| Albion Beatnik
34 Walton Street
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX2 6AA map
tel: 01865 511345
New and secondhand fiction of the 20th century, with an emphasis on alternative culture and the beatnik life ? travel, poetry, popular music, and jazz.
Front of shop seems to be doing a good trade as a cafe but without getting in the way of the books. The range is somewhat wider than the name indicates as there is a reasonable selection of history , politics and classics as well, some of it at good prices. Your ears do have to put up with jazz rather than Radio 3 while you browse though. - John Allen 04.07.11.
Antiques on High Ltd
85 High Street
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 4BG map
tel: 01865 251075
Open: Monday -Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, Sunday 11.00 - 5.00.
Antiques center with two bookrooms. Tony Sloggett has a general stock but specialises in 20th Century firsts, art and children's. Austin Sherlaw-Johnson specialises in music books and scores.
(Includes) ... a genuine secondhand bookshop with a large music stock. - Roger Allen.
Mostly rather old and tired stock. - George Marshall 06.02.09.
Arcadia Booksellers
4 St. Michael's Street
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 2DU map
tel: 01865 241757
One small backroom with a few bookcases of literature. Not browser-friendly in the least due to various boxes and random paraphernalia clogging the room. Reasonable prices. - Nick Campsall 04.11.08.
Blackwell's Music Shop
38 Holywell Street
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 3SW map
tel: 01865 792792
Small stock of music related titles.
Blackwell's Rare Books
48-51 Broad Street
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 3BQ map
tel: 01865 333555
There are two major second hand sections in the main flagship Blackwell's store. The antiquarian section on the first floor which is very much the specialist and high end antiquarian market, and the second hand section on the third floor. Prices are high, but because it offers decent prices to sellers it has an excellent range and quality, especially of recent academic books. - George Marshall 06.02.09.
The secondhand section on 3rd floor has been permanently reduced to about half the area it previously occupied. It now feels very claustrophobic. - David Loach 16.03.11.
Blewbury Antiques
London Road
BLEWBURY Oxfordshire OX11 9NX map
tel: 01235 850366
Books and Ink Bookshop
4 White Lion Walk
BANBURY Oxfordshire OX16 5UD map
tel: 01295 709769 web
Open: Monday -Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Large general stock of antiquarian, secondhand, and new titles on all subjects. 22,000+ books over 2 floors. Booksearches undertaken. Stock updated daily. Come and visit us in the heart of this historic market town.
A nice selection of old and scarce titles. Worth dropping in. - Chris Harte 19.05.09.
Absolutely lovely shop! a real treasure trove. really helpful staff and a large stock of wonderful books! worth a visit. - Jamie Bennett 23.08.11.
Excellent shop - one of the best in Oxfordshire. Welcoming with a good stock of history titles. - The Historian 03.03.12.
Church Green Books
46 Market Square
WITNEY Oxfordshire OX28 6AL map
tel: 01993 700822 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Friday 10.00 - 4.00.
Medium stock ranging from Penguins to rare, especially Oxfordshire, topography. The world's number one bookshop for church bells and bell-ringing. Also a large stock of folk dance, song and balladry. Established in Witney since 1995. Closed in September for annual holiday. Free parking in Witney.
Jonkers Rare Books
24 Hart Street
HENLEY-ON-THAMES Oxfordshire RG9 2AU map
tel: 01491 576427
Really one for those with a heavy wallet but some very high quality stock including childrens' books. - Herne 24.02.10.
Kellow Books
21 High Street
CHIPPING NORTON Oxfordshire OX7 5AD map
tel: 01608 644293 e-mail
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30.
General Bookshop Topography Military Natural History Travel Childrens Illustrted Fine Bindings etc etc 10000 books in stock. If we have not got it, we can get it.
One of the best I have encountered, good stock, very well laid out and well worth a visit. - Jan.
Lovely little shop - a treat. - George Marshall 06.02.09.
Situated in new first-floor premises the stock is scattered over a number of rooms. My initial search made me feel as if the quality of the books had risen markedly since my last visit to the former shop over the road. I was very impressed with the wide range of holdings and picked up three sought after titles. Well worth a visit (and the Chelsea buns from the nearby bakery are top quality). - Chris Harte 31.12.09.
Oxbow Books
Park End Place
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 1HN map
tel: 01865 241249
Oxfam Bookshop
24 Market Place
HENLEY ON THAMES Oxfordshire RG9 2AH map
tel: 01491 577410
One of the bigger ones I've visited and a well laid out selection including some collectibles. - Herne 24.02.10.
Worth a look - normally has a few interesting titles. Better than average Oxfam bookshop. - The Historian 03.03.12.
Oxfam Bookshop
56 St Giles Street
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 3LU map
tel: 01865 310145
Excellent Oxfam shop - one of the best in Britain. Two floors covering all topics with the quality one would expect of Oxford and the high turnover that rewards frequent visitors. - George Marshall 06.02.09.
Sadly it's become a lot more expensive of late - I fear that they are looking on the internet for some of their sillier prices. - George Marshall 23.09.10.
Like a lot of Oxfam shops prices can be silly for what they (usually erroneously) regard as "collectable" and I have tended to walk past as a result. But it's my impression from a recent visit that the prices (at least in the basement among the politics, economics etc.) have moderated. This may mean they have at last got some pricers who actually buy second hand books. Perhaps the academic/student market is going over to Kindle.- John Allen 05.07.11.
