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Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshops in Oxfordshire
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Antiques on High Ltd
85 High Street
OXFORD  Oxfordshire OX1 4BG
tel: 01865 251075
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Open: Monday -Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, Sunday 11.00 - 5.00.
Antiques center with two bookrooms. Tony Sloggett has a general stock but specialises in 20th Century firsts, art and children's. Austin Sherlaw-Johnson specialises in music books and scores.
    (Includes) ... a genuine secondhand bookshop with a large music stock. - Roger Allen.
    Mostly rather old and tired stock. - George Marshall 06.02.09.

Arcadia Booksellers
4 St. Michaels Street
OXFORD  Oxfordshire  OX1 2DU
tel: 01865 241757
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    One small backroom with a few bookcases of literature. Not browser-friendly in the least due to various boxes and random paraphernalia clogging the room. Reasonable prices.
- Nick Campsall 04.11.08.

Blackwell's Music Shop
38 Holywell Street
OXFORD  Oxfordshire  OX1 3SW
tel: 01865 792792
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Small stock of music related titles.

Blackwell's Rare Books
48-51, Broad Street
OXFORD
 Oxfordshire  OX1 3BQ
tel: 01865 333555   map
    There are two major second hand sections in the main flagship Blackwells store. The antiquarian section on the first floor which is very much the specialist and high end antiquarian market, and the second hand section on the third floor. Prices are high, but because it offers decent prices to sellers it has an excellent range and quality, especially of recent academic books. - George Marshall 06.02.09.

Blewbury Antiques
London Road
BLEWBURY  Oxfordshire  OX11 9NX
tel: 01235 850366
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Booklover Oxford
1 Woodins Way  Paradise Street
OXFORD  Oxfordshire  OX1 1HD
tel: 01865 247356
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Open: Wednesday - Saturday 10.30 - 6.00.
Second hand books and comics. General fiction, crime fiction, sci-fi, childrens fiction and annuals. Non-fiction, history, military history, transport, biography, sport, hobbies. Comics, Marvel, DC, Cult film/tv memorabilia, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, James Bond. All our stock is in very good condition for collectors.

Books & Ink Bookshop
4 White Lion Walk
BANBURY  Oxfordshire  OX16 5UD
tel: 01295 709769
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Open: Monday -Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Large general stock of antiquarian, secondhand, and new titles on all subjects. 22,000+ books over 2 floors. Booksearches undertaken. Stock updated daily. Come and visit us in the heart of this historic market town.
    A nice selection of old and scarce titles. Worth dropping in. - Chris Harte 19.05.09.

Church Green Books
46 Market Square
WITNEY  Oxfordshire  OX28 6AL
tel: 01993 700822  e-mail  website   map
Open: Monday - Friday 10.00 - 4.00.
Medium stock ranging from Penguins to rare, especially Oxfordshire, topography. The world's number one bookshop for church bells and bell-ringing. Also a large stock of folk dance, song and balladry. Established in Witney since 1995. Closed in September for annual holiday. Free parking in Witney.

The Classics Bookshop
23 Sheep Street
BURFORD
 Oxfordshire  OX18 4LS
tel: 01993 822969
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Open: Wednesday & Saturday or by appiontment.
Specialising in Latin and Greek classics, classical archaeology, ancient history and philosophy.

Toby English
10 St. Marys Street
WALLINGFORD  Oxfordshire  OX10 0EL
tel: 01491 836389
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Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
Over 10,000 books and prints in stock with over 8,000 of them listed in the net. Run by two humans and a dog. (The books are not dogs but the dog is !)
    Certainly worth a visit. Jam-packed with books - piles on the floor, which creates a pleasingly bibliomaniacal atmosphere, but doesn't make it easy to look around. Especially strong on art. Good condition, not cheap but fairly priced; friendly owner. Also immediately opposite the Oxfam bookshop. - David Gouldstone 30.10.09

The Inner Bookshop
111 Magdalen Road
OXFORD  Oxfordshire  OX4 1RQ
tel: 01865 245301
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Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.45.
Books for Mind, Body, Spirit, Health and the Unexplained.
    Hardly worth listing- just a few second hand and remaindered- virtually nothing that is not esoteric. - George Marshall 06.02.09.

Jonkers Rare Books
24 Hart Street
HENLEY-ON-THAMES  Oxfordshire  RG9 2AU
tel: 01491 576427
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    Really one for those with a heavy wallet but some very high quality stock including childrens' books.
- Herne 24.02.10.

