The Antique Map And Bookshop
32 High Street  
PUDDLETOWN  (near Dorchester)  Dorset  DT2 8RU
tel: 01305 848633  fax: 01305 848992  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00
Miscellaneous stock of antiquarian and good quality second-hand books. Specialities: 19th.century literature, esp.G.A.Henty, H.Rider Haggard, Thomas Hardy, H.G.Wells, A.C.Doyle. Also Travel/ Fine Bindings/ Illustrated books. Established in 1976. Members of ABA and PBFA. Puddletown is just outside Dorchester on the A35 to Bournemouth.
    Rang ahead to check opening hours and stock. Arrived to find piles of what I collected awaiting me. Very helpful and knowledgable young man in charge of shop. - Chris Harte 14.04.09.

Books Afloat
66 Park Street  
WEYMOUTH  Dorset  DT4 7DE
tel: 01305 779774  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
General stock but specialising in shipping, navel and Yachting.
    Worth visiting even if you have no interest in their specialities. TBG.

The Bookshop
Marine Parade  The Cobb
LYME REGIS  Dorset  DT7 3JF
tel: 01297 444820
    Mainly paperback fiction. TBG.

Bookworld
5A East Street
WEYMOUTH  Dorset  DT4 9PG
tel: 01305 770606  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00 (Winter) 9.00 - 9.00 (Summer).
New and secondhand books bought and sold. Varied stock frendly owner. We are situated in town yards from the seafront.

Bridport Old Books
11 South Street
BRIDPORT  Dorset  DT6 3NR
tel: 01308 425689  map
    General secondhand and antiquarian books, childrens, illustrated and the arts. TBG.

Castle Books
2 North Street  
POOLE  Dorset  BH15 1NX
tel: 01202 660295  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30
A general secondhand bookshop.
    Situated in a side road off of the pedestrianised street that leads from the Dolphin Shopping Centre to the Quay. Welcoming and stock well laid out – no stacks on the floor. All on one floor. - Clive Cheeseman 15.08.07.

Chapter House Books
Trendle Street  
SHERBORNE  Dorset  DT9 3NT
tel: 01935 816262  map
    Very helpful and pleasant. Stock well ordered - signs indicate a large reserve stock. Hoping to expand customer facilities for next year. - Clive Cheeseman 10.09.07.

The Dorchester Bookshop
3 Nappers Court  Charles Street  
DORCHESTER  Dorset  DT1 1EE
tel: 01305 269919  map
    Although we haven't been able to visit for a while, the owner assures us that it's still "quite a nice little shop, full of finds and treasures." - TBG.

Dorset Book Exchange
513 Wimborne Road East
FERNDOWN  Dorset BH22 9NF
tel: 07941 701155  e-mail  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
7,000 paperbacks and hardbacks mainly from America, so lots of unusual stuff. All genres. More stock on its way from the States. Newly opened (February 2010). Store credit given for part exchange/ trade-ins with 50% discount then available off purchases.

The Dorset Bookshop
69 East Street  
BLANDFORD FORUM  Dorset  DT11 7DX
tel: 01258 452266  map
    Sells a mixture of new (ground floor front) and second-hand (ground floor rear and upstairs). A lot of “local” topography and travel. - Clive Cheeseman 15.08.07.

Mr Punch's Antique Emporium
33 Bell Street  
SHAFTESBURY  Dorset  SP7 0LG
tel: 01747 855775  fax: 01747 855775  map
    A basement room of general books, in which I have yet to find anything. TBG.

The Nautical Antique Centre
Old Harbour Passage  3a Hope Square  
WEYMOUTH  Dorset  DT4 8TR
tel: 01305 777838  e-mail  website  map
Open: Tuesday - Friday 10.00 - 5.00 or by appiontment.
Closed for lunch.
Specialist stock of nautical related books, prints, photographs and charts.

New, Secondhand and Antiquarian Books
35 Station Road
SWANAGE  Dorset  BH19 1AD
tel: 01929 424088  fax: 01929 424088  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
A wide range of first edition and rare books, paperbacks and local interest books, maps and guides for the Isle of Purbeck. Latest bestsellers and new book ordering service. Situated in the main shopping street, 100 yards from the train station.

The Oxfam Bookshop
30b Salisbury Street,
BLANDFORD FORUM  Dorset  DT11 7AR
tel: 01258 455111  map
    The best laid out Oxfam bookshop I have been in. Some interesting items on display. All on one floor. - Clive Cheeseman 15.08.07.

Oxfam Bookshop
21/21a Institute Road
SWANAGE  Dorset  BH19 1BT
tel: 01929 425739  map

Reference Works
9 Commercial Road  
SWANAGE  Dorset  BH19 1DF
tel: 01929 424423  fax: 01929 422597  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00 but best to ring first.
Ceramic book specialists. All areas of collecting and the study of pottery and porcelain, especially out of print material. Also a range of 18th to 20th century ceramics.

H. & S.J Rowan
459 Christchurch Road  Boscombe  
BOURNEMOUTH  Dorset  BH1 4AD
tel: 01202 398820  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30
General secondhand books and particularly the arts, aviation and antiquarian.

Sanctuary Bookshop
65 Broad Street  
LYME REGIS  Dorset  DT7 3QF
tel: 01297 445815  e-mail  map
General secondhand bookshop with a mysterious "reserve stock", which apparently you have to sleep with the owner to see. TBG.

Stour Bookshop
Bridge Street  
STURMINSTER NEWTON  Dorset  DT10 1AP
tel: 01258 473561  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00
Closed for lunch.
General stock and illustrated books, archaeology, aviation, history and woman authors.

Wild and Homeless Books
12 South Street
BRIDPORT  Dorset  DT6 3NQ
tel: 01308 421970  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Wild and Homeless Books, established as a second-hand bookshop in February 2009, offers a variety of books that are often difficult to find elsewhere. The focus is fiction, poetry and drama but a there are a few shelves in this small space for travel, history and biography. With four bookshops in the bustling market town of Bridport, avoiding the by-pass makes more sense than ever.

The Winton Bookshop
1 Cardigan Road
BOURNEMOUTH  Dorset  BH9 1BJ
tel: 01202 518316  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
Large general secondhand stock.
    Well-stocked, well-laid out shop just off the main shopping street in Winton. - Richard 19.05.09.
    Surprisingly large and well-kept stock, and a knowledgeable and helpful owner. - Joachim Duester 13.10.09.

Words Etcetera
2 Cornhill  
DORCHESTER  Dorset  DT1 1BA
tel: 01305 267872  fax: 01305 251919  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30
    Multi-dealer shop with stock from a ten booksellers whose interests range from children's books to transport and, of course, Hardy and Dorset Topography. TBG.