Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshops in the UK 2019
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Hooked on Books
21 High Street
MARGATE Kent CT9 1DL map
tel: 01843 446400 e-mail
Open: 7 days 10.00 - 5.00.
Good general stock. Opened in Margate in 2014 after trading in Dover for 16 years.
Add a comment Read commentsHide commentsSame/similar stock as before, reasonable general modern secondhand and a few remainders. With this and the Old Bank Bookshop it is definitely worth going to Margate for a book browse. - Michael 08.07.14
Opened very recently and a marked improvement for the book enthusiast. I find that my 15 mile journey to the shop is worthwhile for finding a good read; a mixed-bag of fiction (adult and children's) and specialist sections. - Tanzy 18.07.14.
Margate is markedly, at least in parts better than Ramsgate, (Frankly it could not be worse) but whilst it is laudable to have this shop in such a cultural desert, its stock is mainly modern pulp fiction with some good examples and decent prices. There are several other bookshops in town but nothing to merit a detour and it is quite a trek from the station past the myriad pit bull owners, the massed ranks of the obese and dispossessed , beggars, drunks haunting the pound shops, pawnbrokers and charity shops which are truly awful. Cameron's Britain writ large! - Jon Morgan 06.08.14.
Well laid out shop with helpful owner and reasonable prices. Good selection of collectable modern fiction but most areas of interest seem to be covered. WWAV. - Loyola 20.09.14.
Nicely organised shop, owner very helpful/knowledgeable, prices reasonable. Margate not quite as bad as comments above, you should survive the walk from the station and back! - Steve Newman 03.12.14.
Plenty to interest the general reader and transport well represented. - Herne 03.01.15.
Beautifully laid out and easy to find what you want! A great bookshop to have in Margate - good luck! - Philippa 26.01.15.
A spacious shop with attractive, high-quality stock on most subjects. Especially strong on topography, Kent history, and military. The transport section is extensive and contains many obscure titles for specialists and collectors, e.g. the definitive history of coastal trams in Belgium. I came away with an unusual album of photos of London buses in the 1970s for a very fair price. Owner is knowledgeable and courteous; none of his stock is offered online. Well worth a visit. - Nicholas Sack 22.10.16.
I visit once a year and always leave with a few uncommon modern firsts in very good condition at a very reasonable price. The owner leaves you alone but is very approachable. - Loyola 05.11.16.
Particularly strong on general history, military history, transport and biography. Fiction is mostly paperback, alas, though there is a section of hardbacks. Margate is by no means as bad as Jon Morgan's terrifying description might lead you to believe, indeed now quite modish in the (admittedly rather small) area opposite the new gallery. - Laurence Purcell 30.08.18.
Old Bank Bookshop
Old Midland Bank Building
17-18 The Parade
MARGATE Kent CT9 1EY map
tel: tel: 07967 650911
Add a comment Read commentsHide commentsA good general selection on two floors, but whether it can keep up the quality after the best of the current stock has been sold is debatable.- John Renwick 07.10.10.
Still plenty for the general reader to find and very attractive prices. - Herne 30.03.12.
A beautiful building on the edge of Old Margate which unhappily is never far from Drossville wherever you look, which appears to be selling books and other media on behalf of a charity. A fairly varied stock but only of a charity shop nature. Now if Tiverton Bookshop moved down here and opened more than Sunday and Tuesday ... - Jon Morgan 06.08.14.
Well organised shop helpful staff and reasonably priced books too. - Steve Newman 03.12.14.
Mostly middlebrow stock at knock-down prices. A Tempus Publishing collection of photos of Kentish shipwrecks for one-pound-fifty was a no-brainer. Cheerful staff. - Nicholas Sack 22.10.16.
Nothing for collectors of any genre but a very pleasant second hand book shop for the general reader. - Loyola 05.11.16.
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