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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

The Sign and the Seal: Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
Book No: 071909 (ISBN: 0434313335)
Author: Hancock, Graham
Published by: Heinnemann
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £8.00
Description: Very minor cover blemishes otherwise clean and sound.
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Masonic Halls of England - The South
Book No: 071910 (ISBN: 0853181632)
Author: Barker-Cryer, Neville
Published by: Lewis Masonic
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £8.50
Description: A very clean and sound well cared-for copy with little sign of wear.
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Masonic Halls of South Wales
Book No: 071912 (ISBN: 0853181802)
Author: Cryer, Neville B.
Published by: Lewis Masonic
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £8.50
Description: A very clean and sound well cared-for copy with little sign of wear.
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Masonic Halls of England
Book No: 071911 (ISBN: 0853181659)
Author: Cryer, Neville B.
Published by: Lewis Masonic
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £6.65
Description: A very clean and sound well cared-for copy with little sign of wear.
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Northamptonshire Place Names
Book No: 071921 (ISBN: 1853062987)
Author: Charles Whynne - Hammond
Published by: Countryside Books
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £6.95
Description: minor cover creases only.
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Discovering Cathedrals
Book No: 071920 (ISBN: 0852632797)
Author: David Pepin
Published by: Shire
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £1.50
Description: Minor cover wear
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Religion of the Ancient Celts
Book No: 071908 (ISBN: 0094709300)
Author: MacCulloch, J. A.
Published by: Constable
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £4.50
Description: Very minor cover blemishes otherwise clean and sound.
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The Messianic Legacy
Book No: 071907 (ISBN: 0552131822)
Author: Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln
Published by: Arrow Books
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £1.95
Description: Very lightly used.
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The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
Book No: 071906 (ISBN: 074480051X)
Author: Yates, Frances Amelia
Published by: Ark
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £4.00
Description: Minor cover blemishes.
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The Golden Dawn : The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order
Book No: 071905 (ISBN: 0875426638)
Author: Regardie, Israel
Published by: W. Foulsham
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £9.90
Description: Creases to covers (mainly one deep crease to back cover) otherwise clean and sound.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls in English : 3RD Rev Augmented Edition Including Temple Scroll other Recently Published Manus
Book No: 071904 (ISBN: 0140227792)
Author: Vermes, Geza
Published by: Pelican Penguin
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £2.00
Description: A clean and sound copy with little sign of wear.
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The Rosicrucians : The History, Mythology and Rituals of an Occult Order
Book No: 071903 (ISBN: 1852740256)
Author: McIntosh, Christopher
Published by: Crucible
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £3.20
Description: Minor cover wear/creases.
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To Kill a Mocking Bird
Book No: 071902
Author: Harper Lee
Published by: Penguin Books
Book Condition: Fair
Book Type: Paperback Price: £2.00
Description: Heavy reading wear. Tanning to pages. SOLD AS READING COPY. 285pp
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Guide to Marks of Origin on British and Irish Silver plate from Mid 16th Century to the Year 1963 and Old Sheffield Plate makers' Marks 1743 - 1860
Book No: 071901
Author: Unknown Author
Published by: P. F. Wale
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Booklet Price: £1.90
Description: Small booklet in grey paper covers (no titles to spine). Very clean and sound with little wear.
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Einstein as Myth and Muse
Book No: 071900 (ISBN: 0521379636)
Author: Friedman, A. J.; Donley, C.
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £4.99
Description: Minor cover wear and some very minor amount of highlighting and notes inside.
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Songs from Books
Book No: 071899
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Published by: Macmillan & Co.
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £4.00
Description: Blue cloth binding with gilt titles and decor to spine. Elephant head and Hindu good luck symbol emblem to front. Minor handling wear only, i.e slight bumping to corners. Pages are clean and sound with no inscriptions.
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Northamptonshire. The County Books
Book No: 071898
Author: Tony Ireson
Published by: Robert Hale
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £6.00
Description: A clean and sound copy with little sign of wear.
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden
Book No: 071897
Author: John Dryden, Edited By W. D. Christie
Published by: Macmillan
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £4.00
Description: Green cloth binding.Front endpaper removed otherwise little wear.
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The Letters of Queen Victoria in Three Volumes Vol I, II and III (1, 2, 3)
Book No: 071896
Author: Arthur Christopher Benson, Viscount Esher
Published by: John Murray
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £15.00
Description: Three volumes bound in red cloth. Little sign of wear apart from slight ageing. All front endpapers have been removed (no doubt to keep insription), otherwise pages clean and sound.
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The Two Paths
Book No: 071890
Author: John Ruskin
Published by: George Allen
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £3.00
Description: Slim volume in red cloth binding. Minor edge rubbing otherwise clean and sound. Inscription
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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