Chapters bookstore irelands largest independent bookstore. If you only have a few books or a couple of bagsboxes, you can bring them in whenever you like. Considering this is dublins city centres premier catholic bookshop, it might be expected to feature pretty highly in my favourites. Secondhand goods in tenerife the 500 hidden secrets. Lions club bookshop all our books have been donated, with over 9,000 in stock. Welcome to our site specialising in secondhand, out of print books. The shop is open 7 days a week, and any book they do not have in stock, they will be glad to order for you. We aim to provide something a bit different from the range you find in large chain bookshops, as well as offering the opportunity to. Chapters on parnell street has an extensive range of new and second hand books. The top 10 second hand bookshops in dublin lovindublin. Choicebooks is a family run online bookstore dedicated to providing you, our customer, with carefully chosen high quality used books and textbooks at competitive prices.
No uncles or summers like this ever existed, but isnt it nice to think that uncle garth and uncle hub are waiting there on their texas ranch, shooting at fish and salesmen, and waiting for their 12yearold nephew to be dumped on them. It is the biggest second hand books store in adelaide. We have a strong stock in all aspects of motorsport. On his first night sleeping in the dusty and frightening tower in his greatuncles house where his mother dumped him, walter spies a steamer trunk covered with travel labels from all over the world. Dubray books is a family owned irish business consisting of eight branches around the country. With haley joel osment, michael caine, robert duvall, kyra sedgwick. Ulysses rare books formerly cathach books was founded by our late father, enda cunningham, back in 1969. Dublin is a unesco city of literature, where writers are celebrated and people love to read. And where better to find bookshops than in dublin, an entirely literary city much like paris, where we found over 20 english bookstores. Bring your books into our secondhand bookshop at 21 lavitts quay. I especially like the secondhand bookshop upstairs, though i think they are a tad.
Monies raised go towards the for the jindalara project respite care. Amazons choice for secondhand lions dvd additional dvd options. Dublin is a unesco designated city of literature and its full of libraries and literary sites which you can visit with the help of this literary guide. So popular was this tale in dublin, and so exciting. Like georges street arcade as a whole, this shop has a lovely old world feel to it. While there is a branch of waterstones in dawson street, and there are other mainstream booksellers, the interesting bookshops specialise in secondhand and remaindered books. Of ireland of ireland lions clubs international yumpu. Here is a list of what i judge to be some of the best bookshops in dublin, and its in no particular order. Ie is an irish based online bookstore offering a wide diverse range of books, new releases, bestsellers, bargains and rare books, with worldwide delivery.
Dublins excellent collection of bookstores is an outgrowth of its literary history. I know youre always on the lookout for bookshops while you travel because, well, books. We ask for small donations for our books especially our childrens books. I do not useally cry during movies, but this movie is the best. While bookshops are rapidly becoming as extinct as a hispaniolan edible rat, it is fortunate for us bibliophiles that the supply of second hand books is doing the opposite. Whatever magic dust hangs on the shelves of the best secondhand bookshops was never sprinkled there. Ultimate guide to book shops in dublin town dublintown. Bookshops in dublin find bookshops in dublin on yourlocal. Blackrock rare books specialise in selling and buying antiquarian, rare and secondhand books. Secondhand lions is a 2003 american comedydrama film written and directed by tim mccanlies. Raven books is a small independent bookshop, offering a general mix of new and secondhand books. We are partnered with thriftify to sell secondhand books. The various sections in this subject can be found under browse categories. All books are presented in relevant sections covering a vast array of subjects including education, classics, cooking, travel, sport, art, history, and many, many more.
A lovely supply of good quality, cheap books, a nice range of texts and the knowledge that youre contributing to a good cause make this place a great place to pick up a book. Secondhand lions is a movie you want to believe in original ideas, acclaimed actors but mccanlies uses too many broad strokes when subtlety and finesse would have had greater impact. Secondhand lions by tim mccanlies michael caine, robert. Our price is based on their secondhand retail value, which takes into account an items desirability, its price new and our current stock levels. The best deal for second hand books in dublin is trinitys booksale, but that only happens once a year, in april.
These wellpreserved traditions have fertilized an environment that is conducive to ideasand theres no better place to find. He unlocks it and discovers a photograph of a beautiful, exotic woman. I am going to cut myself off here, and resume my survey of dublin bookshops in future posts i hope. We carry a wide range of stock across many categories. Im off to dublin in a couple of days and would like to browse the odd second hand bookshop. We also carry good stocks of motorsport and motorcycling. We hope that we will not be closed for too long, and that we can welcome you back to the bookshop. The front part of the shop stocks new books, while the section at. We are an independent bookshop based in dublin, ireland. Lions of irelanddublin lions clubdublin was the first lions club inireland. Department and was aneighbour of kennys famous bookshop. There is also a great childrens section that will take you.
