angerball Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 If it's not too far for you, I'd definitely recommend travelling the extra distance to the F.G one. Cool! I'm not too far from Bristol so I'll definately give them both a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock_faery_666 Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 There's a wonderful little charity shop in Wymondham, Norfolk that has an entire floor devoted to books. It's like heaven, but it reads better . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aromaannie Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 I have a great little cat's charity shop near me where their books are 50p each. I am a massive cat lover as well so I can always find an excuse to buy another book there:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty_kitty Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 Well iw ent to the RSPCa shop and i got some ace books, brand new hard backed classics, you know the sort of books from the 1980's that people had a collection of but never read, all for 99p each!! I got: A tale of 2 cities - Charles Dickens Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Vanity Fair - WM Thackeray Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte Kim - Rudyard Kipling The great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Oh wow, nice finds Kitty!! If I may... Well iw ent to the RSPCa shop and i got some ace books, brand new hard backed classics, you know the sort of books from the 1980's that people had a collection of but never read, all for 99p each!!I got: A tale of 2 cities - Charles Dickens Great Expectations - Charles Dickens Vanity Fair - WM Thackeray Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte Kim - Rudyard Kipling The great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald Great Expectations, Vanity Fair and Wuthering Heights are three of my favourite books, and I'm reading A Tale of Two Cities at this very moment (well, not at this particluar moment as that would inolve the tricky feat of reading and typing at the same time, and... oh, nevermind! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty_kitty Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 I was very pleased they were books on my wish list who could resist them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunny Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 Our local Help The Aged charity shops often has some good books at very low prices, but once again I was too slow in getting a couple that I'd spotted last Monday, went back in on Wednesday and they'd gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Hooray! My local charity shops have delivered unto me, for once! In Shelter, I found a brand new copy of Nicole Krauss' Man Walks Into A Room (£2.95) and a nice little Penguin of Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (£1.25). Then in the Douglas Macmillan Hospice shop, I got Chocolat and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time for the grand total of £1! Bargain! And it's for charideee so no guilt required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renniemist Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 Sounds as if your day is getting better my the minute Aimz:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyanddandy Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 I am going tomorrow to hospice shop and am looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Posted May 2, 2007 Share Posted May 2, 2007 I bought The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld in the Dorothy House charity shop in Warminster for 59p on Friday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiccibat Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I bought Delia Smith's Summer Collection from the BHF the other day, but I don't tend to buy books as our library is so good. The Red Cross shop in Bexley is good for designer label clothes, but the Ellenor hospice shop thinks it is a bespoke antique shop and is very expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyanddandy Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 We now have 3 charity shops within a few yards of each other and they all have big collections of books. Found 4 good books posted on 'what Books Came Into Your House Today' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raelou Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 My local charity shop has nearly new books from 20p and hardbacks from 80p,I love going in there, my last one was Jonathan Kellerman, Rage which was 20p,Ihave got afew Maeve Binchy's from there as well:readingtwo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sib Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I work Saturday afternoons in our local Oxfam shop, and they reckon that books are now the biggest earner. But ours aren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty_kitty Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 I work Saturday afternoons in our local Oxfam shop, and they reckon that books are now the biggest earner. But ours aren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sib Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I know. I like P G Wodehouse, and if I´m not there to rescue them, they probably just go in the bin. It would be better if we had a separate shelf for tatty books at a lower price, but alas, I am but a small cog in the wheel. I might suggest it to the manager the next time I see her, see what she thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raelou Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I must admit I don't go in oxfam, I generally tend to go to the other less known charity shops, the cats protection league, age concern,PDSA,help the aged,and some other local charity shops.It's not that I wouldn't ,even though it is a charity shop it don't look like one,(if that makes any sense) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sib Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I know, the Oxfam shops are pretty smart - even if I do say so myself. But, as I say, the books are expensive compared with other places. It depends where it is, too. Ours isn´t too bad for clothes and bric-a-brac, but if it´s in a posh area, or down south, they bung big prices on things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Bought a hardback copy of The Truth by Terry Pratchett for £2.50. It is in really good condition - hardly a scratch on it, so quite a good find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polka Dot Rock Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Another three for me: Money by Martin Amis from the Marie Curie shop (89p, paid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne123 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Jane Eyre in v good condition The first charity shop book I have ever brought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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