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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

Hawksmoor
Book No: 072215 (ISBN: 0140171134)
Author: Peter Ackroyd
Published by: Penguin
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £1.50
Description: Minor cover wear/creases.
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The Outsider
Book No: 072214
Author: Albert Camus
Published by: Penguin Classics
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £1.50
Description: minor cover wear. Pages clean and sound.
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Engleby
Book No: 072213 (ISBN: 9780099458)
Author: Sebastian Faulks
Published by: Vintage
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £1.50
Description: Minor cover wear/creases
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The End of the Affair
Book No: 072212
Author: Graham Greene
Published by: Penguin Books
Book Condition: Fair
Book Type: Paperback Price: £1.00
Description: Covers worn and creased
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Historic Lunenburg
Book No: 072235 (ISBN: 1551092972)
Author: Parker, Mike
Published by: Nimbus Publishing, Limited
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £25.00
Description: Minor cover wear otherwise clean and sound.
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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Book No: 072251 (ISBN: 0316647144)
Author: Kinder, Gary
Published by: Little Brown and Company
Book Condition: As New
Book Type: Hardback Price: £7.00
Description: A very clean and sound copy with little sign of wear.
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Twelve Ships a Sailing: 35 Years of British Home-Water Cruising
Book No: 072250 (ISBN: 0715387871)
Author: Andrews, Jim
Published by: David & Charles
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £4.00
Description: A very clean and sound copy with little sign of wear.
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The Same Wife in Every Port
Book No: 072249 (ISBN: 1841040029)
Author: Kyrle-Pope, Suzanne
Published by: The Memoir Club
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £7.50
Description: A very clean and sound copy with little sign of wear.
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Sailing Tall : Around the World on the Square-Rigged Passat (1946-1948)
Book No: 072248 (ISBN: 1574091891)
Author: Wood, Max
Published by: Seafarer Books
Book Condition: As New
Book Type: Paperback Price: £8.90
Description: A very clean and sound copy with little sign of wear.
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Slow Boats to China
Book No: 072275 (ISBN: 0091460506)
Author: Gavin Young
Illustrated by: Salim
Published by: Hutchinson
Book Condition: Very Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £4.00
Description: Very minor cover wear otherwise clean and sound.
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Supership
Book No: 072274
Author: Noel Mostert
Published by: Book Club Associates BCA
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £1.25
Description: Blue cloth binding, gilt titles to spine. Minor handling wear/ageing. No inscriptions, contents clean & sound. 304pp
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RSPB Guide to British Birds
Book No: 072211 (ISBN: 0600339424)
Author: Saunders, David
Published by: Hamlyn
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £2.00
Description: Green cloth binding. Lacks jacket. Minor gen wear.
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Book No: 072210 (ISBN: 0002120208)
Author: Peterson, Roger Tory; Mountfort, Guy; Hollom, P. A. D.; Ferguson-Lees, James; Wallace, Donald Ian Mackenzie
Published by: Collins
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £3.00
Description: Brown cloth binding. Lacks jacket. Minor gen wear.
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AA Garden Birds Guide
Book No: 072209 (ISBN: 0749545356)
Author: AA Publishing Staff
Published by: AA
Book Condition: As New
Book Type: Hardback Price: £1.00
Description: A very clean copy
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Victoria & Albert Museum Guide
Book No: 018725
Author: Unknown Author
Published by: HMSO
Book Condition: Good - Good+
Book Type: Paperback Price: £3.00
Description: Blue coves with red titles & arms to front. Orig price two shillings. Minor wear & soiling to covers. No inscriptions, contents are clean & sound. Contents include the History of the Museum, floor plans, room by room contents guide & index. 120pp
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Festival Du Marais - 3/27 Juin 1964
Book No: 018742
Author: Unknown Author
Published by: Jean Paulin
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Paperback Price: £6.50
Description: Minor wear to covers, but they are darkened & a little grubby. Illustrated in b/w & colour. Contents are clean & sound with no inscriptions. TEXT IN FRENCH
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Debrecen Clavinist Great Church
Book No: 025133 (ISBN: 9635557574)
Author: Bela Takacs
Published by: Kartografoai
Book Condition: Good+
Book Type: Stapled Booklet Price: £1.00
Description: Light wear to covers. Contents are clean & sound with no inscriptions. Illustrations in b/w. 16pp
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A Tangle of Islands
Book No: 072273
Author: L. R. Higgins
Published by: The Travel Book Club
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £2.00
Description: Ex library copy with usual markings and minor gen wear.
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Fragments of South Somerset - Stoke - Sub - hamdon
Book No: 028164 (ISBN: n/a )
Author: Alfred T. Warbis
Published by: Stephen Murray
Book Condition: Fair
Book Type: Stapled Booklet Price: £2.50
Description: Covers are grubby. Foxing to page edges. Book has been folded both horizontally & verticalled at some time. Contents are clean & sound. Illustrated in b/w - pen & ink sketches by the author. 16pp
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Max - Unser Igel
Book No: 028303 (ISBN: n/a )
Author: Hans Petzsch
Illustrated by: Hilmar Buchner
Published by: Rudolf Arnold
Book Condition: Good
Book Type: Hardback Price: £3.75
Description: Wear to corners & edges. Illustrated cover showing hedghog is clean & bright. Some tape has been stuck over the publishers design on the rear cover. There are selotape remains over the publishers details on the title page & last page. Otherwise there are no inscriptions & the contents are clean & sound.
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Selling your books




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