Links - Elizabeth’s Favourite Bookshops
Sydney
Elizabeth’s Bookshops
Well we quite like our own shops!
- 197 King street, Newtown ph. 02 9557 9524
- 343 Pitt Street, Sydney CBD ph. 02 92672533
http://www.elizabethsbookshop.com.au
Better Read Than Dead
King Street, Newtown. (New books.) Also our neighbours in Newtown, but a bit further up the street. Fabulous, up-to-the-minute stock. Great range, latest releases.
http://www.betterread.com.au
Ariel Bookshop
Oxford Street, Paddington. (New books.) Reputedly one of the most successful independent
bookshops in the country. Scrumptious titles incl artbooks.
http://www.arielbooks.com.au
Berkelouw’s
Oxford Street, Paddington; Norton Street, Leichardt and
Berrima.(Secondhand & Antiquarian) The grandfathers of antiquarian
bookselling in Australia. Bit of a climb to the secondhand section.
http://www.berkelouw.com
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Melbourne
Alice’s Bookshop
629 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North. (Secondhand & Antiquarian) Presided over by the inimitable Anthony Marshall (author of “Trafficking in Old Books”).
http://www.alices.com.au
Perth
Elizabeth’s Bookshops
Yep, that’s us! 820 Hay Street, Perth (CBD) ph 9481 8848;
80 Barrack Street, Perth (CBD) ph 9225 6094;
29 Rokeby Road, Subiaco (opposite Dome Coffee) ph. 9381 5886;
8 South Terrace, Fremantle (Cappuccino Strip) ph. 9433 1310;
3 William Street, Fremantle (opposite Freo Town Hall) ph. 94306700
http://www.elizabethsbookshop.com.au
Serendipity Books
256–258 Railway Parade, Leederville. (Secondhand & Antiquarian) Founded in the same year as Elizabeth’s Bookshop (1973) by Dr Ian McGill, an authority on Australiana. Now run by Ilonka and David McGill. Traditional, nicely old fashioned looking shop with excellent stock. Also catalogue dealers. Ph. 08 9382 2246
http://www.serendipitybooks.com.au
Robert Muir Antiquarian Books
69 Broadway, Nedlands. (Antiquarian & Ephemera) Good stock of out-of-print and Australiana titles. Robert & Helen Muir. ph 08 9386 5842
http://www.muirbooks.com
USA
Strand Bookstore
828 Broadway, NYC (nr 3rd Avenue). Possibly the greatest
new & secondhand bookshop in the world. Gigantic stock over several floors,
including one recently added (but deliberately maintaining the slightly
grotty ‘secondhand’ look, because Fred Bass says “We don't want to look like
Barnes & Noble”!) Fred personally runs the huge central buying desk in the
middle of the floor. A real New York experience!
http://www.strandbooks.com
Powell’s Books Store Chicago
828 S Wabash Ave, Chicago. Two floors of serious secondhand books and excellent publisher’s remainders. Manager: Sylvia. Ph. 312 341-0748
http://www.powellschicago.com
United Kingdom
Hay-on-Wye Booksellers
Hay-on-Wye, Wales. Mike and Jane Bullock. Excellent Art and Military History selection.
http://www.hayonwyebooksellers.com
Richard Booth’s Bookshop
Hay-on-Wye, Wales. Richard Booth founded the “Town of Books” in 1961. Large, rambling bookshops in the town and at the Castle.
http://www.richardbooth.demon.uk
The Book Jungle
24 North Street, St.Leonards-on-Sea (near Hastings), East Sussex. Proprietor: The charmingly grumpy Michael Gowen. Incredibly cheap secondhand books on two levels. Self-Help is in the “Nutcase” section of the shop. Generous trade discount. Closed Mondays, Wednesdays, Sundays and whenever Mike feels particularly anti-social or he and Gilly are in the Mediterranean. Ph. 0142 4421187
Bookman’s Halt
127 Bohemia Road, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea, East Sussex. Always an excellent range of paperback fiction and interesting, well priced, non-fiction in three claustrophobic rooms. Proprietor Clive Linklater (author of “Reflections from a Bookshop Window”) has perfected a deceptively languid manner that masks an astute bookdealing brain. Trade discount. Closed lunchtimes, Sundays and probably also another day of the week. Ph 01424 421413
Paris
Shakespeare & Company
rue de la Bucherie, Quartier Latin, Paris. More a tourist destination than a serious bookshop, but good fun nevertheless. Almost on the banks of the Seine, Left Bank, near Notre Dame. English language books, travel guides, Sorbonne students, backpackers, pretentious tourists. Proprietor George Whitman assisted by his daughter and various American boys and girls.
shakespeareandco@paris.com
Gibert Jeune Bookshops
10 place St Michel (Bvd St Michel), Paris and other locations. Splendid multi-storey (1/3rd) secondhand & (2/3rd) new bookstore. Stocks Sorbonne University texts. Good French language (affordable) secondhand paperbacks section on one of the top floors. Founded in 1886. ph 01 43 25 91 19
