If you're like me you're always on the lookout for local history books, whatever your geographical area of interest. This was never much of a problem a couple of decades or so ago when there seemed to be loads of second-hand bookshops around. Now there are virtually none, with charity-based concerns filling the ever-widening gap in the market. And these are usually poor affairs, with fiction books dominating the sparsely-populated shelves of disorganised outlets. Oxfam and Amnesty International have shops dedicated to books, of course, but, oh, how we all miss the old-fashioned book dealers of yesteryear!
Obviously, the internet - eBay and Amazon, primarily - is now the main option when it comes to sourcing old tomes, and a few second-hand bookshops have there own websites, too. But things are pretty desperate for us bookworms, so I thought I'd dedicate a section of my blog to trying to compile a list of all our options - both online and offline!
So can you help?
What we're looking for is websites and shops who stock local history books pertaining to the North-East of England. I am really only especially knowledgeable about Newcastle and immediate area, but would love to learn of more options from anywhere in the region. I will include shops, large and small, who sell new books (Waterstones, etc.), as well as the second-hand dealers - so get thinking and contact me either via the comments below or at micksouthwick @ blueyonder.co.uk (without the gaps!).
And a little description of the shops would be nice, too! (including those below, actually, as I haven't been to most of them).
Here's what I have so far...
Keel Row Books, North Shields
Barter Books, Alnwick
The Next Chapter, Bellingham
Books for Amnesty, Newcastle
Cogito Books, Hexham
Bookwyrm, Durham City
Forum Books, Corbridge
Accidental Bookshop, Alnwick
The Bound, Whitley Bay
Blackwell's, Newcastle
Berrydin Books, Berwick
Humford Mill Books, Morpeth
Head Bookshop, Darlington
BDC Antiquarian Booksellers, Darlington
Jeremiah Vokes, Darlington
Needful Things, Hartlepool
Book Corner, Saltburn
Oliver's Bookshop, Whitley Bay
St. Oswald's Hospice Bookshop, Gosforth
Tyne Bridge Publishing, Newcastle City Library
The Drake Bookshop, Stockton
The Guisborough Bookshop
Darlington Lions Club Bookshop
Tynedale Hospice at Home Bookshop, Hexham
Oxfam Bookshops at:
Darlington
Durham City
Hexham
Jesmond
Newcastle
Waterstones branches at:
Darlington
Durham City
Hexham
MetroCentre
Middlesbrough
Morpeth
Newcastle
Sunderland
Yarm
WHSmith branches at:
Alnwick
Berwick
Darlington
Durham City
Hartlepool
MetroCentre
Middlesbrough
Morpeth
Newcastle
Stockton
Online:
eBay
Amazon
Abe Books
Oxfam Online
World of Books
When I've got together what I think is a pretty comprehensive list I shall dedicate a tab of my blog to the cause. Thanks for any help you can offer!
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