Marcet Books
4a Nelson Road
Tucked away down one of the teeny-tiny little alleys leading into Greenwich Covered Market, Marcet books is a coiled spring of a shop - minute in size, but so stuffed from floor to ceiling with second hand and antique books that it looks like it's just about to explode. My kind of shop.
It's down the little slipthrough that also has the flank of Warwick Leadlay's gallery. The rest of the alley is pretty unremarkable so it's easy to spot Marcet Books - a single doorway with a little shelf outside for bargain books.
It has a comprehensive website, which looks as though it lists every book in the shop (glad I didn't get that job) and will ship worldwide.
Prices are reasonable and it has an interesting small section with local history and guidebooks. Well worth a browse - though you can find yourself a bit buffeted - both by other people and stacks of books - on market days. If you buy something the guy (Martin Kemp? - that's the name on the website) will give you a second hand carrier bag for your purchase but will actually smile (something I suspect is a rare event) if you have your own bag.
www.marcetbooks.co.uk
Tucked away down one of the teeny-tiny little alleys leading into Greenwich Covered Market, Marcet books is a coiled spring of a shop - minute in size, but so stuffed from floor to ceiling with second hand and antique books that it looks like it's just about to explode. My kind of shop.
It's down the little slipthrough that also has the flank of Warwick Leadlay's gallery. The rest of the alley is pretty unremarkable so it's easy to spot Marcet Books - a single doorway with a little shelf outside for bargain books.
It has a comprehensive website, which looks as though it lists every book in the shop (glad I didn't get that job) and will ship worldwide.
Prices are reasonable and it has an interesting small section with local history and guidebooks. Well worth a browse - though you can find yourself a bit buffeted - both by other people and stacks of books - on market days. If you buy something the guy (Martin Kemp? - that's the name on the website) will give you a second hand carrier bag for your purchase but will actually smile (something I suspect is a rare event) if you have your own bag.
www.marcetbooks.co.uk
Labels: Shopping
posted by The Greenwich Phantom at
11:19
3 Comments:
Really friendly shop owner. I went to buy a map for 50p and only had a tenner on me. The owner told me to just drop the money in when I was next passing.
Excellent - and I'm sure you did, too...
It's a good policy because the customer then feels some kind of obligation to go in and spend more money to say thank you for trusting them.
Doesn't it all work so much better when we treat each other like adults...
I got the same treatment and I spent £2.00.And yes I did go back and pay !
One of the best bookshops in the whole world...use it or lose it as they say.
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