Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
Large general stock of new, secondhand and antiquarian titles, located in beautiful Georgian house. Fast ordering system for books in print and full booksearch service for those that aren't! Members of ILAB, ABA, PBFA, BA. - Established 1977.
Very good quality stock. They obviously take care about what books they buy in. Military in abundance. Visit recommended so long as you ignore the upper middle-class twittering mothers in the room set aside for children's books. Chris Harte 19.05.09
Flourishing and well worth a visit. Tony Laverick 25.06.09
Excellent shop with a large stock in most areas - yes it has a room for new children's books. Sensible prices seemingly good turnover too. Pleasant browsing environment. Norman Davies 31.10.11
A beautiful shop in a beautiful building in a beautiful town. Stock was good new and old. Bit light on fiction but very good prices generally , excellent atmosphere. Almost everything a second hand bookshop should be! NB the antiques centre under Waitrose is very poor for books but wad for antiquey stuff. Jon Morgan 03.03.12
Excellent secondhand section (and the new books were good too). Stronger on non-fiction but plenty of interest for readers, collectors, and dealers (and children too). Steven Whitehead 13.09.12
A hand-picked stock with plenty of meat on the bones which deserves quality time and serious attention. I spent a small fortune and will visit regularly. OWC 13.09.12
Always worth a visit. Great mostly non-fiction stock at sensible prices. Steve Brissle 24.08.13
After reading so many positive reviews here about this book shop I decided to travel the 50 miles to see what I was missing. The shop itself is very beautiful and parking was easy nearby in the high street for 3 hours free. Both ladies inside were helpful and now the BUT there were just 7 naval books, 1 shelf of WW2 and around 2 shelves of biographies or aviation all of which were poor quality. I expected so much more! It took me all of 5 mins to browse all the shelves of topics I collect. I made the two ladies aware of my plight and they were helpful and went upstairs to check for more stock but sadly nothing appeared. How disappointing as when you walk in the front door you expect 3 floors of books to peruse when there is in fact just 1 spread around a few small rooms. Laurence Batchelor 14.06.14
The stock does seem a little lighter but it is always worth a visit. Purchased yet another railway book at a very fair price. SteveBrissle 04.08.14
Six years since my last review although I visit this excellent bookshop at least twice a year. I have absolutely no criticism to make of well laid out rooms and excellent stock. Subjects vary to satisfy everyone with pricing very fair. I had no hesitation in parting with my money for such varied titles. If you are very lucky you might be allowed in the huge storeroom at the rear of the main building. What is on those shelves is mind blowing. Chris Harte 19.05.15
My 3rd visit here. Smaller than it appears from the outside but does contain a large antiquarian collection - almost like walking into the library at a NT place at times. Not huge overall and some genres like military are small, but usually an interesting selection across most genres nonetheless - and prices mostly reasonable. I picked up 2 paperbacks and a biog of Raleigh from 1882 in fine condition for 8 quid. Flip M 15.03.16
My 2nd visit after 4.5yrs and I'm pleased to report that their stock of military had improved. Around 60% on the shop are new books but the 'old books' section and the 2nd-hand room to the right of the till is now brimming with stock all priced and categorized. Pricing is still a bit variable e.g. 2 naval books priced reasonably purchased, but an official history of WW2 in the Med 3 vols. of 4 £100 here whereas all 4 volumes were £40 at the antiques basement down the road in the same condition! Laurence Batchelor 06.12.18
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