Comments on: Sell books, buy books: the neverending cycle

Question: Sell books, buy books: the neverending cycle

hazelshade — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:15:53 -0800

Any recommendations for good used book shops in London?

I need to sell some of my political science tomes, plus some novels. I also need to find a good place to buy really cheap used paperback novels that I can take with me on a long trip through Europe -- I'd like to be able to leave them behind as I finish them without feeling bad about how much money I'm tossing. (I'm into what I guess you'd call general "literary fiction"/classics.) I'm thinking the book sale under Waterloo Bridge is a good first place to look in terms of buying -- other suggestions for where to buy, and where to sell? Thanks!

By: randomination

randomination — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:23:23 -0800

Well, for buying books, I love Books for Amnesty, 139b King Street, Hammersmith W6. (Nearest tubes are Hammersmith and Ravenscourt Park.) It's brilliant for fiction paperbacks and overstock, around £2 or £3 a pop.

As for the booksale under Waterloo Bridge, erm, you didn't mean this guy, did you?

By: essexjan

essexjan — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:28:10 -0800

Oxfam has a dedicated bookshop on Marylebone High Street where you can find cheap and interesting paperbacks, many of them proof copies of books that I've never seen in Waterstones.

By: k8t

k8t — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:45:38 -0800

Walk down Charing Cross Road need Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden and Leicester Square... there are tons of them!

By: einekleine

einekleine — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:56:17 -0800

Avoid the overpriced books under Waterloo Bridge, go charity shops. You'll usually find something of worth in the smallest of shops, but essexjan is right, the Oxfam bookshops are the best. My fave is the one on Strutton Ground, near Victoria Station.

By: TheRaven

TheRaven — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:14:11 -0800

http://www.geocities.com/evelynleeper/uk-lond.htm

By: veedubya

veedubya — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:48:46 -0800

Gloucester Road Bookshop. Come out of Gloucester Road tube station, turn right (like you're heading to Chelsea), go across the crossroads, and it's on the left-hand side of the road about 2 minutes walk from the station. Small, but you can't miss it, because it looks just like a second-hand bookshop should look.

There's a great pub next door, too: The Hereford Arms.

By: gravelshoes

gravelshoes — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:09:16 -0800

Skoob is the best

By: leemajors

leemajors — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:31:08 -0800

k8t is right -- wander from trafalgar to covent garden via charing cross and you'll see lots of great used bookshops.

By: ivarley

ivarley — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:54:46 -0800

BookMooch was just profiled on BoingBoing this week. Seems cool, though I've not tried it.

By: brujita

brujita — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:36:11 -0800

You might get a better deal selling your books on ebay. Buying used, I'd say Oxfam is your best bet, though this is only a Yank's experience.