Adelaide Getaway - Part 3 of 4 (Wednesday)

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, Clarence Park

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...

Stay tuned for my last post from Adelaide tomorrow...

Book Exchanges Alive And Well In South Australia

When I first started collecting paperback books one of my favourite second hand book stores to visit was a book exchange located on Nepean Highway opposite Moorabbin train station.  Nowdays in Melbourne book exchanges are rare as hen's teeth.  But that isn't the case in South Australia.  During our recent holiday my wife and I have visited a number of book exchanges, and each one appeared to be going strong.  I'm certain there are more around but here's three:

1) Elizabeth South Book Exchange, Elizabeth South

This book exchange can be found travelling to or from the Barossa Valley.  The store has heaps of books under a wide selection of well displayed categories.  The owner is very friendly, the books are well priced and neatly categorised, and the "Detective" section now includes only three of the four Bond books in the last photo above... I purchased the 1960 Pan Books copy of "Moonraker".  Here's the Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/ESBookExchange

2) Magill Book Exchange, St. Morris

This book exchange has so many books the shelves are overflowing.  The books are well categorised but if necessary the owner, Susan, can guide you to the exact location of an author or perhaps even book title on her shelves. This store is definitely worth a visit.  Here's the Facebook page:  https://m.facebook.com/people/Magill-Book-Exchange/100057411940891/

3) O G Book Exchange, Klenzig

This book exchange is owned by a gentleman named Krell.  He's owned this book exchange for over 30 years, so while he has plenty of great books on his shelves there's also DVD's, BluRays, vinyl LP's and magazines.  The prices are great too.  As you can see in the last photo above he has many James Bond paperbacks for sale.  Sadly I didn't buy any today.  Here's the Facebook page:  https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069533311067

Just as a final note, if you're book hunting in Adelaide I definitely recommend visiting these three book exchanges.  Prices are cheap, the books are great, there's a wide variety of titles available under many different categories and you're almost always going to find something you want.