Adelaide Getaway - Part 3 (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...

Adelaide Getaway - Part 2 (Tuesday)

First stop on our continuing Adelaide getaway was a revisit to the bookshop which was closed yesterday...

6) New Morning Books, Adelaide

This second hand book store is a real treasure trove.  It's well organised, yet also sprawling for the store space, which makes book hunting that little bit more exciting.  John, the owner, greeted me as I entered, and I noticed there were plenty of other customers in the store.  One guy who was purchasing a pile of books at the counter, mentioned to John he was from Sydney, NSW.  Wonder if, like me, he'd also dropped by the day before when the store was closed?

I searched among the shelves for James Bond novels but only found a copy of John Gardner's "Cold", published by Orion Books.  It was a lovely unread copy but I decided to leave it for someone else to discover.

Despite no books for me today there were plenty more on the shelves for avid readers, book collectors and bookworms alike.  Here's their Facebook page.

7) Goodwood Books, Goodwood

Located next to the Capri Theatre, this book store specialises in second hand feminist books and books by female authors.  It's a really lovely store, well organised and very welcoming.  Sadly I found no Bond related Kim Sherwood or Kate Westbrook books on the shelves , unlike four years ago when I stupidly left a hardback copy of "The Moneypenny Diaries" on the shelf for someone else to purchase.

The owner was very friendly and checked her inventory while I crossed my fingers that the copy of "The Moneypenny Diaries" was hidden somewhere in the back room.  No luck for me today.  Here's their website.

8) Rotary Club Of Mitcham Bookshop, Daw Park

This small second hand bookshop raises money for the local Rotary Club and is run by volunteers.  The shelves are really well organised and the books are in excellent condition.  I managed to find a couple of Bond books this visit but decided not to purchase them.  Plenty here for other readers though.  Here's their Facebook page which appears to be regularly updated.

9) Colonel Light Books, Daw Park

This second hand book store is choc-a-block with quality books.  The well sorted shelves seem to go forever, reaching a little "booth" at the back of the store where Greg, the owner, sits.  Throw in some interesting book quotes featured along the walls, a couple of book spinners, and you've got a must visit store just a couple of K's (kilometres) from central Adelaide.

Plenty of good books for sale here, including the two Bond books shown below.   Greg's an interesting character too, he's very helpful and knows a thing or two about books.  Be sure to drop in.

Today was another busy day of  book hunting.  Here's some more photos from around Adelaide...

Adelaide's only tramline that runs to Glenelg

Hindmarsh Park

A white ibis, otherwise known in Australia as a "bin chicken"

A public transport double-decker bus, the only one I saw on our travels

End of this post, but stay tuned for Part 3...