We buy, sell and exchange used and secondhand books. Our price is based on their secondhand retail value, which takes into account an items desirability, its price new and our current stock read more secondhand department. Secondhand lions is a familyfriendly fable about an adolescent boy dropped off at the ramshackle ranch of his eccentric greatuncles in the summer of 1962. Lion books are the leading site in secondhand and out of print football and soccer books. A comingofage story about a shy, young boy sent by his irresponsible mother to spend the summer with his wealthy, eccentric uncles in texas. They have the best book bargains in dublin the books are often as cheap as the second hand. Michael caine actor, robert duvall actor, tim mccanlies director, writer 4. We buy, sell and exchange books, and dvds for cash or store credit. It sells mainly secondhand and antiquarian books, which are stacked in a charmingly hodgepodge fashion around the store. Later, walter will find out his greatuncles big secret, and rumors say that hub and garth, walters greatuncles, have stolen. A huge selection awaits you, including crime novels, literary and genre fiction and irish interest.
Some years later after moving from donegal to dublin he opened his first shop in georges street market arcade. On her death, she is revealed as a saint, and a passing lion obligingly and miraculously digs a grave for her. Our original store opened on cows lane in temple bar in 2009, and we opened our second shop in dalkey, a seaside village in south dublin in 20. At the ones here you can turn in 2 books and get 1 free plus tax or. Thornbury lions have been running a charity bookshop since november 2011. The longestablished hodges figgis is around the corner at 5658 dawson street, dublin 2 and contains an informed selection of books, particularly those on irish topics. We have one of the biggest ranges of graphic novels in munster everything from marvel, dc, image and more, as. It was revamped as a restaurant in 2006, but you can. There are not many of them left, so they should be treasured. Secondhand lions is about the uncles every boy should have, and the summer every boy should spend.
If youre looking for irish interest books, this place is definitely one of your best bets in the city. Secondhand lions 2003 filming locations grahms guide. It tells the story of an introverted young boy haley joel osment who is sent to live with his eccentric greatuncles robert duvall and michael caine on a farm in texas plot. The glenside lions club bookmart is located at 4 kennaway street, tusmore park, at the of barrsmith ave and kennaway street. One of the oldest independent bookshops in dublin, the winding stair has been selling new, secondhand and unusual books for decades. If you have a large quantity of books, please ring ahead to find out when is the best time to bring them in. Free shipping on all orders over 20 ireland only 10% off all orders over 100. Second hand books in dublin results 1 20 of 265 switch to map. A huge range of second hand and rare books are available here. Oxfam second hand bookstores are a great asset in any community. In this familyfriendly comedy drama, walter haley joel osment is a shy and bookish boy just short of his teens whose mother impulsively decides to leave him for the summer with his eccentric granduncles, hub robert duvall and garth michael caine. However, the students union run a bookshop all year round edit.
Amazons choice recommends highly rated, wellpriced products available to ship immediately. The winding stair bookshop is one of the oldest surviving independent bookshops in dublin. Im not really looking for the charity shops that happen to have a book section though, but rather, shops that only do second hand books. But my subject has taken a hold of me, and i prattle on at more length than i intended. One summer his mother leaves him with his two greatuncles. A boy named walter is dropped by his mother mae at his greatuncles house. This is an essential destination for all bibliophiles visiting dublin. On the steps of their texas farmhouse, young walter haley joel osment acquaints himself with the uncles, garth michael caine and hub robert duvall, and becomes determined to discover where they had been for many years. Just a stones throw from the famous hapenny bridge, the small, relaxed store is right in the heart of dublin 1. Are there any well knownwell loved or just any of them around the city that you know of. Youll find the best secondhand treasures in these shops in tenerife, from bikes to books. It might be my favourite dublin bookshop, though book worms on abbey street might shade it. Lions club used bookshop charitable used bookshop, run by thornbury lions club. Welcome to chapters bookstore, irelands largest independent bookstore.
Are there any used book stores in dublin, kilkenny, killarney or galway. The second floor is dedicated to secondhand titles, where both cash and store credit are offered if you are selling your own books to the establishment. Zozimus bookshop, gorey county wexford, rare and secondhand. We also had issues with secondhand lions skipping entire parts of the movie, avatar the last airbender, the book of elii am legend double feature. The glenside lions club bookmart has a very comprehensive selection of quality books, magazines, cds, dvds and lp records. Now, im no authority on dublin or bookshops, but i worked in a larger bookshop in dublin city centre for a while a couple of years ago though i was by no means a proper bookseller, plus i buy more books than i can reasonably afford.