| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? 13:43 - Sep 10 with 5331 views | Pique |
I think for me it would be Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland. A huge second hand bookshop in an old train station on the edge of the town. A truly beautiful building and setting, with a cafe in the old waiting room and miles and miles of books - I could lose myself in there for days.
Genuinely interested to hear if anyone else has a favourite, either in the UK or overseas. |  | | |  |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 07:43 - Sep 12 with 854 views | WeWereZombies |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 02:57 - Sep 12 by Pablo_Counago |
For me, this is my favourite: https://www.gdavidbookseller.com/
Located in Cambridge
Especially good as I love antiquarian books. Found a couple really nice, rare books in there and the prices are usually below 'market value' |
On the subject of 'market value' for books, have you found a website that does for books what Discogs does for vinyl ? By this I mean that if you have an old vinyl LP that you think might be worth a bit and look it up on eBay there are invariably six or seven listings that ask £50 to £100 for it, but none of them have any bids so far altough you might be left with the impression that it is worth something...until you look it up on Discogs and find out that 600 have been sold, another 800 are on offer and the going price is around £1.99. |  |
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| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 10:41 - Sep 12 with 814 views | Ely_Blue |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 22:01 - Sep 11 by Sharkey |
Am I right in thinking there's a large independent bookshop in Ely? (Is it still there?) |
Independent yes, lots of books yes but I wouldn’t call it large! |  |
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| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 12:08 - Sep 12 with 809 views | hoppy |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 14:02 - Sep 10 by Mullet |
No idea what it is called, but there was in central Lisbon so olde worldy and full of sights I sent a picture to HarryfromBath. Never been in a place like it.
In terms of how good it was a book shop, probably not a lot as I don't speak Portuguese, so I'll go with Manchester Waterstones instead. |
I would think the bookshop I would enjoy most from a visit would be that of HarryfromBath - that is, assuming he wouldn't be too busy to have a chat. |  |
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| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 12:33 - Sep 12 with 791 views | EdwardStone |
A big shout out for Harry's Mags and Vids
Located in the sleazy end of Bath
Wonderfully helpful and knowledgable owner
Well worth a visit if you enjoy that kind of thing
So I am told |  | | |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 12:47 - Sep 12 with 788 views | Chondzoresk |
Maggs Bros, London. I have sold to them the odd thing over the years. They deal in fine books and manuscripts. Incredible place. Honourable mention to Cox Books who were on Silent Street Ipswich for many years. Since gone. |  | | |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 13:06 - Sep 12 with 767 views | Sharkey |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 12:33 - Sep 12 by EdwardStone |
A big shout out for Harry's Mags and Vids
Located in the sleazy end of Bath
Wonderfully helpful and knowledgable owner
Well worth a visit if you enjoy that kind of thing
So I am told |
Bath needs a plug. |  | | |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 14:46 - Sep 12 with 746 views | Pablo_Counago |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 07:43 - Sep 12 by WeWereZombies |
On the subject of 'market value' for books, have you found a website that does for books what Discogs does for vinyl ? By this I mean that if you have an old vinyl LP that you think might be worth a bit and look it up on eBay there are invariably six or seven listings that ask £50 to £100 for it, but none of them have any bids so far altough you might be left with the impression that it is worth something...until you look it up on Discogs and find out that 600 have been sold, another 800 are on offer and the going price is around £1.99. |
Unfortunately I haven't. I usually just see what the going prices on Ebay are for the book or what the original pricing is.
A discogs for books could be a great idea actually. I already love Discogs so a similar site for books would be lovely |  | | |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 15:05 - Sep 12 with 739 views | hoppy |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 13:06 - Sep 12 by Sharkey |
Bath needs a plug. |
That one might wash over a few people. | |
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| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 15:08 - Sep 12 with 735 views | unbelievablue |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 12:47 - Sep 12 by Chondzoresk |
Maggs Bros, London. I have sold to them the odd thing over the years. They deal in fine books and manuscripts. Incredible place. Honourable mention to Cox Books who were on Silent Street Ipswich for many years. Since gone. |
Just looked this up and I'm going to wander over after work as it is only 10 mins from my office. Thanks! |  |
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| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 16:23 - Sep 12 with 713 views | WeWereZombies |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 15:05 - Sep 12 by hoppy |
That one might wash over a few people. |
So you thought you would give us the proverbial tap on the shoulder...makes us feel like you think we live on one of those sink estates... | |
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| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 17:19 - Sep 12 with 697 views | Bbmaj |
https://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/
If you are into noir, thrillers, detective stories etc and find yourself in lower Manhattan, this is the place to go!
To complete the cliche, we received free doughnuts.
Best bookshop in the world, IMHO. |  | | |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 17:23 - Sep 12 with 685 views | hoppy |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 16:23 - Sep 12 by WeWereZombies |
So you thought you would give us the proverbial tap on the shoulder...makes us feel like you think we live on one of those sink estates... |
I wouldn't plunge to those depths. It's not like everyone here is from Haverhill, or one of those type of overflow towns.
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| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 17:33 - Sep 12 with 659 views | ChiefXL |
Shakespeare and Company, Paris
Just opposite Notre Dame Cathedral |  | | |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 18:14 - Sep 12 with 645 views | WeWereZombies |
| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 17:33 - Sep 12 by ChiefXL |
Shakespeare and Company, Paris
Just opposite Notre Dame Cathedral |
Very appropriate in this centenary year of the publication of 'Ulysses'. | |
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| What’s the best bookshop you’ve ever been to? on 19:08 - Sep 12 with 633 views | solemio |
David's Bookshop in Letchworth Garden City is exceptionally good for a town of its size. It also has a small cafe that does very good coffee. |  | | |
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