Aber Books & Collectables
17 Northgate Street
ABERYSTWYTH  Ceredigion  SY23 2JS
tel: 01970 630333  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00
General and antiquarian stock. Including classic and contemporary literature, art, children's and illustrated, poetry, biography, philosophy, history, politics, psychology, sociology, theology, Welsh interest etc. Book search service available. Browsers very welcome in bright, accessible shop at the bottom of hill to Aberystwyth University and National Library of Wales.
    Unimpressive - but worth it because it is only a few doors away from Andy's Records, Aberystwyth's last independent record store - which is certainly worth visiting. - Daedalus 25.06.09.
    'Unimpressive' is the right word. - Corso 21.08.09.

Books in Cardigan
2 Pwll Hai  
CARDIGAN  Ceredigion  SA43 1BZ
tel: 01239 682517  e-mail  website  map
    Owner helpful. Reasonable priced stock. - Roger Leeke 09.02.09.
    Asked on entry about where to find any older titles. Told: "Anything we get that's worth over £10 we sell straightaway to dealers. They would never reach our shelves." Only quality items seen on browsing were Welsh, particularly those on local matters. - Chris Harte 03.09.09.
    Excellent Bookshop! Owner was friendly and helpful, with some real treasures found for a very reasonalble price. I left with a full bag! - Catherine James 13.10.09.

Carmarthenshire Rare Books
Milford House  87 Lammas Street
CARMARTHEN  Carmarthenshire  SA31 3AY
tel: 01267 223343  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Friday 9.00 - 4.00.
General secondhand and some antiquarian books, Welsh interest.
    This is the place to go for really rare titles. Obviously very strong on Welsh material. Last two visits have seen me depart with a full box. - Chris Harte 14.04.09.

Carningli Centre
East Street  
NEWPORT  Pembrokeshire  SA42 0SY
tel: 01239 820724  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30.
About 10,000 books on many subects including Wales/Cymraeg, natural history, railways, art and crafts, cookery, Penguins, science, poetry, plays etc,etc. On the main A487 (between Cardigan & Fishguard) in the centre of Newport. Free car park in Long St.
    Frontage on main road gives no indication of what is quite a treasure-trove reaching down through rooms full to the brim of interesting titles. Muddled, musty and somewhat eccentric but worth a stop if you are passing. Junk room a must for railway buffs. - Chris Harte 03.09.09.

Corran Books Ltd
King Street  
LAUGHARNE  Dyfed  SA33 4RY
tel: 01994 427444  fax: 01994 427709  e-mail  website  map
     What I expected to find and what I found were miles apart. An old building where the humidifiers were working full blast in the basement to try and prevent books Oxfam would decline rotting away. The owner had a number of titles I had on my 'wants list' but his prices ranged from eight to ten times what I would normally expect to pay. He had, obviously, Dylan Thomas, material but little else. My special trip was a total waste of time. - Chris Harte 12.11.09.

Discovery Bookshop
52 Cwmamman Road
GARNANT (near Ammanford)  Dyfed  SA18 1LT
tel: 01269 823839  e-mail  website  map
Open: Tuesday - Friday 10.00 - 5.00.
Secondhand books, records, CDs, sheet music, videos, cassettes, reel to reel tapes. We have in stock around 50,000 books (combined shop stock and internet stock) & 12,000 records at all times.

Dylan's Bookstore
23 King Edward Road  
SWANSEA  West Glamorgan  SA1 4LL
tel: 01792 655255  fax: 01792 655255  e-mail  website  map
Open: most week days 10.00 - 5.00 but best to ring first. (Recently removed from Salubrious Passage.)

Oxfam Bookshop
North Parade
ABERYSTWYTH  Ceredigion  SY23 2JN
tel: 01970 625890  map

Ystwyth Books
7 Princess Street  
ABERYSTWYTH  Ceredigion  SY23 1DX
tel: 01970 639479  e-mail  map
Open: 9.30 - 5.30 - Monday -Saturday.
80,000 new and secondhand books covering most subjects, but particularly Welsh books and natural history.
    Good stock, well laid-out and reasonable prices. Definitely the best bookshop in Aber by far. And conveniently close to the excellent Gannet's Bistro! - Daedalus 25.06.09.
    A large stock with good turnover including recent publications spread over two floors. My favourite in Aber. - George Marshall - 16.09.09.
    Excellent well worth a visit. Now run by Martin, pleasant and helpful, will even let you browse the reserve stock if you explain your interests. Definitely worth a visit. - Corso 21.09.09.