Adelaide Getaway - Part 2 of 4 (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...

Visit To Five Adelaide Bookstores

My wife and I are currently on holiday in South Australia.  During our time here we've visited many secondhand book stores.  Here's five we visited in Adelaide:

1) Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers

One of the two gentlemen in the store explained that they currently had no Ian Fleming novels, nor any continuation books.  But they often come across Ian Fleming - Jonathan Capes so I was told to keep checking their website:  https://www.treloars.com

2) O'Connell's Bookstore

This store has the most James Bond novels I've seen for sale in one store in quite a while.  First edition Jonathan Capes, a second edition Pan Books "Casino Royale" and plenty of old Pan paperbacks.  I purchased an unread Still Life series copy of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".  There is also a wide variety of titles and categories of books for sale.  Here's a link to many of their books:  https://www.abebooks.com/oconnells-bookshop-adelaide/1403738/sf

3) New Morning Books

This store had four Bond novels including two Jonathan Capes.  I didn't check the editions though but they could be firsts.  The owner John has a wide variety of other books available too.  There's no website but there is a Facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/NewMorningBooksBackPagesBooks

4)  Imprints Books

As well as stocking new books this store also has a selection of secondhand books at the rear of the store.  Their website is:  https://imprints.com.au

5) Orchard Bookshop

This book store had no Bond novels on the day we visited, however it has a specialised selection of titles over a wide variety of categories which can also be found here:  https://orchardbookshop.com.au/

South Australian Holiday - Part 1 of 2

Back in October of last year my wife and I drove to South Australia for a short holiday.  The trip took 8 hours and when we arrived in Adelaide there had been a major storm the night before and the power to the City had only just been restored.  Fortunately during our entire holiday we didn't encounter any of this bad weather so we were very lucky.

Our hotel was located just near Rundle Mall which had plenty of fine shops for my wife to visit.

While walking around this beautiful City we visited Adelaide Central Market.  This is the location of Central Market Books and the owner's name is Barry.  I spoke to him for a while and then checked out the James Bond books on his shelves and ended up purchasing two.  One was "Ian Fleming: The Man With The Golden Pen" by Richard Gant.  I'd seen this book before but I didn't have this particular copy.  The second book was a Pan copy of "You Only Live Twice" by Ian Fleming covered in the rare movie tie-in dust wrapper.  The wrapper wasn't in great condition but still a great purchase none-the-less.

We then continued walking around the busy market and came across another second-hand book store named Adelaide's Pop-Up Bookshop. The owners were really nice and very informative.  I ended up purchasing a Pan Books "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming (second edition) and a Jonathan Cape copy of "The James Bond Dossier" by Kingsley Amis.

Leaving Central Market we then made our way to Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers.  This is a really well maintained book store with lots of rare books.  I spoke to one of the gentleman behind the counter and was informed that the only Fleming they currently had on their shelves was a Jonathan Cape first edition of "You Only Live Twice".   It was a nice copy but I let it go.

Just five minutes walk from Michael Treloar's store is Adelaide Booksellers.  On entering the doorway there are stairs to the right which lead down to a subterranean basement.  The store is really clean and well organised, however there were no James Bond books on this visit.  And as is the owner's prerogative, on asking if I could take some photos of his store he replied "No", so I could only take these photos below.

New Morning Books is only a short walk from Adelaide Central Market and is well worth a visit.  There are loads of books, all well priced and the books cover a huge range of subjects.  I managed to find the three James Bond novels shown below.  This is definitely the type of store where anything could be lurking in a wrong spot on a shelf so it took us a while before we finally left.

A photo of central Adelaide including the tram to Glenelg.

Our walk in Adelaide literally went full circle.  We ended up at the Antique Market directly over the road from the Central Market where we'd started.  As usual there were a lot of books in the back room (somehow this store is linked to Michael Treloar's store I believe) and I ended up purchasing this really nice copy of the Pan movie-tie in of "Dr. No" from 1962. 

There ended our book walk of Adelaide.  I've got to say it's a great city to visit.  It's very quiet, relaxed and has some interesting old architecture.  

My wife and I then drove to Kangaroo Island and visited some other towns and second-hand book stores in South Australia which are detailed in Part 2.