Oxfam Bookshop
15 Turl Street
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 3DQ map
tel: 01865 248310
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30.
Two floors with a good range, although smaller and sometimes lower quality than the venerable St Giles shop. - George Marshall 06.02.09.
Oxfam Bookshop
9b Cornmarket
THAME Oxfordshire OX9 3DX map
tel: 01844 214645
Oxfam Shop
133/135 Cowley Road
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX4 1HU map
tel: 01865 722951
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
This appears to be a conventional Oxfam shop, but a high population of book reviewers in east Oxford keeps it remarkably well stocked in new publications, especially fiction, which are usually at far lower prices than the specialist Oxfam bookshops. - George Marshall 06.02.09.
Regent Furniture
Regent Shopping Mall
Newbury Street
WANTAGE Oxfordshire OX12 8BU map
tel: 01235 766625
Open: Monday - Friday 8.30 - 5.30, Saturday 8.30 - 5.00.
A stock of about 40,000 titles covering most subjects
As the name suggests, originally a furniture shop, but the books have taken over. 3 or 4 rooms of books, plus more in the corridors. Often has a lot of interesting older books, as well as the modern dustwrappered variety. I rarely come away empty handed, and sometimes with a bootful. - Richard.
One of the largest stocks of fiction I've seen, all reasonably priced and easily browsed. The poetry/drama selection is much smaller and haphazardly arranged though. - Nick Campsall 04.11.08.
This is still the best kept secret of Oxfordshire. There is little sign of it being a bookshop. They have recently converted the first floor to a night club (it's the town's old cinema) so the large first floor space has gone which has led to even more cramped storage of a lot of books on the ground floor. Wide variety at cheap prices. - John Allen 05.07.11.
An absolute gem of a bookshop, with an astonishing range of books on most subjects and very reasonably priced. One word of caution: the owner does not accept cards, so bring your cheque book or cash. There is an ATM a few doors away. - Geoffrey Warner 07.07.11.
Sanders of Oxford Ltd
104 High Street
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 4BW map
tel: 01865 242590
St Philip's Books
82 St Aldates
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 1RA map
tel: 01865 202182 fax: 01865 202184 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Specialists in academic, humanities, theology, history, philosophy, literature and art.
A must among Oxford's ever dwindling number of secondhand bookshops. It specialises in Christian books, with an emphasis on Roman Catholicism: not popular paperbacks (although it has a few of these), but serious, scholarly works on bible study, patristics, theology and church history. In addition, it has worthwhile sections on art, literature and secular history. - Professor Geoffrey Warner.
For specialists (and the wealthy) only. If you're looking for bargains or modern literature, don't bother. Great views of Christ Church though. - Nick Campsall 04.11.08.
Temple Rare Books
12 Stephen Road
Headington
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX3 9AY map
tel: 01865 451940 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Friday 10.00 - 5.00, Saturday by appointmet..
Antiquarian, bindings, children's, illustrated, travel - prices from £50.
The Classics Bookshop
23 Sheep Street
BURFORD Oxfordshire OX18 4LS map
tel: 01993 822969 web
Open: Wednesday & Saturday or by appointment.
Specialising in Latin and Greek classics, classical archaeology, ancient history and philosophy.
The Inner Bookshop
111 Magdalen Road
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX4 1RQ map
tel: 01865 245301 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.45.
Books for Mind, Body, Spirit, Health and the Unexplained.
Hardly worth listing- just a few second hand and remaindered- virtually nothing that is not esoteric. - George Marshall 06.02.09.
The Last Bookshop
107 St Aldates
OXFORD Oxfordshire OX1 1BU map
e-mail
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 7.00, Sunday 10.00 - 6.00.
Good quality remainders including art, biography, children's books, fiction, history, and literature, each at £2.
Not secondhand, but a large shop of remarkably high quality remainders from mainstream publishers, especially strong on literature, art and history, and everything- incredibly - for £2. It's like going in Blackwells with 1950's prices. I bought over £100 worth of books for a tenner. - George Marshall 23.09.10.
They have a much smaller branch opposite Albion Beatnick bookshop in Walton Street. I mention this because while, being mainly remainders there isn't too much difference in the stock they also put out some second hand and review copies so it can be worth checking them both out if you're passing. The quality can be very high. - John Allen 05.07.11.
Good range of remainders - always interesting stock.
Walton St branch has now closed (Feb 2012) due to redevelopment of building.
Toby English
10 St. Marys Street
WALLINGFORD Oxfordshire OX10 0EL map
tel: 01491 836389 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
Over 10,000 books and prints in stock with over 8,000 of them listed on the net. Run by two humans and a dog. (The books are not dogs but the dog is!)
Certainly worth a visit. Jam-packed with books - piles on the floor, which creates a pleasingly bibliomaniacal atmosphere, but doesn't make it easy to look around. Especially strong on art. Good condition, not cheap but fairly priced; friendly owner. Also immediately opposite the Oxfam bookshop. - David Gouldstone 30.10.09
Way's Bookshop
54 Friday Street
HENLEY-ON-THAMES Oxfordshire RG9 1AH map
tel: 01491 576663 fax: 01491 576663
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.15.
Selected secondhand & antiquarian books at all levels of price. Shop established 1977. Car Park at rear.
A good selection and competitively priced. Especially worth visiting for topography and river related topics - Herne 24.02.10.
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