Book Shops
Bath
American Dream Comics
72-74 Walcot St. Tel: 01225 424881. Email: usadream1@aol.com • The only place in Bath where you can get your regular fix of all things comic-related.
Bath Abbey Shop
12 Kingston Buildings. Tel: 01225 303316. Web: www.bathabbey.org • Christian books and gifts. Volunteers welcome.
Bath Book Exchange
35 Broad St. Tel: 01225 466214 • Long-established secondhand book emporium.
Bath Old Books
9c Margaret’s Buildings. Tel: 01225 422244 • Antiquarian and secondhand bookshop specialising in children’s books, art, architecture and modern literature. Also stocks books on Bath itself, as well as a good selection of natural history books.
George Bayntun
Manvers St. Tel: 01225 466000. Web: www.georgebayntun.com • A veritable antiquarian’s treasure-trove. Specialises in fine leather bindings, English literature, illustrated books and poetry in fine or first editions. Fascinating shop with a fascinating history
George Gregory
Manvers St • A large range of secondhand and antiquarian books and prints. Located within George Bayntun’s shop (see listing above).
Good Buy Books
6 North Parade. Tel: 01225 469625. Web: www.goodbuybooks.co.uk • Excellent range of factual books, many of them at bargain prices. Good selection of art history and photography, too. NUS discount 10%.
Itchy Feet
4 Bartlett St, off George St. Tel: 01225 443893. Web: www.itchyfeet.com • This independent travel shop sources a wide range of travel guides and maps.
Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights
14-15 John St. Tel: 01225 331155. Web: www.mrbsemporium.com • Fabulous independent bookshop that’s home to thousands of titles, from new releases to forgotten masterpieces. They’re spread over three floors, so there’s lots of space to move around in. Find chairs to flop in and freshly brewed coffee, too. Independent Bookshop of the Year 2008 at the British Book Industry Awards
Oldfield Park Books
43 Moorland Rd. Tel: 01225 427722 • An antidote to big-chain blandness, this inspiring shop is strong on local history and children’s books. They also offer a great secondhand book-finding service. Owner Harry will order in any book not in stock within 48 hours
Oxfam Bookshop
4-5 Lower Borough Walls. Tel: 01225 469776 • Well-organised charity shop selling books on all subjects, plus collectable vinyl, CDs, sheet music.
Skoobs Bookstore
Unit 40-42, Guildhall Market. Tel: 01225 463133 • A secondhand stalwart for more than 30 years, this big market stall is a great place to pick up a fiction bargain.
Topping & Company
3 The Paragon. Tel: 01225 428111. Web: www.toppingbooks.co.uk • The largest independent bookshop to have been established in the past 40 years, with an awesome range of titles and regular author events. Topping is famous in literary circles as a mutinous Waterstone’s manager dismissed for refusing to reduce titles and concentrate on bestsellers
Waterstone’s
4-5 Milsom St. Tel: 01225 448515. Web: www.waterstones.com • Enormous branch of the national chain. Thousands of books - from art, design and popular culture to fiction and study guides - over three floors.
WH Smith
6-7 Union St. Tel: 01225 460552. Web: www.whsmith.co.uk • Current bestsellers, fiction and travel guides.
Whitemans
7 Orange Grove. Tel: 01225 464029 • Delightful little bookshop specialising in maps, collectables and hobbies. Inspiring children’s section.
Bristol
Area 51
230 Gloucester Rd. Tel: 0117 924 4655. Web: www.area51online.co.uk • Comics emporium. Ample stock ranges from collectors’ editions to more recent fare, plus videos, board games, toys and related material.
Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay. Tel: 0117 917 2304. Web: www.arnolfini.org.uk • One of the UK’s best specialist arts bookshops. Over 100 magazines and periodicals on art, design, literature and film. Also serves up an exceptional range of books on contemporary art and culture. Great selection of cards, and a lively events programme. NUS members get 10% off all books every Wed.
Avon Books
4 Waterloo St, Clifton Village. Tel: 0117 973 9848 • General secondhand bookshop.
Beware of the Leopard Books
Stalls 66-69 & 77, Covered Market, St Nicholas Market. Tel: 0117 925 7277 • Secondhand shop that stocks technical, vocational and general academic titles, sheet music and paperback fiction, the majority of which is top-end literature. Has also been expanding its military and transport sections as well as collectable antiquarian books.
