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Harrowden Books of Finedon

Inspiring Imagination...
The best bookshop in Northamptonshire

Welcome




We are a traditional bookshop located in the historic village of Finedon in Northamptonshire, selling new and second-hand books in our shop and on-line. Most subjects covered including Art, Antiques, Biographies, Children's Books, Cookery, Gardening, Film & TV, History, Hunting, Local Interest, Plays, Poetry, Science Fiction, Sport, Text Books, Travel & Topography, et cetera.


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Opening Hours




We are open Monday to Saturday from 10.00am - 5.30pm and parking is easy. You will also find us open on some Sundays but customers are advised to telephone to check our opening times if making a special journey. Telephone 01933 681522 We are happy to take telephone enquiries and orders any time during opening hours. At Harrowden Books you will find no frustrating automatic switchboard, but instead an old - fashioned human answering system, i.e. we just pick the phone up when it rings.


Ordering Information




To order any of our books please e-mail, telephone or write to us with details of the book you require quoting our catalogue number. Please include your postal address. We will confirm availability and price to you together with payment options which include credit/debit cards, cheques, cash and Paypal. Telephone orders can usually be processed immediately with credit & debit card details taken verbally. We post our book orders out every weekday and are proud to say that most customers receive their books the following day.

Postal and packaging rates and delivery times (unless book is above average weight where postage will be added at cost)

                                                                Av. Delivery Time.
Uk 2nd Class *                          £2.75           2-3 days
Uk 1st Class                              £3.35           1-2 days   
EU Airmail **                            £4.50           5-10 days 
Worldwide Airmail                      £6.75           7-14 days
Worldwide Surface Mail               £5.95          21-90 days

* Where possible we will generally send light books by first class post even if only second class postage is paid for.

**No option is shown for EU surface mail as the difference between surface and air mail is very slight.

Books are carefully wrapped and despatched promptly. Special deliveries and insured packages can be arranged for rare/valuable books.



Latest Books

Wellington's Doctors : The British Army Medical Services in the Napleonic Wars
Book No: 073532 (ISBN: 1862271437)
Author: Howard, Martin
Published by: Spellmount
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £8.40
Description: Very minor cover creases otherwise clean and sound.
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Recollections of an Old 52nd Man
Book No: 073531 (ISBN: 1862270937)
Author: Dobbs, John
Published by: Spellmount
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £7.49
Description: Very minor cover creases otherwise clean and sound.
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Rough Notes on Seven Campaigns in Portugal, Spain, France and America During the Years 1809-1815
Book No: 073530 (ISBN: 1873376650)
Author: John Spencer Cooper
Published by: Spellmont
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £7.49
Description: Minor cover creases otherwise clean and sound.
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Dorset Rifleman : The Recollections of Benjamin Harris
Book No: 073529 (ISBN: 0952278227)
Author: Harris, Benjamin
Published by: Shinglepicker
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £3.00
Description: Minor cover wear
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The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
Book No: 073528 (ISBN: 1900624052)
Author: Walter, Jakob
Published by: The Windrush Press
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £4.00
Description: Minor cover wear
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Military Memoirs: A Soldier Of The Seventy-First: The Journal of a Soldier in the Peninsular War
Book No: 073527 (ISBN: 0900075899)
Author: Christopher Hibbert
Published by: The Windrush Press
Book Condition: As New
Book Type: Paperback Price: £4.99
Description: A very clean and sound copy
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The Bookseller of Kabul
Book No: 073518 (ISBN: 1844080471)
Author: Asne Seierstad
Published by: Virago
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £3.00
Description: Lightly used. 276pp
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Cloud Atlas
Book No: 073526 (ISBN: 0340822775)
Author: David Mitchell
Published by: Sceptre
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £8.00
Description: A clean and sound copy with little wear.
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What Happened to the Corbetts
Book No: 073502
Author: Nevil Shute
Published by: Heron Books
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £5.00
Description: Attractively bound in red leatherette. Minor cover wear.
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We Need to Talk about Kevin
Book No: 073525 (ISBN: 1852424672)
Author: Shriver, Lionel
Published by: Serpent's Tail
Book Condition: Fair
Book Type: Paperback Price: £3.00
Description: Covers worn, incl small edge tear.
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Birdsong
Book No: 073524 (ISBN: 0099387913)
Author: Sebastian Faulks
Published by: Vintage
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £4.00
Description: Minor cover wear
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Black Swan Green
Book No: 073523
Author: David Mitchell
Published by: Sceptre
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £3.00
Description: Minor spine creases otherwise clean and sound.
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Book No: 073522 (ISBN: 9780330509)
Author: Field Marshal Viscount Slim.
Published by: Pan
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £5.00
Description: Minor spine creases otherwise clean and sound.
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Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis
Book No: 073521
Author: Sigmund Freud
Published by: Heron Books
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £5.00
Description: Attractively bound in green leatherette covers with gilt titles and decor. Very clean and sound with little sign of wear.
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Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited.
Book No: 073520
Author: Aldous Huxley
Published by: Heron Books
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £5.00
Description: Attractively bound in green leatherette covers with gilt titles and decor. Very clean and sound with little sign of wear.
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Cochrane the Dauntless. The Life and Adventures of Thomas Cochrane 1775 - 1860
Book No: 073519 (ISBN: 9780747580)
Author: David Cordingly
Published by: Bloomsbury
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £8.00
Description: Minor cover wear. Spine sloping.
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Mel Bay Presents J. S. Bach for Mandolin
Book No: 073578 (ISBN: 0786627964)
Author: Robert Bancalari
Published by: Mel Bay Pubns
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £6.95
Description: Minor cover scratches/blemishes. CD included.
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The Warden
Book No: 073516
Author: Anthony Trollope
Published by: Oxford University Press
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £4.00
Description: Plain blue cloth binding. Very minor cover wear otherwise clean and sound.
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Pride and Predudice
Book No: 073515
Author: Jane Austen
Published by: Oxford University Press
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £4.00
Description: Plain blue cloth binding. Very minor cover wear otherwise clean and sound.
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Wuthering Heights
Book No: 073514
Author: Emily Bronte
Published by: Oxford University Press
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £4.00
Description: Plain blue cloth binding. Very minor cover wear otherwise clean and sound.
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We also buy books from members of the public so if you have books you want to sell please give us a call.


Wise Words




" The man who can read good books but chooses not to has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. "

- Mark Twain