Our second-hand bookshop is in the centre of London. The shop is 50 yards from Leicester Square station, on the edge of Covent Garden and the Chinese quarter. We are close to many theatres and within spitting distance of Soho & Piccadilly--well worth a detour when in the mighty city.

We are open 10:30-9:30, 7 days a week. We have books as cheap as £1 and also rare books at many thousands of pounds. We buy books and will travel anywhere in the world if sufficiently motivated. Do let us know if you have a large collection of old books for sale. Lastly, nothing can replace actually going to a bookshop; shut down that machine now and come down to the shop if you are within 30 miles!

The catalogue is updated constantly as books come into our shops from mansions, country houses, schlosses, villas, chateaus and remote crofts.

We only sell these books at the shop, we have found that people need to choose the books that suit their purposes and this is impossible by e-mail etc., So please come by the shop-we are here all week 11 hours a day. We can also supply hard back (i.e. not leather) books at considerably less, especially if bought in quantity. These books are sometimes referred to as clothbound books to distinguish them from paperbacks (which can also be supplied). 'Books do furnish a room.'

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This is the most common secondhand book in England. 'Dogs I Have Known'	April 2010 Catalogue is here! 26,000 books online! PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR SECOND SITE BOOKRIDE A GUIDE TO RARE BOOKS AND THEIR VALUES. Search this web site. Enter your search word(s) in the field below and click the Search button. April 2010 Catalogue in PDF (file size ~13.8 MB)

April 2010 Update/ Bragging notes. The usual olla podrida of fine, rare and strange books have come our way and been priced with the economy firmly in mind. Round here greed is not good! Adam Smith was right. Much philosophy, art, economics, religion, eastern travel and scholarship of a literary and historical bent, loads of lit crit (mostly in basement) + unusual amounts of poetry and an almost limitless supply of SF paperbacks and many Tauchnitzes. Weighty art books have also been bought in profusion... We were honoured to be voted bookshop of the year by the Fringe Report and attended a champagne reception to collect the award--the first time a bookshop had been so honoured. Our blog at Bookride continues to attract serious traffic, a few plaudits and occasional mentions by the Guardian and Boing Boing -the kings of the blogosphere. I am told we are mentioned in dispatches on Twitter and also Facebook. Boris Johnson, our own Lord Mayor, comes by in pursuit of Latin texts and LZ's own Jimmy Page has shown up to collect books ordered off the web. He complimented us on our reasonable pricing...Other bookish celebs have been through I am told, but we celebrate all our customers whether from Mayfair, Neasden or the Gorbals. I append below a splendid old photo of Charing Cross Road in the 1930s. The bookseller in his obligatory drill coat is selling the books by weight - a practice I would like to bring back but that sitll persists at some splendid American library sales--a dollar a pound. Pip! pip!

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All the books listed are first editions in the country of publication, 8vo in size, in good condition and in original bindings unless otherwise stated. Place of publication is noted, unless London. Unobjectionable names, very short inscriptions and bookplates not usually noted.

Any item found not to be as described may be returned within 3 weeks of receipt. New overseas customers are asked to pay in advance on a pro-forma invoice. Postage is extra. Books are reserved for 7 days.

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