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Second Hand Bookshops

Soho

New

The Cinema Store

4B Upper St Martin's Ln

WC2H 9NY

An essential stop for film buffs, specializing in cinema history, scripts, posters, and limited-run movie publications.

Arts

Niche & Specialized

Notting Hill

New

The Notting Hill Bookshop

13 Blenheim Crescent

W11 2EE

The inspiration for the 1999 film 'Notting Hill'. It remains a beautiful destination for gift editions and children’s classics.

Travel

Charming & Famous

Bloomsbury

New

Treadwell’s Books

33 Store St

WC1E 7BS

London’s foremost specialist in the occult, magic, and pagan history, offering a rare collection of esoteric texts.

Occult

Mystical & Welcoming

Piccadilly

New

Waterstones Piccadilly

203-206 Piccadilly

W1J 9HD

The largest bookstore in Europe. It offers eight floors of books, a cinema room, and a bar with views over the London skyline.

General

Colossal & Modern

King's Cross

Second Hand

Word on the Water

Regent's Canal Towpath

N1C 4LW

A unique "bookbarge" moored on the canal. It features a wood-burning stove in winter and occasional live jazz on the roof.

Children's

Quirky & Atmospheric

Marylebone

New

The European Bookshop

123 Gloucester Rd

SW7 4TE

The premier destination in London for foreign language literature, dictionaries, and learning materials across European languages.

Foreign

Academic & Diverse

Soho

New

The Second Shelf

14 Smith's Court

W1D 7DP

A boutique shop dedicated to rare books, first editions, and manuscripts exclusively by women writers.

Women

Intimate & Curated

Camden

Second Hand

Walden Books

38 Harmood Street

NW1 8DP

A quiet, ivy-covered shop on a residential street. It offers a sophisticated selection of rare books with a focus on visual arts.

Arts

Serene & Scholarly

Covent Garden

New

Watkins Books

19-21 Cecil Court

WC2N 4EZ

Established in 1893, it is one of the world’s oldest shops specializing in spirituality, mysticism, and well-being.

Mind, Body, Spirit

Ancient & Spiritual

Clerkenwell

New

Wordery

15-17 Exmouth Market

EC1R 4QD

A specialist in design, photography, and independent magazines located in the heart of Exmouth Market.

Arts

Modern & Trendy

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