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Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshops in the UK 2020

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Halewood and Sons
37 Friargate
PRESTON  Lancashire  PR1 2AT   map
tel: 01772 252603
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.30 - 5.15.
Very large stock, specifically African, American and Australian interest.

 Add a comment  Read commentsHide commentsSome really wonderful stuff in a very crowded shop. Prices at the top end but you must expect that for quality. The stock of Victoriana is excellent. I regret not being able to visit more frequently in the past: will now be much more regular. - Chris Harte 27.07.09.
    It can be pricey but worth visiting for the glorious historic shop alone - polished mahogany, ticking clocks, gasolier and floor to ceiling shelves of high quality books. Not what you expect in Preston. - George Marshall 25.02.10.
    Not open at stated times, very unhelpfull and unfriendly when approached. What a shame as im an avid collector of books with a large customer base and was looking for new contact. - Sean 22.03.13.
    I echo the comment on 22/03/13: the shop was not open at the advertised time and when I went back found an unfriendly shopkeeper who turfed me out after 5 minutes because he was closing the shop at about 04:00 on a Saturday afternoon. The shop does look lovely, though. Their second shop is staffed by the more friendly brother, I think. - Michael 21.11.13.
    I made the journey by bus from Burnley. I had a shirt and tie on, I am 57 years of age, the lights were on, I knocked on the locked door, the owner pulled aside a poster, looked @ me and shook his head. Not open he ''mouthed'' to me,how odd, it was 3pm.??? - Stephen Riley 07.03.15.

Halewood and Sons
68 Friargate
PRESTON  Lancashire  PR1 2AT   map
tel: 01772 252613
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.30 - 5.15.
The second of two shops in the town run by the Halewood brothers.

 Add a comment  Read commentsHide commentsA shop I have been using for many years as between the muddle are titles normally difficult to obtain elsewhere. Specialises in Strand bound volumes and anything to do with Conan Doyle. Some of the runs of periodicals are quite staggering. The pricing is average but with what is in stock it's worth taking a bundle of cash when visiting. - Chris Harte 18.06.12.
    An avalanche of books piled higgledy-piggledy makes it difficult to see the stock well, but there is ever such a lot of it. Specialising in Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, but much, much more. A knowledgeable and friendly shopkeeper. - Michael 21.11.13.

Oxfam Bookshop
34 Market Place
PRESTON  Lancashire  PR1 2AR   map
tel: 01772 881590  web

 Add a comment  Read commentsHide commentsStandard Oxfam so worth a quick look when in Preston just in case. - Norman Davies 06.02.17.

The Book Stop's Here
Stall D9
Large Section  Preston Market 
PRESTON  Lancashire  PR1 2JA   map
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Open: Every day except Thursday 7.00 - 4.00.
Massive selection of paperback fiction, true crime & abuse cases. Collectable hardbacks, non fiction especially crime, travel & history. A long established local business serving the bibliophiles of Lancashire for the best part of two decades. Also at Clitheroe's Collectors' market every Sunday & on line sales @ ebay under name BIBUXMARKETMAN.

 Add a comment  Read commentsHide commentsCouldn't find this but then the market was half empty and apparently being redeveloped? - Norman Davies 06.02.17.
    Occupying a sizeable expanse of Preston Market's main area, the lion's share of the stall is given over to mass-market paperbacks (with a special fiction section entitled "Dog and Cat Books"). Not WAD in its own right but if you're visiting Oxfam and the Halewoods it's worth having a quick look. - Steven Kelly 19.10.19.

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