Book HUNTING In LIVERPOOL Bookshops + The IRONBRIDGE Bookshop - Vintage PENGUIN - Picador - SF

Book HUNTING In LIVERPOOL Bookshops + The IRONBRIDGE Bookshop - Vintage PENGUIN - Picador - SF
In today's video we take a look around at a handful of secondhand bookshops I visited on a recent trip to Liverpool. We stop at Henry Bohn Books, Reid of Liverpool, Oxfam Liverpool and end up at The Ironbridge Bookshop, near Telford. At the end you'll see my pickups.
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[@davidbooks.and.comics]

Wow...Ironbridge Bookshop is excellent...nice show.

[@JulesBurt]

You're right, well worth a visit!

[@Emily-Whitfield]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ old book shops! Hello from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri ❤❤❤

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Emily 🙂

[@KiwiExpressCream]

Great video Jules, I really enjoy your videos when you're going round the bookshops, but it's always disappointing to see the lack of any vintage SF these days. It's getting harder and harder to find any in the bricks-and-mortar shops which is a real shame. Anyway, the London fair's coming up next week and I'm very excited. See you there! Cheers, Jason.

[@JulesBurt]

You're right, plenty of vintage SF up for grabs next week. See you then🙂👍

[@ElfGoblin]

Very enjoyable video. I often go to Liverpool and go to all the bookshops you went to and I rarely come away empty-handed. The last time I went to Reid's I bought a copy of Andrew Michael Hurley's short story collection The Unusual Death of Julie Christie. Not a vintage book but very rare now and I only paid 3 Quid ! My favourite shop is Kernaghan Books. It's only 10-15 min walk from either Henry Bohn or Reid's and it's got a small but well chosen range of rarities.

[@JulesBurt]

Great stuff, it does seem I missed out by not getting to Kernaghan Books but I did have other things to do in Liverpool as well as book hunting, lol! Next time.

[@robertmorgan9205]

Very enjoyable video, Jules. My ideal bookshop would be the Henry Bohn one as I love that sense of disarray rather than the clinical layout of the Oxfam one.

[@JulesBurt]

There was plenty there, it just needed a bit of digging through 🙂

[@noelledeegan745]

Have to get to Meg's shop some day, great video 👍

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks, it's well worth it 👍

[@ProfessorEchoMedia]

The disarray reminds me of the second hand bookstores in Los Angeles where I used to shop. Right or wrong, I always expected bigger discounts at the stores that were the most sloppy and disorganized. They weren't always a lot of fun to shop at, but then again there was a always a chance you might have missed something in the mess and maybe wouldn't go home empty handed. Not too many used bookstores here in Germany, but in the University towns there are a handful and they are pretty neat and clean for shopping, which I appreciate. The Ironbridge area looked very nice and is it really a World Heritage Site?

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Glen, you're right, the more dis-organised the shop, the more you feel like there MUST be something worthwhile hidden on the shelves. As you saw, I didn't get much but I imagine that store has a high turnover of stock. Ironbridge is a must visit and yes, it's a heritage site.

[@sylvanyoung]

Love these book shops. You never know what gems and grails you would find . Thank you for the video .

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks Sylvan, they weren't too bad in the end🙂

[@martinkirsch5969]

Interesting video, thank you. It seems to me like Waterstones have basically become cafés that sell books rather than bookshops with cafés in them; some people seem to go there just for the coffee, which is a bit sad. Something similar can be said about libraries, many people only go there for the wifi now...

[@JulesBurt]

You are absolutely right. This is why Waterstones got rid of all the Costa coffee shops and put in Cafe W. That is where the money is.

[@stulincoln4874]

Libraries? As rare as dinosaurs here in Lincolnshire. Austerity put paid to the vast majority. Not too many speciality bookshops either. Thank goodness for eBay.

[@rickkearn7100]

It's tragic how many fine used bookstores and new bookstores have gone belly-up due to digital books. I'm praying like a pilgrim for a backlash. Mr. Burt you've got a fine channel! I subscribed because of shout-outs from that fine fellow at Outlaw Bookseller. Not sure why I haven't subscribed sooner but there it is. Cheers.

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks so much Rick. Steve and I are great friends and used to work together as buyers for the big W. I've been book shopping today with Dorset Bob and supported a couple of second hand bookshops. Hope you enjoy the videos🙂

[@rickkearn7100]

Oh yes, I certainly will, Jules! Thanks for your enthusiasm and sharing your experience. @@JulesBurt

[@neildaniels18]

That oxfam shop on bold street has always been expensive imo.

[@JulesBurt]

It certainly wasn't cheap but the Oxfam in Plymouth is just the same.

[@kentcordray8675]

it seems like the best shops you show are right by the Welsh / English border.

[@JulesBurt]

Sometimes, certainly Ironbridge is a destination and well worth a trip👍

[@EifionBedford]

Is Kernaghan Books not still there in Liverpool? There were plenty of Penguins last time I was in there.

[@exploringandwalking.r]

Was just going to mention that book store, it was open last time I went and had a better selection than the other shops in the video. (in my opinion anyway)

[@JulesBurt]

I didn't come across it. I did have some other things to do apart from book hunting!

[@JulesBurt]

Next time, if they are still trading.

[@exploringandwalking.r]

@@JulesBurt yeah I don't live there, but visit often. And yes plenty to do, I'm sure you enjoyed all the Beatles related stuff you did 😊

[@exploringandwalking.r]

@@JulesBurt That is the trouble, never knowing what will be open these days.

[@callmeal4183]

It's the River Severn

[@JulesBurt]

Thanks!

[@Silverpenguin197]

I find Oxfam cabinet books rather overpriced - especially when they’re in poor condition.

[@JulesBurt]

I'm in total agreement. The volunteers I'm sure do their best but most have no idea how condition affects the price. Most items are priced as if they're mint, not the hammered copies you usually find that have been donated.

[@PaulSaether]

It's the same in Hull. These shops don't realise that the Near Mint price in the guides and the price for a Good copy are a decimal point apart! Try buying a book of American comic reprints! And it seems mean to try and haggle in an Oxfam shop. Very frustrating. Having said that I picked up a coverless copy of the first Beano annual once. It began at page 9 and was very brittle with some scribble but all the rest of the pages were there. I bought it intending to scan some of the hand lettered titles and play around with them on 'Paint' The Blind Institute were having a 'Pound per bag' sale and I bunged that ropy looking book in a bag of half a dozen high grade S.F. books. (Actually I told them to split the books into two bags and paid £2!) It was only when I spotted Lord Snooty during a read through that the penny dropped and I wrote to the Beano editor at the time (Ewen Kerr) that I realised what I'd got. On another occasion the same shop sold me a large box of books, comics and mags which I offered £3 for. They were happy because some of the stuff looked "Rude" so was unsuitable to put on display. The "rude" mags were copies of 'OZ' in very nice nick. Yep! The SHOOLKIDS issue was in there! (I did go back to the B.I. shop later and told the assistant about that Annual and gave the assistant £20. She gave me it back saying "They won't care, love". Roundabouts and Swings.@@JulesBurt