Kellow Books
21 High Street
CHIPPING NORTON   Oxfordshire   OX7 5AD
tel: 01608 644293   map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
Quality general bookshop with all subjects covered. Booksearch undertaken. Large stock - and the tea pots are nice.
    
One of the best I have encountered, good stock, very well laid out and well worth a visit. - Jan.
    Lovely little shop - a treat. - George Marshall 06.02.09.
    Situated in new first-floor premises the stock is scattered over a number of rooms. My initial search made me feel as if the quality of the books had risen markedly since my last visit to the former shop over the road. I was very impressed with the wide range of holdings and picked up three sought after titles. Well worth a visit (and the Chelsea buns from the nearby bakery are top quality).
- Chris Harte 31.12.09.

Oxbow Books
Park End Place
OXFORD
 Oxfordshire OX1 1HN
tel: 01865 241249
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Oxfam Shop
133/135 Cowley Road
OXFORD  Oxfordshire  OX4 1HU
tel: 01865 722951
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Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
    This appears to be a conventional Oxfam shop, but a high population of book reviewers in east Oxford keeps it remarkably well stocked in new publications, especially fiction, which are usually at far lower prices than the specialist Oxfam bookshops. - George Marshall 06.02.09.

Oxfam Bookshop
14 Duke Street
HENLEY-ON-THAMES  Oxfordshire  RG9 1UP
tel: 01491 577410
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    One of the bigger ones I've visited and a well laid out selection including some collectibles. - Herne 24.02.10.

Oxfam Bookshop
56 St Giles Street
OXFORD  Oxfordshire  OX1 3LU
tel: 01865 310145   map
    Excellent Oxfam shop - one of the best in Britain. Two floors covering all topics with the quality one would expect of Oxford and the high turnover that rewards frequent visitors. - George Marshall 06.02.09.

Oxfam Bookshop
15 Turl Street
OXFORD  OX1 3DQ
tel: 01865 248310
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Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30.
    Two floors with a good range, although smaller and sometimes lower quality than the venerable St Giles shop. - George Marshall 06.02.09.

Oxfam Bookshop
9b Cornmarket
THAME  Oxfordshire  OX9 3DX
tel: 01844 214645
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The Parlour Bookshop
30 Wantage Road
DIDCOT  Oxfordshire  OX11 0BT
tel: 01235 818989
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Regent Furniture
Regent Shopping Mall  Newbury St,reet
WANTAGE  Oxfordshire OX12 8BU
tel: 01235 766625
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Open:Monday - Friday 8.30 - 5.30 Saturday 8.30 - 5.00.
A stock of about 40,000 titles covering most subjects
    As the name suggests, originally a furniture shop, but the books have taken over. 3 or 4 rooms of books, plus more in the corridors. Often has a lot of interesting older books, as welI as the modern dustwrappered variety. I rarely come away empty handed, and sometimes with a bootful. - Richard.
    One of the largest stocks of fiction I've seen, all reasonably priced and easily browsed. The poetry/drama selection is much smaller and haphazardly arranged though.
- Nick Campsall 04.11.08.

Sanders of Oxford Ltd
104 High Street
OXFORD  Oxfordshire  OX1 4BW
tel: 01865 242590
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St Philip's Books
82 St Aldates
OXFORD  Oxfordshire  OX1 1RA
tel: 01865 202182  fax: 01865 202184
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Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Specialists in academic, humanities, theology, history, philosophy, literature and art.
    A must among Oxford's ever dwindling number of secondhand bookshops. It specialises in Christian books, with an emphasis on Roman Catholicism: not popular paperbacks (although it has a few of these), but serious, scholarly works on bible study, patristics, theology and church history. In addition, it has worthwhile sections on art, literature and secular history. - Professor Geoffrey Warner.
    For specialists (and the wealthy) only. If you're looking for bargains or modern literature, don't bother. Great views of Christ Church though.
- Nick Campsall 04.11.08.

Way's Bookshop
54 Friday Street
Henley-On-Thames  Oxfordshire  RG9 1AH
tel & fax: 01491 576663
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Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.15. Selected secondhand & antiquarian books at all levels of price. Shop established 1977. Car Park at rear.
    A good selection and competitively priced. Especially worth visiting for topography and river related topics - Herne 24.02.10.

 
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