Great for those studying and cant afford the textbooks. Based in sydney, australia we offer over 4 million books from our database which have been categorised into a variety of subjects to make it easier for you to browse and shop. The berkelouw family has been trading in books for six generations. If you have a favourite second hand store in sydney, please let us know about it by leaving a comment below. Happy to do a bulk price open every thursday friday saturday 10am 5pm 1 emily street wingfield all items are sold as is, there are no returns on items. Yes and its even free if youre in the inner west of sydney until the end of march 2020. Typically, library societies accept likenew and gently used book donations. Booktopia is a 100% australianowned onlineonly retail store selling books, ebooks and dvds australia wide. Secure online ordering and worldwide delivery available. Where to find 12 of sydneys best book shops urban list sydney.
To help you find the best second hand stores located near you in sydney, we put together our own list based on this rating points list. Astrolabe carries a good range of antiquarian and second hand books on a wide variety of subjects, specialising in works on tasmania, australia, antarctica, aborigines especially tasmanian, and maritime subjects. Buy books online or at 1 york street history, science. We provide secure ordering through ssl secure sockets layer. Whether it is a handful of books you no longer want, or you need help disposing of a large collection or estate. Dymocks dymocks sydney bookstore in new south wales nsw. This really is the treasure chest of second hand books. The ten best bookstores in sydney concrete playground. Heres my selection of my favourite secondhand bookstores in sydney. A bonus is that the sellers will often buy back books from you as well, so i try and take in some to sell before i buy any more too. Our collection of second hand books is huge and growing all the time, so theres always something new to discover.
Kinokuniya sydney offers a large range of books with over 300,000 titles in english, japanese, chinese, french and german. Probably aucklands biggest second hand bookstore, it occupies a beautiful, historic building in onehunga mall. Our glebe and blackheath branches both carry extensive secondhand sections and between them stock around 20,000 titles. Buying second hand goods is not only cheaper, but benefits the environment and your local community. Melbournes secondhand bookshop trail the sydney morning. Upstairs, theres a sizeable collection of secondhand titles covering. World of books is one of the largest online sellers of second hand books in the world. In addition we now have over 10% of our selection of secondhand books available to search and order online via abebooks. A quirky notsolittle bookshop, packed to the rafters with second hand and.
Browse through the online book catalogue at elizabeths bookshop, one of. Proprietor michael sprod is a longstanding member of the australian and new zealand association of antiquarian booksellers. Advice on selling second hand books hi r sydney i am moving out of home to university and need to get rid of the majority of my rooms contents a lot of which is old books. Gleebooks online bookshop sydney literature, bookstore. Local thrift stores local second hand thrift stores can use your donated books. We have a vast range of books in many categories with a special interest in australia history including military, aboriginal, nature, australiana, true crime, art and biography. Grub street bookshop, 379 brunswick st, fitzroy, 9417 3117, this is your archetypal second hand bookshop, long in the making 25 years with all sorts of curious categories.
The bower also provide assistance in rehoming certain types of preloved items via a truck collection service. Store address suite 204, level 2, 39 liverpool st sydney nsw 2000 ph 0292615225 cnr of liverpool st and sussex st in commerce building. Set at the top of the galeries, kinokuniya is an oasis in the city. This really is the treasure chest of secondhand books. Berkelouw have years of experience in providing books for interior decoration, retail and corporate displays, film, theatre and commercials. Picking up secondhand books while travelling is one of our favourite things to do. Elizabeths bookshops online secondhand book dealers. Heres my selection of my favourite second hand bookstores in sydney.
Elizabeths bookshops online secondhand book dealers first. 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. We have a vast range of books in many categories with a special interest in australia history including military, aboriginal. I love browsing through secondhand bookshops and i am particularly fond of the elizabeths bookshop located on pitt street. The majority of our secondhand holdings are not on a database. Crammed with books both old and new, collectors editions, art and design magazines, lgbti stories, fiction, poetry, chicklit and classics the offerings are endless. Weve put together a list of sydneys best bookshops, from the dusty to the designer. Established in sydney in 1967 goulds book arcade is australias largest retailer of used, remaindered, outofprint and rare books under one roof.
