Literally tens of thousands of books here. If you don't find something you like, then you didn't have time to get through the rooms and rooms of books. If you are after a particular book then ask the owner who can cut down the searching time tremendously. I am told that thousands of the books are available online. Sadly the Cafe has closed.
A lovely quiet cafe is my Review for, the café! that is,... in the 2nd hand bookshop, which I did not browse much of, myself, as was seeking a quiet café for lunch & to work in. Nice quiche and salad lunch and cup of tea at a good price. Very good WiFi once I asked for it to be rebooted. Amiable staff and helpful. Very nice for a quiet (& cool in summer heat) corner... and to quietly work away in too, if need want to do so.
The books located upon the shelves of this packed bookshop are no more expensive than any other second hand book shop that I have encountered. This is a gem of a shop with volumes galore and many hard to find titles residing on it's shelves. I collect military history and especially Divisional Histories I have found that these volumes are very hard to locate but I can always rely on Chapter house books to have at least one on the shelf or if not something of interest in the military history field for me to purchase. I always manage to come away with something to add to my library and once you have browsed and found that little gem of a volume you can then sit down with a coffee from the tea & coffee shop onsite and relax, whiling away a few hours.
The Staff are always friendly and helpful and Clare is extremely knowledgable, its by far the best second hand book shop Ive had the pleasure of visiting and I would highly recommend a visit to this little gem as these quality second hand book shops are fast disappearing. Go visit this shop you will not regret it.
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