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Now widely acknowledged as Northern Ireland's premiere secondhand bookshop, Bookends - situated in the ancient Irish coastal town of Bangor - now carries over 70,000 books in stock.

Bookends has gone from strength to strength since we first opened our doors back in 2003. Regular customers will have noticed that the main retail premises has moved two doors up from its original location, thus increasing space (and books!) by almost fifty per cent. The first shop continues to be maintained as a store, and as a result Bookends has an enormous reservoir of stock to draw upon.

But we're not just any secondhand bookshop! Most of our stock is 'nearly new', and the surroundings are clean and bright, just as they would be in a 'normal' bookshop. Even our store is so well organised that if you're looking for one particular thing, chances are we'll be able to lay our hands on it! And when you're done, almost all of our books can be returned to us for half price exchange, allowing your cash to go further in these difficult times. Books are, after all, a necessity of life.

We value your business and will make every effort to secure any book that you should require. If it is not on the shelves in our main retail store, just ask. We may have a copy in our store but if it is not in stock, we'll order the book in for you at a competitive price.

Internet clients also benefit from realistic pricing of even rare works, unlike so many sellers who inflate the price of their books at the expense of the book-loving customer. Because we love books as much as you do.

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