Our second-hand bookshop is in the centre of London. The shop is 50 yards from Leicester Square station, on the edge of Covent Garden and the Chinese quarter. We are close to many theatres and within spitting distance of Soho & Piccadilly--well worth a detour when in the mighty city.

We are open 10:30-9:30, 7 days a week. We have books as cheap as £1 and also rare books at many thousands of pounds. We buy books and will travel anywhere in the world if sufficiently motivated. Do let us know if you have a large collection of old books for sale. Lastly, nothing can replace actually going to a bookshop; shut down that machine now and come down to the shop if you are within 30 miles!

The catalogue is updated constantly as books come into our shops from mansions, country houses, schlosses, villas, chateaus and remote crofts.

We only sell these books at the shop, we have found that people need to choose the books that suit their purposes and this is impossible by e-mail etc., So please come by the shop-we are here all week 11 hours a day. We can also supply hard back (i.e. not leather) books at considerably less, especially if bought in quantity. These books are sometimes referred to as clothbound books to distinguish them from paperbacks (which can also be supplied). 'Books do furnish a room.'

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Notes and Brags Books have been pouring in from palaces, dachas, tenements, garages, suburban villas, long term storage units, warehouses and bungalows with sea views. A lot of good serious literature + books from the libraries of UN peacekeeper Sir Marrack Goulding, California poet Tom Clark, R.A. Butler (Tory minister aka 'Rab') and poet Jeremy Reed. We are still sorting out the books of Sir Ian Gilmour ( cabinet minister and author of the superb 'Riot, Risings and Revolution' ) and the late, great scholar Sir Frank Kermode. We have also bought a ridiculous amount of art, photo, fashion and design books which we will be processing way into 2012. Note to self-- go easy, art books are horribly heavy.... Also a sizeable rock and pop music collection (a surprisingly good seller) , a lot of British topography, Eastern religions, endless plays, Everymans, Oxford Classics, Penguins and at least two incunabula. All priced with the new austerity in the forefront of our minds; here in the epicentre of the used book world we totally disagree with Gordon Gekko --greed is not good. Celebs buying books included Booker contender Ali Smith, handsome gardener Alan Titchmarsh, gentleman Boris Johnson and the redoubtable Will Self who remarked, as thousand before him have, 'what a lot of old books!'. We have seen a lot of positive news about the future of used bookshops in the press recently e.g. 'Used Book Stores Are In A Great Position To Benefit From The E-Book Apocalypse' from the war room at Business Insider and a very positive piece in an October issue of The Spectator about the future of secondhand bookshops. Long live the bricks and mortar shop and bless the web for letting us sell to readers of all nations. As Bob Marley put it:- "in this bright future you can't forget your past...'

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All the books listed are first editions in the country of publication, 8vo in size, in good condition and in original bindings unless otherwise stated. Place of publication is noted, unless London. Unobjectionable names, very short inscriptions and bookplates not usually noted.

Any item found not to be as described may be returned within 3 weeks of receipt. New overseas customers are asked to pay in advance on a pro-forma invoice. Postage is extra. Books are reserved for 7 days.

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