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Your vancouver island bookshop victoria canada bookstore specializing in art, bc history, british history, childrens, history, leather bindings, natural history, nautical, theosophy esoteric. They specialize in rare, fine, out of print, and antiquarian books, but their inventory is excellent overall. Established in june 2000, were one of western canadas largest and busiest bookstores, with more than 80,000 new and used titles in three neighborhood locations. Sep 23, 2011 we all know the special feeling that comes with standing in narrow aisles, surrounded by that smell and sensation unique to books. Anthony c hall at 30 staines road twickenham is a small antiquarian shop with a good selection. The choice of used books is massive thousands of classic novels and bestsellers, biographies and memoirs, selfhelp, cookbooks, childrens books, affordable textbooks for school, and outofprint titles. New, used, outofprint, rare, fine, first edition books bought and sold. Our massive collection of over 2 million cheap used books also comes with free delivery in the uk. Booksellers and binders on vancouver island and the gulf islands. World of books is one of the largest online sellers of secondhand books in the world. Kestrel books were proudly awarded the silver award for best used bookstore in vancouver in the 2010 westender newspapers best of the city awards. If they are in good condition, there are lots of great secondhand stores that will resell your books. The best used bookstores in toronto are the last bastions of vintage hard copy books.
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Vancouvers legendary independent bookstore, pulpfiction books, carries new, used, and outofprint books in most major subject fields. We all know the special feeling that comes with standing in narrow aisles, surrounded by that smell and sensation unique to books. Kestrel books vintage, rare and antiquarian books in. Probably aucklands biggest second hand bookstore, it occupies a beautiful, historic building in onehunga mall. Reviews on used book stores in vancouver, bc macleods books, pulpfiction books, the paper hound, book warehouse, canterbury tales bookstore.
Albion books 523 richards street, vancouver for those prepared to wander a litte further afield pulpfiction books, 2422 main street vancouver is the yang to macleods yin. The books are mainly titles on reading lists or general fiction with very large collection of english literature. If you are interested in used collectable second hand books and perhaps havent been to a fair, the royal national is a good place to start. A catalogue of valuable new and second hand books english and foreign in. We only have a few of our titles now listed online through biblio sorensen books. Just across the street from the national library one finds a little second hand book heaven.
In 1991, reg russell, the founder of the store, opened a victoria branch with his daughter diana and her. Vancouvers legendary independent bookstore pulpfiction books. Used books and second hand books priced at half or less of what they would cost if bought new. Established in june 2000, were one of western canadas largest and busiest bookstores, with more than 80,000 new and used titles in.
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