Bishopston Books
259 Gloucester Rd. Tel: 0117 944 5303. Web: www.bishopstonbooks.com • Quality general secondhand bookshop, open Tue-Sat.
Blackwell
89 Park St. Tel: 0117 927 6602 & University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane. Tel: 0117 965 2573. Web: www.blackwell.co.uk • Bristol’s most venerable bookshop (opposite the Wills Memorial Building) has served generations of students. Carries all the recommended texts, and boasts a fast ordering service. Plus DVDs, CDs, stationery and medical instruments. Look out for special student events advertised in-store
Books for Amnesty
103 Gloucester Rd. Tel: 0117 942 2969. Web: www.booksforamnestybristol.org.uk • Browser’s heaven, with a wealth of secondhand books, under all subject headings, at seriously affordable prices. Vinyl and CDs, too. Staffed entirely by volunteers. All profits go to Amnesty International.
Booty
82 Colston St. Tel: 0117 933 0909 • Quality secondhand and new books and records. Wide selection of hats. Cards and gifts.
Borders
Clifton Promenade, 48-56 Queens Rd. Tel: 0117 922 6959. Web: www.bordersshops.co.uk • Huge, two-floor shop that will order any in-print UK or US title. Tempting extras include special student discount events early in the autumn term, an in-store branch of Paperchase for your stationery needs, late-night shopping six days a week and regular author signings. Plus newspapers and magazines, and Starbucks coffee shop upstairs. Students who get in touch via email are also offered discounts throughout the year.
Circles
65 North St, Bedminster. Tel: 0117 966 2622 • Secondhand bookshop and cafe. Wide range of carefully selected titles at reasonable prices. CDs, VHS and DVDs bought and sold. Also features a cafe-bar, open Sun-Mon daytimes, till 11pm Thur-Sat.
Durdham Down Bookshop
39 North View, Westbury Park. Tel: 0117 973 9095. Web: www.durdhamdownbooks.co.uk • Friendly local bookshop. Strong section for kids, and wide range of general titles. Sheet music, educational toys, classical CDs. The book-ordering service is superb, with most orders available for collection the following day.
Forbidden Planet
Clifton Heights, Triangle West. Tel: 0117 929 7767. Web: www.forbiddenplanet.com • A fine selection of comics and a wide, eclectic stock of magazines, model kits, cult movies and role-play games. Specialities include American sci-fi and fantasy, plus drugs, graffiti and art titles. Students belonging to particular societies will be offered discounts on selected material.
Harlequin Books
122 High St, Staple Hill. Tel: 0117 970 1801. Web: www.harlequinbooks.com • Primarily a secondhand and out-of-print bookseller, but also specialises in local history and new titles about Bristol and surroundings. CDs, DVDs and audio books, too.
Oxfam Bookshops
1 Queens Rd (top of Park St). Tel: 0117 929 4890 & 26 Princess Victoria St, Clifton. Tel: 0117 946 7926 & 1 Canford Lane, Westbury on Trym. Tel: 0117 950 2146 • The Queens Rd branch has a large academic section upstairs (donated by students, priced by students), fiction downstairs, plus excellent history, music and media sections, and vinyl, CDs and sheet music. Luxury Fairtrade foodstuffs, too. The Clifton Village branch stocks classics, travel, fiction and art books, plus reference books and academic texts, as well a good selection of classical CDs. The Westbury branch has a good selection of popular titles and sheet music, plus vinyl, CDs and DVDs.
Stanfords
29 Corn St. Tel: 0117 929 9966. Web: www.stanfords.co.uk • Travel bookshop, packed with maps, guides and a meaty selection of travel writing, atlases, climbing guides, travel accessories and the like. NUS discount 10%.
Waterstone’s
11a Union Gallery, Broadmead. Tel: 0117 925 2274 & 27-29 College Green. Tel: 0117 925 0511 & University Computer Building, Tyndall Ave. Tel: 0117 925 4297 & The Mall, Cribbs Causeway. Tel: 0117 950 9813. Web: www.waterstones.com • Galleries branch is good for fiction, academic, travel, business, computing and kids’ books. College Green branch is a general shop, particularly strong on fiction. Bristol University branch stocks degree-level academic texts in all subjects. Cribbs Causeway branch is good for popular fiction and bestsellers.
Wesley Owen
60 Park St. Tel: 0117 926 4426. Web: www.wesleyowen.com • Christian books and music.
WH Smith
2-4 Clifton Down Rd. Tel: 0117 973 3255 & Clifton Down Arcade. Tel: 0117 973 5063 & The Galleries, Broadmead. Tel: 0117 925 2152; Kings Chase Shopping Centre, Kingswood. Tel: 0117 961 2251 & The Mall, Cribbs Causeway. Tel: 0117 950 9525. Web: www.whsmith.co.uk • Current bestsellers, fiction and travel guides.
The Works
8 Horsefair, Broadmead. Tel: 0117 925 1554 • Bargain books and more besides.
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