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Exclusive books is one of south africas largest book chains with branches throughout south africa. The owners are keeping it old school and cool and as a result have no telephone in the shop. Barter books, alnwick station, northumberland ne66 2np. For browsers it doesnt get much better than this, the largest used and rare bookshop in africa with 2 000 000 items to look at. Benoni kids haven charity shops benoni spca charity shop edenvale little eden edenvale shop johannesburg african children charity shop johannesburg braamfontein hospicewits charity bookshop johannesburg evangelistic outreach shop johannesburg hope charity shop johannesburg. Despite the rise of amazon kindles and ebooks, bookstores in south africa are still flourishing. African childrens books afrocentric childrens books african. Raru book shop buying books in south africa has never been this easy with the raru online bookstore. Bookdealers collectable, new, and second hand books for book. Second hand books in gauteng gumtree classifieds in gauteng.
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Exclusive books gives the public the opportunity to browse and shop for a wide variety of books in a. Located a couple of blocks from maboneng, the collectors treasury purports to be the largest used bookstore in the. Bookdealers is a group of bookshops that sell collectable, new, and second hand books for book lovers and bibliophiles in johannesburg, south africa. Johannesburg in your pocket describes her as a maven on all. Where to buy and sell secondhand university textbooks in. Where to buy books bookshops that have reopened in joburg. The bookshop is the largest secondhand bookshop in scotland, with over a mile of shelving supporting roughly 100,000 books. Im a sucker for second hand bookshops, actually im a sucker for bookshops, period. One of the largest secondhand bookshops in britain. Purchase or sit down and read new, secondhand or rare finds bought at reading room. Treasury has one of the largest selections of books in south africa. This little secondhand book shop, set in an otherwise forgettable strip mall in tokai, gives new meaning to the term secondhand books. The places that arent secondhand bookstores like african flavour books, david krut bookstores and skoobs theatre of books pride. Collectors treasury 8 story building located on commissioner st.
Fables also sells fascinating hand painted maps of the cape colony and eastern cape, as well as almost impossibletofind genealogy cds. Many of joburgs independent bookshops focus on promoting local fiction and nonfiction and host regular literary events such as talks and launches while there are also some amazing secondhand and collectable bookshops offering one of the largest selections of used and rare books in africa. Book express is an official unisa, cima and acca textbook supplier, and also stocks selected titles for uj, wits and other private colleges. June 30, 2014 roodepoort spca bookshop manager mark taylor in the new bookshop. Books bought from me may also be returned for a credit amount to be used off the purchase of next book. The klaas brothers manage to squeeze 2 million books and. The quality of the book will determine the price you pay and for the most part, you can save. We have updated our catalogues and there are over 300 remainder new book titles on offer there are also over 500 secondhand titles listed. So weve gone and discovered some great secondhand bookshops in jozi to satisfy.
The quality of the book will determine the price you pay and for the most part, you can save a whole lot and get fairly decent quality. Apart from the amazing book collection the store also sells maps, prints, newspapers and other second hand memorabilia. Books galore sells used, collectable, remainders and new childrens books. You can order via email, phone, or by visiting their store at 8 park road, richmond, johannesburg. Our books team source from a range of local and international suppliers to provide booklovers of all. The little bookshop premises may be small but we have hundreds of good secondhand books to choose from. So weve gone and discovered some great secondhand bookshops. The largest and weirdest used bookstore in the southern. Go to bidorbuy and discover online shopping at its best. We offer good quality antiquarian books on south africa and the rest of the continent, published from two. The body in the driveway and other stories penny scown point. Located a couple of blocks from maboneng, the collectors treasury purports to be the largest used bookstore in the southern hemisphere with more than a million books, records, and other.
The shop the oldest bookshop in wigtown, scotlands national booktown and. Collectors treasury is the largest used and rare book shop in the southern. Here is a list of places where you can buy and sell secondhand textbooks. Luckily there are some wonderful secondhand bookshops in joburg. Bookstore in downtown johannesburg, with new books and used books, and a special love for african authors but eyes to the world too. A true bibliophile will tell you the allure of a physical book is its texture, how it feels in your hands and to turn the page, how it smells and the experience it gives. Abebooks uniqueness is our network of independent booksellers who work with us to provide the most diverse selection of rare, used and outofprint. With over 2 million books over 8 floors and about 500 000 vinyl records, it. Last chance books are based in durban and they have a very busy second hand bookstore. Recently took a chance ordering second hand books online as i came across many fantasy titles id been searching for, the process was easy, aswell as payment and using pep paxi for the first time. Where to buy secondhand books in johannesburg in your pocket. The books were in better condition than youd ever expect second hand.
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