Stephen E. Jones
Perth and suburbs secondhand booksellers
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This is a list of most secondhand booksellers and book exchanges in Perth, Western Australia and its suburbs. They are grouped in suburbs order. I have not included specialist stores (e.g. only art, fiction, military, motoring, sex, occult, etc). Having visited other cities around the world and had trouble finding a list of secondhand booksellers, I hope this may help book-loving visitors to my fair city!
If you want to do-it-yourself, try searching Australian
yellowpages for BUSINESS TYPE: "books", WHERE: "WA-Perth" (Business Name and Suburb are optional), and then "Books--Secondhand &/or Antiquarian" (or "Books-Retail" for new books). Or now you can search Australian whitepages and select "Business Name" (name of the bookeller), "Suburb", "State" ("Western Australia"), "Metropolitan Area" and "Business/Government". If phoning from the USA (and maybe other countries), add Australia's International phone 61, but only 8 (instead of "08") for the area code.
A map of a store's location can be found by entering its address into the online Australian street directory. Also locations of Western Australian secondhand bookstores can now be found on AussieWeb and dLook. You can enter the address into Transperth's journey planner for public transport to the store.
In July 2007 I received an email from a homeowner who had been allocated the phone number of a bookstore that had closed four years previously and who had been receiving annoying phone calls for that bookstore for the past two years. I replied that I had deleted that entry immediately I received his email. I also explained that this page is a free service to Perth and suburbs booksellers and their customers, and if I had to regularly contact all the bookstores in it to find out if they still existed, I would have to close the page. So please email me with your comments, especially if a bookseller no longer exists, or if it exists but I don't have it listed.
Perth and suburbs secondhand booksellers
Perth and suburbs secondhand booksellers
- Perth city [top]
- Discard Book Shop, Alexander Library, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth. Ph (08) 9427 3110.
- Books Et Cetera, 456 Fitzgerald St, cnr Angove St, North Perth. Ph (08) 9328 5215.
- Mead's Books & Music, 23 Mends St, South Perth. Ph (08) 99368 1787.
- Books stalls, Perth Cultural Centre (between Art Gallery, Museum and Alexander Library), Perth. Weekends only.
- Elizabeth's Secondhand Bookshop, 820 Hay St, near King St, Perth. Ph (08) 9481 8848.
- Trinity Arcade Bookshop, Shop 1 Trinity Arcade Perth. Ph (08) 9322 4054.
- Western suburbs [top]
- Brian's Books, 206 Holbeck St, Doubleview. Ph: (08) 9445 9928.
- Pulp Fiction Book Exchange, Shop K2/3 Floreat Forum Shopping Centre, Floreat. Ph: (08) 9284 0085.
- Karrinyup Book Exchange, Shop G/64B, 200 Karrinyup Rd, near Francis Ave, Karrinyup. (08) 9244 5575.
- Serendipity Books, 256-258 Railway Pde, Leederville. Ph: (08) 9382 2246. [West Leederville stn.]
- Browse Book Exchange, 148 Scarborough Beach Rd, cnr Flinders St, Mt Hawthorn. Ph: 0404 933 606.
- Robert Muir Old & Rare Books, 69 Broadway, near Carrington St, Nedlands. Ph: (08) 9386 5842.
- Elizabeth's Secondhand Bookshop, 375 Roberts Rd, Subiaco. Ph (08) 9381 5886.
- Northern suburbs [top]
- Ocean Keys Book Exchange, Shop 29, Ocean Keys Shopping Centre, Clarkson. Ph: (08) 9407 7522.
- Dianella Book Exchange, Shop 49a Dianella Plaza Shopping Centre, Cnr Alexander Dve & Grand Prom., Dianella. Ph: (08) 9276 2752.
- Pulp Fiction Book Exchange, Shop 4 Kingsway City Shopping Centre, 182 Wanneroo Rd , Madeley. Ph: (08) 9409 1646.
- Morley Book Exchange, Shop 51 The Galleria, Collier Rd, Morley. Ph: (08) 9276 7009.
- Warwick Book Exchange, Shop 37b, Centro Warwick Shopping Centre, 675 Beach Rd, near Erindale Rd, Warwick. Ph. (08) 9243 3608.
- Pulp Fiction Book Exchange, Shop 77 Whitford City Shopping Centre, Whitfords. Ph: (08) 9307 2028.
- Book Express, Shop 4, Woodvale Boulevarde Shopping Centre, Cnr Whitfords Avenue & Trappers Drive, Woodvale. Ph. (08) 9309 2662.
- Eastern suburbs [top]
- Mad Cow Books, Unit 3/213 Railway Ave, near Gillam Dr, Armadale. Ph: (08) 9390 3110. [Challis stn.]
- Bassendean Book Exchange (Beka's Books), 40 Old Perth Rd, Bassendean. Ph: (08) 9279 3959. [Bassendean stn.]
- Rite Price Books & Bits, 3 Drake St, Bayswater. Ph: 0412 075 043. [Bayswater stn.]
- Booklovers, 1451 Albany Hwy, Cannington. Ph: (08) 9258 4775. [Cannington stn]
Booksabilia, 67 Oats St, cnr Oats St and Railway Pde, Carlisle. Ph: (08) 9362 3662. [Oats Street stn]
- Belmont Forum Book Exchange, Shop 113, Belmont Forum Shopping Centre, 227 Belmont Ave, cnr Wright St, Cloverdale.
Ph: (08) 9478 1345. [Carlisle stn.]
- Caerwen Books, PO Box 320, Forrestfield. Ph: (08) 9454 7383.
- Guildford Book Exchange, 189 James St, near Ethel St, Guildford. Ph: (08) 9377 3491. [Guildford stn.]
- Lotsa Books Book Exchange, Kalamunda Central Shopping Centre, Kalamunda. Ph: (08) 9293 2926.
- Pickwick's Secondhand Bookshop, Shop 9 Barberry Sq, Kalamunda. Ph: (08) 9257 2787.
- Centrepoint Book Exchange, Shop 27 Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Midland. Ph: (08) 9274 2820.
- Booklovers, Shop 28, Park Centre Shopping Centre, 789 Albany Hwy, Victoria Park. Ph: (08) 9470 2090. [Carlisle stn]
- Southern suburbs [top]
- The Last Hurrah Bookshop, Unit 12c/40 Port Pirie St, Bibra Lake. Ph: (08) 9434 6653.
- Bull Creek Book Exchange, Shop 2 Bullcreek Shopping Centre, Bennifield Rd, Bullcreek. Ph: (08) 9310 9910.
- Cover To Cover Book Exchange, Melville Plaza Shopping Centre, Melville. Ph: (08) 9339 7774.
- Title Wave Books, Charthouse Road Shopping Centre, Waikiki. Ph: (08) 9527 4417.
- Fremantle [top]
- Bill Campbell Secondhand Bookseller, 48 High St, Fremantle. Ph (08) 9336 3060.
- Elizabeth's Freo Town Hall, 3 William St, Fremantle. Ph (08) 9430 6700.
- Elizabeth's South Terrace, 8 South Tce, Fremantle. Ph (08) 9433 1310.
- Elizabeth's Warehouse Sales, 23 Queen Victoria St, Fremantle.
- Magpie Books, Fremantle Markets, Henderson St, Fremantle. Ph: (08) 9335 1131.
- Raconteurs World of Books, `E' Shed Markets Victoria Quay, Fremantle. Ph: (08) 9433 4333.
Copyright © 2003-2009, by Stephen E. Jones. All rights reserved.
Created: 15 January, 2003. Updated: 31 December, 2009.