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Broadhurst's of Southport Ltd. - Southport

Broadhurst's of Southport InteriorBroadhurst's of Southport was founded in 1920. There are two rare book rooms specialising in nineteenth and twentieth-century literature, modern first editions, private press books and a wide and interesting selection of antiquarian titles, as well as a varied selection of antique prints and maps. There are a further eight second-hand book rooms containing upwards of 50,000 titles on all subjects. Bookbinding and restoration service.

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Grove Rare Books - Skipton

Grove Rare BooksGrove Rare Books is a most delightful bookshop, beautifully situated within the Yorkshire Dales National Park on the Duke of Devonshire's Yorkshire estate and close to the much visited eleventh-century Bolton Priory on the banks of the River Wharfe. The shop is in the centre of the village, has ample customer parking to the rear, and is a short walk from the Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel. Dating from the eighteenth century, the mullioned facade opens onto three rooms offering a wide selection of antiquarian, rare and out of print books.

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Halewood & Sons - Preston

Halewood & SonsHalewood & Sons was founded in 1867 and represents five generations of bookdealers.  Members of the ABA for over 100 years. We offer an interesting and varied General Stock with Antiquarian, Old & Modern titles always available.  Halewood and Sons have been specialists in Travel Books for seventy-five years.

Halewood & Sons
37 & 68 Friargate
Preston
Lancashire PR1 2AT 

Tel: 01772 252603 / 252613
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The Keel Row Bookshop - North Shields

The Keel Row BookshopEstablished in 1980 the Keel Row Bookshop is located in an eight roomed Georgian townhouse in a conservation area of historic North Shields. Anthony Smithson, the third and current owner, started bookselling nearly twenty years ago and bought the premises in May 2006. Since then the shop has been completely renovated and the shop fully restocked.

We are a family run firm selling a broad range of Antiquarian, collectible and second-hand books to suit every pocket. Our stock has a strong emphasis on North Eastern topography and history, particularly Northumberland, as well as the history of Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland. We also try to maintain a healthy stock of the works of Thomas Bewick and his pupils as well as the Newcastle author and wood engraver Joseph Crawhall.

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Lucius Books - York

Lucius BooksLucius Books was established in 1993. We are a small family run firm specialising in the highlights of Modern First Editions, Literature, Children's Books, Crime and Detective Fiction, Illustrated Books.  Our shop, situated in the centre of York, stocks a wide range of rare and interesting items, as well as original art, signed vinyl and music memorabilia.

Lucius Books
41 Fossgate
York YO1 9TF

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E. J. Morten (Booksellers)

E J MortenJohn Morten, trading as E. J. Morten Booksellers – specialising primarily in nineteenth & twentieth-century military history studies, travel, sporting and other fine books.

The business has been run from a quintessential cobbled street in Didsbury Village, South Manchester, since 1959 and incorporates a new retail book shop alongside the historical arm.  John has run the business since 1986 and is always glad to personally welcome trade visitors.  As he regularly travels far and wide to acquire desirable items it is preferential to call first before making a visit to our rare book room.

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Janette Ray - York

Janette RayJanette Ray established Janette Ray Rare and Out of Print Books in 1995 and specialises in the sale and purchase of rare and out of print books on architecture and building, landscape design, design history, international exhibitions, town planning and fine art mainly published 1800-1950.  Our stock includes original drawings and photographs.

The shop is located just five minutes from York Minster and opens Wednesdays to Saturdays 9.30am - 5.30pm other times by appointment.

 

Janette Ray
8 Bootham
York YO30 7BL

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Ken Spelman Rare Books - York

Ken Spelman Rare BooksKen Spelman Rare Books
70 Micklegate
York YO1 6LFTel: (0)1904 624414
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Open:  9.00am - 5.30pm, Monday - Saturday. 

Ken Spelman Rare Books was established in 1948 ...

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Mark Westwood Books - Sedburgh

Westwood BooksWestwood Books opened in Sedbergh at Easter 2005. It is owned by Evelyn and Mark Westwood. Until 2006 we also had a bookshop in Hay-on-Wye, the world's first Booktown. Mark Westwood has been a secondhand and antiquarian bookseller since 1976, with Evelyn joining the business in 1992. 

In November 2010 we were included in the Guardian Reader's Tips Best Bookshops in the World as follows:-

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Olympia 2012 A

The ABA London International Antiquarian Book Fair

This major three-day event is one of the highlights in the world for book lovers and collectors – and the centrepiece of London International Antiquarian Book Fair Week.  In the light and airy National Hall at Olympia, you will find thousands of rare, unusual and unique items offered for sale by 180 leading UK and international dealers.

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