2nd Hand & Rare Books
1 Church Street
MANCHESTER  M4 1PN
tel: 0161 834 5964  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 12.00 - 4.00.
General secondhand stock but particularly topography and natural history.
    Essentially a market stall. - Gerald Baker.
    This is a market stall, but when I went there I went there on a Wednesday afternoon (7 Oct) the shutters were down and it looked as if it were closed. - jduster 15.10.09.
    Currently closed but should be reopened by 15.03.10. - TBG 02.03.10.

Barnardo's Books and Music
2b Copson Street  Withington
MANCHESTER  M20 3HE
tel: 0161 434 1712  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00.
A small but well stocked charity book shop, with a fantastic range of fiction, non fiction, leisure and childrens titles, as well as some antiquarian books. Also stocks Cd's, Records, DVD's and Videos.
    Very good variety of donated stock, including some very nice retro stock, which is what they call the older books. Well laid out, priced very reasonable, manager is very friendly and welcoming. Hidden away just off the main road through Withington, I literally leaped off the bus at the next stop when I spotted it, and was so glad I did, it was well worth visiting. I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality , variety and prices.- The Wanderer 22.11.09.

EJ Morton
6 Warburton Street
MANCHESTER  M20 6WA
tel: 0161 445 7629  fax: 0161 448 1323  map

Needful Things
52 Ainsworth Road  Radcliffe
MANCHESTER  M26 4EA
Tel: 07902 992632  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Friday 9.30 - 5.30, Saturday 9.00 - 5.30 & Sunday 11.00 - 4.00.
Books and collectables.

Oxfam Bookshop
605 Wilbraham Road  Chorlton cum Hardy
MANCHESTER  M21 9AS
tel: 0161 8817808  map

Paramount Book Exchange
25-27 Shudehill
MANCHESTER  M4 2AF
tel: 0161 834 9509  map
    Shutters down and 'Open Thursday Friday Saturday' painted on the wall (I went on a Wednesday). - Gerald Baker.
    A fun and quirky little shop with potted plants and a big sofa. Strong on sci-fi, comics, and ephemera, with a more limited stock covering most topics including history and novels. A bit pricey, but there really is nothing else in central Manchester. - George Marshall 26.10.09.

Sharston Books
Unit 15 Wearlee Works  Longley Lane
SHARSTON  Manchester  M22 4WT
tel: 0161 945 8604  e-mail  website  map
Open: 7 days 10.00 - 5.00.
Extremly comprehensive stock, with a book on almost every subject.
    This is a very large warehouse on two floors just off the main road. I spent just over twohours there and only managed to look through British topography and architecture. Prices are also very reasonable. - Graham Eastwood.
    Situated on an industrial estate just off the M56, most books are mainly to be found in the large building although others are in portakabins sited outside. There can be either hours of searching the thousands of titles or a brisk walk around observing little for the collector. Either way, it's worth a visit. - Chris Harte 15.02.10.

The Shudehill Book Centre
34 Shudehill
MANCHESTER  M4 1EZ
tel: 0161 839 0376  map
General stock of secondhand hardback and paperback books as well as magazines.
    It's like a disappointing fair ground ride: huge signs all the way up the front of the building promising 'Manchester's Number One Book Shop' quicken the pulse but inside its just a dark dank ground floor of well thumbed porn mags and a few sad remainders. - George Marshall 26.10.09.