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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.

 Add a comment  Read commentsHide commentsNice varied stock. Most helpful owner. Will go back on a regular basis. - Chris Harte 14.04.09.
     A little gem. The owner is, indeed, most friendly and helpful and may let you into his cellar, which contains even more books. (He hopes to expand.) History is my speciality and I found plenty of interest at reasonable prices. - Geoffrey Warner 15.12.11.
    The cellar will apparently be open in the summer. And there is already a very extensive selection. Whitstable is definitely no clone town! - Herne 30.03.12.
    Great to see the basement has now opened, increasing the range of material and ease of access. - David Collison 14.06.12.
    On a return visit found the basement full of interesting items, especially on the subject of WW2. Also some good bargains in the boxes outside. - Herne 15.05.13.
    Public car parks just behind shop, Weatherspoons next door, art deco Peter Cushing, must be seen, handy for loos and cheap food and drink. I bought about 60 books ranging in price from £1 to £35, speaking as a trade customer this is about as good as it gets in Kent, I take the rather relaxed approach of if it's a book I want for stock and it's in the same price ballpark or below what I would put it on my shelves for, then I buy it. So don't expect charity shop prices, but a good quality stock, priced to compete with the internet. My guess would be the shop contains about 20,000 books, which are on shelves, there are no great piles of unsorted books on the floor to wade through. Fiction arranged alphabetically and split into categories. Staff pleasant and easygoing, e-cigarette allowed, some chairs to sit on when browsing lower shelves. - Michael Child 26.10.15.
    Seven years since my last review and the shop is still as good as ever. The cellar is now fully opened and contains a varied selection of titles all duly categorised. The ground floor has a pretty good antiquarian section along with much else. Well worth a visit. - Chris Harte 22.06.16.
    Four years on from Michael Child's comments above, signed first editions of Peter Cushing's memoirs (he lived in Whitstable for 30 years) are on offer for around £125. Prices generally are reasonable in this labyrinth of small rooms on two floors. Stock is carefully ordered in categories, and neatly shelved. Strong on paperback fiction, but art and photography are disappointingly thin. - Nicholas Sack 22.09,19.

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