When youve found the books you want well ship qualifying orders to your door for free in 100% recyclable packaging. Gleebooks secondhand gleebooks online bookshop sydney. Delivers to or services australiawide online only mycroft books is a secondhand book store based in sydney. Melbournes best secondhand bookstores the urban list. Hi, can anyone please recommend a secondhand bookshop in sydney, maybe one with a cafe, and open in the evenings. A local, familyrun bookshop, goulds is a member of the australian booksellers association aba. Whether its the latest book release, fiction or nonfiction. Browse over 60,000 new titles, preowned novels and second hand antique books, all available to buy online.
Five of the best secondhand bookstores in auckland. We have everything from classic childrens books to fireside fiction, super scifi, travel and history books. These books are second hand but still in usable condition. With wish lists you can choose to be notified the instant we find a copy, see how often we find rare titles, and see who else is interested. Below is a list of the top and leading second hand stores in sydney. Mar 17, 2020 yes and its even free if youre in the inner west of sydney until the end of march 2020. Sydney has a great collection of new and secondhand bookshops stocked with the latest pageturners, vintage classics, glossy coffee table books and hardto find. To see if your items are accepted for rehoming or to book for a collection, visit the bower website. City basement books having moved from its original elizabeth street digs to a flinders street abode in 2010, city basement books stands as arguably melbourne cbds best second hand bookstore. Ferrari f50 hardcover by ippolito alfieri, automobilia, 9788879600828, 1996 2nd hand book in very good condition plastic cover with some marks see images, out of print books. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers interested in good christian literature to undertake a variety of tasks including cataloguing, customer service including e comerce either based at fitzroy falls. A bookshop in port moresby have requested books for their bookshop.
Da capo, our sister shop located upstairs sells second hand sheet music, scores and books about music. Books are our passion as well as our business and it is always a pleasure to meet customers who share our love of books. The groups use donated books to stock library shelves or resell the books at fundraising events. It is the undisputed king of secondhand books in sydney. These societies hold book sales and other fundraisers to benefit the libraries. But theres so much this city has to offer, and in particular when its miserable out.
Second hand isnt second best repair it city of parramatta, in partnership with the bower parramatta, offers residents free repair assistance on the last saturday of each month at their local branch 10 hunter street, parramatta. This secondhand store features a beautiful courtyard that transforms into a tapas bar when the sun sets. Escape the hustle and bustle of the cbd with its extensive catalogue of. Goulds, elizabeths, a little place opposite holt st and a place up towards st peters station on the western side of king st all sell second hand books. Ive heard of ampersand, but judging from its website, its only open during the day. Tanya natalie is also an accomplished editor, if you are interested in having your own work edited. Oct 08, 2012 a bonus is that the sellers will often buy back books from you as well, so i try and take in some to sell before i buy any more too. A catalogue of valuable new and second hand books english and foreign in. Melbournes secondhand bookshop trail the sydney morning herald. From hard to find and out of print books to used books across a huge range of subjects, our online bookstore offers fast delivery and outstanding customer service. Its hipster capital, melbourne, is a unesco city of literature hosting literary festivals. Used books are often treasures that are outofprint or rare. Three years ago, a sydney auction house took half his collection. Can anyone recommend places in sydney that accept book donations.
The latest second hand textbooks at the university of sydney. The best independent bookstores in sydney dotted across the suburbs of sydney are some of the city s finest bookstores. The few places that ive been to have said no or have been very selective, which is understandable. You can search and browse our curated collections the cream of the crop at any time here. What i like this great little secondhand bookshop is that it is cosy and carries categories of particular interest arts, history, military, literature, fiction, childrens books, personal development, travel, animals and more. Kinokuniya kinokuniya sydney offers a large range of books. We have a collection of over 35,000 books, along with a cosy reading room for you to relax in. Alvis speed models in detail speed 20, 25, 3 12 litre and 4. Most nights after dinner my father would sit in his library, pick one off the.
Stocking a huge range of books, gifts and stationery over three floors, we have specialist staff to help you in every department. Shop used books australia online second hand bookstore. Gleebooks online bookshop and literary events sydney australia. Since 1989 the shop was at the city end of king st, newtown, but moved in late 2018. This is the online shopping web site of hondarake full of books second hand japanese bookshop in sydney australia. No one wants to buy books, so what to do with a beloved book. Sydney had the cleanest air of any major city today. Browse through the online book catalogue at elizabeths bookshop, one of australias largest second hand bookselling operations. Kinokuniya kinokuniya sydney offers a large range of.
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