Open: Monday - Friday 9.15 - 5.30, Saturday 9.15am - 6:00 and Sunday 11.00 - 5.00.
Invicta Books and Martin Smith have stalls in the arcade.
Now has Elmo Books (01730 716351) selling high class sports books, mainly football and motor racing but also boxing and rugby. John Bacon 28.01.09
Other than being a splendid place to find trinkets and the like the upstairs bookshop part is excellent. It is many a while since I spent time in going twice around the shelves of a dealer's offerings. There was a very varied stock with some antiquarian gems in places you would not expect to find them. Well worth calling in if you are passing. As noted above the ground floor sports section is also first rate. Chris Harte 31.08.10
Agreed above. There are goodies if you are prepared to confront the rather hectic filing system. Also has excellent postcard unit and decent cafe. Norman Davies 14.08.12
Hungerford has lots to offer and is worth visiting, which I do regularly, particularly for the Arcade which has plenty of good books on a variety of subjects. OWC 22.09.12
Three and a half years since my last visit and I still enjoyed rummaging through the piles of books on the first floor. Prices were very acceptable and I came away with bagfuls of titles concerning my various interests. The downside were the boorish day-trippers who loudly gave of their ignorant opinions. Chris Harte 04.03.14
Elmo Books now moved out. John Bacon 13.02.16
I was in the Hungerford Arcade today in the large book store - piled high in places. He has a £2 sale on at the moment. There are some good sections with the local books occupying a number of shelves. Chris Harte 14.11.17
NJ Bridger now has space on the first floor here (he used to have an area in a shop in Marlborough) and has a good stock of reasonably priced railway books and miscellaneous railway items. A visit from time to time usually results in at least one book being purchased. SteveBrissle 18.01.20
Plenty of mixed stock to see here in the bookrooms upstairs, but it has a bit of a lucky dip feel about it. I would have been happy to spend longer checking through the shelves, but with record-breaking temperatures outside today, the upstairs was getting uncomfortably stuffy. Prices seemed reasonable. Wessexman 18.07.22
Watch out for low ceilings and precarious piles of books on the floor. Might repay patience, though. On the shelves that were easiest to browse, I picked up some cult fiction at irresistible prices. Wonder what I might have found if I'd dug deeper? Paul O 19.08.22
As I was rummaging through the piles of books my wife wandered over and commented that she liked the look of a large, but fairly thin book which had been illustrated by Phil May. "It's only £2," she said," so I'll buy it." On arriving home she checked prices on the internet and found only one other copy for sale. When she saw the asking price she screamed. I am a jealous husband so I'm not taking her again. As for me? Only 28 purchases on this visit - and change from £50. Please don't think of visiting until I've paid my return visit which is planned for early next month. Chris 19.02.24
Some of the book stock was looking a little neglected today and in need of a tidy up. On the plus side, N J Bridger's stock was as varied and interesting as ever. Wessexman 18.06.24
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