Continuing our getaway in Adelaide, we visited several more book stores this morning before continuing on our way to wine country in McClarinvale...
10) East Avenue Books
This is one book store in Adelaide that everyone has to visit. The owner, Peter, loves books. As you enter his store you can't miss the massive collection of early green Penguins for sale. And on the day I visited there were six James Bond paperbacks prominent in the window display.
A glass cabinet near the front counter contains rarer titles, which on my visit included three Jonathan Cape - Ian Fleming hardbacks, one a really nice first edition of "Goldfinger" at a very reasonable price (see photo below).
The store is really well laid out with a second room of shelving full of quality books at great prices. They had several Bond novels on the day I visited and I purchased the "Casino Royale" movie-tie-in as it was in such great condition.
Here's the store website.
11) Blackwood Books, Blackwood
A short drive from East Avenue Books is the second-hand book store. With over 20,000 books on their shelves there's plenty of reading material available. The books are really well priced and when I visited I couldn't go past this Coronet edition of "Role Of Honour" to add to my collection of doubles.
12) Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, Adelaide
If you're after quality out-of-print books, first editions or antiquarian books this is the place to visit. The people behind the desks are friendly, and extremely knowledgeable. Sadly, on the day I visited they had no Fleming hardbacks in their inventory, but they explained they still turn up pretty regularly.
13) Dymocks Bookshop, Adelaide
This large Dymocks store is located in the old Regent Theatre on Rundle Mall. It's a lovely building containing thousands of new books for all types of readers.
14) O G Book Exchange, Klemzig
While visiting this store the owner, Krell, told me he's been operating this book exchange for 37 years. He sells everything from DVD's, BluRays, vinyl, magazines, and of course second hand books. On our last visit in 2022 this store had many Bond titles, and this trip was no different. I was so tempted to pick up a couple of these Coronets but decided not at the last moment, which I'll probably regret in the future!
And here's some photos from our day in McClaren Vale including the best gluten free pizza I've ever had at Down The Rabbit Hole vineyard...
Port Willunga Beach. Walking along this beach is a lovely experience
Made it back to Adelaide for dinner...
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