 
MARGATE  Kent  CT9 1EY   map
tel: tel: 07967 650911
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Oxfam Bookshop
51 St Peter's Street
CANTERBURY  Kent  CT1 2BE   map
tel: 01227 454091
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Oxfam Bookshop
34 Gabriels Hill
MAIDSTONE  Kent  ME15 6JJ   map
tel: 01622 753585
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Oxfam Bookshop
6 Chapel Place
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN1 1YQ   map
tel: 01892 616269
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Oxfam Bookshop
25-29 High Street
ROCHESTER  Kent  ME1 1LN   map
tel: 01634 814790
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Oxford Street Books.com
20a Oxford Street
WHITSTABLE  Kent  CT5 1DD   map
tel: 01227 281727  e-mail  web
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00, Sunday 11.00 - 4.00.
General mix of approximately 20,000 secondhand and antiquarian books across all categories. Sensible prices and friendly service.
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Pantiles Bookshop
13 The Pantiles
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN2 5TD   map
tel: 01892 618191
Open: Seven days 10.30 - 5.00.
Good general stock. We specialise in a big way on books on or about the County of Kent its villages, towns and people. 10 shelves of railway, lots of cricket, cinema, military, esoteric and topography also ephemera. Wanted to buy: early foreign travel particularly Africa and old cricket and football.
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Past Sentence
119 West Street
FAVERSHAM  Kent  ME13 7JB   map
tel: 01795 590000
Open: Monday 10.00 - 2.00 & Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Good quality secondhand books bought and sold.
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Periwinkle Press
Bagham Barn Antiques Centre
Canterbury Road 
CANTERBURY  Kent  CT4 8DU   map
tel: 01227 732522  e-mail  web
Open: Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 5.00.
Antiquarian book sellers, trade and retail picture framers. We specialise in antique prints, maps and books. Established in 1968.
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Regal Books
16a Stone Street
GRAVESEND  Kent  DA11 0NH   map
tel: 01474 326656
Open: Monday - Saturday 8.30 - 5.00.
About 2,500 secondhand and some collectable and antiquarian books.
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The Albion Bookshop
44-46, Albion Street
BROADSTAIRS  Kent  CT10 1LX   map
tel: 01843 862877
Open: Wednesday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.30, Sunday 10.30 - 4.30.
Medium size general secondhand stock with a large section of literature and literary criticism.
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The Aviation Bookshop
31-33 Vale Road
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN1 1BS   map
tel: 01892 539284  fax: 01892 539597  e-mail  web
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00.
For over 50 years we have stocked literature on the subject of aviation in all its aspects. Parking is available in the multi-story car park opposite the shop. The shop is situated in the centre of town about 200 yards from the main line station: Tunbridge Wells on the Charing Cross Line.
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The Book Palace
32 Palace Street
CANTERBURY  Kent  CT1 2DZ   map
tel: 01227 470120
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Charity bookshop run entirely by volunteers for benefit of The Scrine Foundation.
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The Bookmark
15c Rainham Shopping Centre
RAINHAM  Kent  ME8 7HW   map
tel: 01634 365987
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30. Sunday 10.00 - 4.00
Over 40,000 reasonably priced books at your fingertips. Wide range of both fiction and non-fiction. Very Good History, Travel, Biography, Childrens & study sections. Book searches undertaken. Range of large print & audio books. Great jazz while you browse.
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The Broadstairs Bookshop
7 Albion Street
BROADSTAIRS  Kent  CT10 1LU   map
tel: 01843 860824
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The Hospice Bookshop
Dymchurch Road
DYMCHURCH  Kent 
Open: 7 days
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The Kentish Bookshop
1 Bank Buildings
Ash Road 
HARTLEY  Kent  DA3 8EH   map
tel: 01474 702170
Open: See below.
Secondhand and antiquarian stock, particularly books on Kent and Nelson.
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The Market Book Stall
Union Road Car Park
Union Road 
DEAL  Kent  CT14   map
tel: 01304 362235
Open: Saturday 8.30 - 3.30.
Secondhand paperbacks. Good selection of most genres. Weekly selection of quality books individually priced. Seasonal sales of bargain books.We can be found at the popular Deal Saturday Market in the Union Road car park.
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Wadard Books
6 High Sreet
FARNINGHAM  Kent  DA4 0DG   map
tel: 01322 863151  e-mail  web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 6.00.
Secondhand and antiquarian books including cookery, military and local history and topography.
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