Harrowden Books of Finedon – Built with UKHost4u

61 High Street, Finedon, Northamptonshire NN9 5JN

Tel. 44(0)1933 681522

email: harrowden.books@ntlworld.com

Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 9.30am – 5.30pm

Saturday 10.00am – 5pm

Sunday & Monday closed

We are a traditional bookshop located in the historic village of Finedon in Northamptonshire, selling second-hand and new (to order) 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, Maps & Prints et cetera.

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We buy books too.

We are always looking for good new stock and are happy to buy anything we can use (subject to inspection). So give us a call or bring your unwanted books in to us.

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Harrowden Books of Finedon

Come and browse!

With over 11,000 books in stock the best way to view them is to come in for a browse. We also serve free coffee! So if you want to lose yourself among thousands of books on all sorts of interesting subjects then do please pop along. While we have great stocks of very reasonably priced paperback fiction and crime fiction, we also focus on the more serious side with a very good selection of history, military, biography, art and other reference books. These books are selected by us to ensure that customers are presented with books (in most part) they probably won’t see in the large chain-shops. In short, we offer something different.

There is plenty of free parking outside the shop.

Some of our acquisitions, past & present

A rare Sherlock Holmes publication

Rare Golliwog publication. Controversial but important to preserve.

A rare signed copy

A beautifully bound set of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables.

A beautiful facsimile version of the log of HMS Bounty.

A very rare Marc Bolan poetry book from 1969. Signed.

An extremely rare Marc Bolan signature.

Full set of Tolkien’s History of Middle Earth

A rare Biggles book, with jacket.

Rupert facsimile copy of original 1938 edition.

Signed by the second man to ever set foot on the moon…

Original 1805 newspaper announcing the death of Admiral Nelson (before restoration)

Maps old and not so old.

One of a great collection of motorbike books.

17th Century sermons

A great selection of collectable Ladybird books

Some of the rarer Ladybird books.

The day the Rev Richard Coles’ came in to sign copies of his book was rather busy!

The scene inside the shop that day…

Rare childrens’ book with jacket

Another of Attenborough’s books, gifted to him by President Robert Mugabe whilst filming “Cry Freedom” in Zimbabwe.

A personal gift once belonging to Lord Richard Attenborough.

A very rare Picasso exhibition brochure (sold for £150)

A great selection of local history/interest books.

A beautifully velvet-bound prayer book, with case.

Novels

We have a great stock of popular fiction, much of which is up to date, but also many of the timeless “modern” classics and of course the traditional classics such as Dickens, Hardy, Trollope etc. together with children’s and teen’s fiction, science fiction & horror.

Crime Corner

Our crime section is bursting with great reads, from the modern punchy Lee Child to the more sedate Agatha Christie, along with many of the rarer vintage crime from the 20s, 30s, 40s & 50s.

Non-Fiction

Our non-fiction includes History, Local History, Military, Aviation, Transport (Trains, Planes, Ships, Cars & Buses), Travel, Adventure, Biographies, Art, Politics, Natural History, Sport, Fishing, Hobbies & Crafts, Science & Engineering, Religion, Gardening, Cookery, Fashion, Music & popular culture. To appreciate it, browsing is essential!

Collectable Books

We have a huge selection of collectable books including illustrated children’s books, rare crime novels, antiquarian books, and also a great range of “presentation” books which make great gifts.