Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshops in the UK and Republic of Ireland
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The Beverley Old Bookshop has closed
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Eastgate Bookshop of Beverley has closed
New listing Wrecking Ball Music and Books Hull
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Bridlington Lions Bookshop/BRIDLINGTON/8 Prospect Arcade
Bridlington Lions Bookshop
8 Prospect Arcade Prospect Street BRIDLINGTON YO15 2AL
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Open: Monday - Saturday 10.30 - 3.30.
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Bookshop selling donated books.
Paperback lovers will be happy here, though there are hardbacks as well. Laurence Purcell 19.12.13
Had a open sign on the door but the door was locked and the lights were off. According to the opening times on the shop front the shop should have been open. It looks like a lovely little bookshop from the outside. I will try again next time I'm in the area. Jayne 25.04.22
Friendly welcome. Fiction and nonfiction. Hardback and paperback. Lots of bargains. Only take cash. I came away with a few books. I will definitely be calling in again soon. Jayne 23.05.22
Countryman Books/WILLERBY/Southrise
Countryman Books
Southrise Great Gutter Lane West WILLERBY HU10 6DP
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tel:
01482 869710 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00, closed Wednesday.
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Specialist dealers in quality rare, and collectable fishing, shooting, hunting, big game hunting, dogs and horse books Also books written and illustrated by Cecil Aldin and Lionel Edwards. Please telephone before setting off to ensure the shop is open.
J. E. Books /HULL/12 Hepworth_s Arcade
J. E. Books
12 Hepworth's Arcade HULL HU1 1JU
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tel:
07875 548472 e-mail web 
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 11.00 - 4.00
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J. E. Books stocks new and second-hand books as well as literary gifts. Orders are taken and 10% off for orders of 5 or more new books.
Little Book Emporium/DRIFFIELD/31 Market Place
The Little Book Emporium
31 Market Place DRIFFIELD YO25 6AR
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tel:
01377 830302 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00
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Family-owned independent bookshop, selling new, second-hand and antiquarian books.
According to the shop, it has 20,000 books for sale. It seems that a fair proportion of these are second-hand or antiquarian, and some of the stock looks pretty good, at least from what I can see online, so it could be an interesting destination. The presence of such an establishment in a small East Yorkshire market town - Driffield is "the capital of the Wolds" - is certainly welcome in any case. It also seems to sell plants! The shop is closing for an Easter break on Thursday 28th March, reopening on Monday 8th April. Booker T 24.03.24
Oxfam Bookshop/BEVERLEY/10 Toll Gavel
Oxfam Bookshop
10 Toll Gavel BEVERLEY HU17 9AJ
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tel:
01482 888454 e-mail web
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A fairly average Oxfam bookshop on the main pedestrian precinct, with a WH Smith new bookshop next door. Chris K 18.06.12
Not a bad bookshop with some quite good modern fiction and a large crime fiction section. Standard Oxfam prices. Other charity shops in the same street, none to get excited about book-wise! Jon Morgan 13.11.17
Large bookshop. Fiction and nonfiction. Hardback and paperback. Not many bargains. A bit pricey for me. We came away with a few books. Jayne 23.05.22
A well stocked Oxfam bookshop. Includes an odd ‘Academic’ section which contains many of the serious non-fiction books. Prices are purely based on Abebooks. So there are no bargains to be had. Talking to the manager and a volunteer they systematically search the value of each donation before pricing and putting them on the shelves. This policy is now common in many Oxfam shops where they use volunteers to do the online searching. I explained to the manager that these policies meant that commercial bookshops are going out of business - but they couldn’t see that this may be a problem. A more sinister policy is the pulping of books which have not sold after 8-12 weeks which is now also common in Oxfam bookshops. I explained that this surely was not in the best interests of the charity as a customer may have bought it at a slightly less aggressive price. Again the staff in this shop were indifferent to my views. PeterD 06.09.22
Another visit to this Beverley Oxfam. This time I bought 5 books for £20. These were not terribly cheap but they were nonfiction (history/architecture) books I had not come across before. So - to soften my view from an earlier visit (above) - I would say it’s a shop well worth checking out as they do get some good donations from the wealthy, well-read townsfolk. But be aware that these books are not necessarily very cheap. PeterD 03.06.23
A good selection of books, especially fiction, history and biog. Obviously every book is checked on the internet, I overheard a comment from a volunteer that he had checked a pile of books, had priced one at £25, a few at £15 and more at £5. One was going to We Buy Books for 27p. Perhaps they could have put it in the shop for 50p? Or would that mean a customer would have got a bargain? Whatever they would have made more money, surely that is what the donor would have preferred? Companies such as We Buy Books are continuing to undermine bookshops, do people who donate to charity bookshops realise where their donations end up? We did find a couple of interesting, reasonably priced topography books, possibly because neither had ISBN numbers so hadn’t been checked HB 20.09.23
St. Crispin Antiques Centre/BEVERLEY/11 Butcher Row
St. Crispin Antiques Centre
11 Butcher Row BEVERLEY HU17 0AA
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tel:
01482 869583
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, Sunday 10.30 - 4.30.
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Upstairs bookroom with general stock and some better books in a locked cabinet.
One room on the first floor towards the back (that will save you looking through the 'antiques' in all the other rooms. Equivalent of a very small SH bookshop but limited stock. Nothing of any great interest to me but worth a browse if in town. Jon Morgan 13.11.17
This ‘book room’ is part of this large antiques centre in beautiful Beverley. The room is at the very back of the labyrinthine market on the first floor. A good room full of books - good on religion, history and literature. The owner of the books in this book room is available to the store on the phone and can be accommodating on price. (Rather like the Antiques Roadshow programmes on TV!). As a result I bought a rare 4 volume set at a reasonable price.
I would recommend a visit if you are in Beverley. (If you are there check out the Minster and St Mary’s church too - glorious!!) PeterD 07.09.22
A room full of books upstairs in an antique centre. Good range and sensible prices. Well laid out. Found a railway book and a local history book. Certainly worth a visit if you are in Beverley HB 20.09.23
Wrecking Ball Music and Books/HULL/15 Whitefriargate
Wrecking Ball Music and Books
15 Whitefriargate HULL HU1 2ER
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tel:
01482 214941 and 07942 244845 e-mail web
Open: Monday - Satunday 9.00 - 5.00, Sunday 10.30 - 4.00
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Sells new and used vinyl and CDs, new books from independent publishers and second-hand books. The premises are also home to the Wrecking Ball Arts Centre.
Run by music aficionados who are also evangelical about "words on the page", this shop in Hull's historic Old Town - centrally located and the most interesting part of the city - sells both new and used books. It has quite a large second-hand stock of books on music (most genres other than classical); the stock on other subjects seems to be fairly small. Booker T 24.03.24
