The Bill and other exciting news.

Exciting times in the shop at the moment. Firstly we have added five new bookcases upstairs, this area is not open for general book browsing at the moment though if a customer asks for certain types of book, they can be escorted by a member of staff to this area. It is hoped that now we have extra shelving plus the hope that we will get even more shelving in the future, this area will once again be open for general browsing during shop opening hours.

The addition of the bookcases we've added so far means that we can now display all our poetry and plays for easy searching if we get requests plus of course, customers can ask to view the poetry and plays if they cannot find what they are looking for downstairs.

On the office side of the upstairs area, these bookcases have meant that we can file all our literary works, again for ease of search plus it means our most popular literary sections downstairs are easier to restock as existing stock is sold.

On the donations front, this week we have had some exciting donations that will require specialist valuation, more on this when they are valued and put on sale.

In the shop itself.

Our window display of Military History has gone really well, exceeding all expectations therefore we still have a partial window display as it is still generating much interest and sales. In the other half of the main window we now have Local History books on display. This display only went up last week and already it has generated a lot of interest and sales from this have been very good.

In our display cabinets we have some fine Norwich City FC printed memorabilia with an official 'Scrapbook' being the most interesting.

We also have a script from the ITV series 'The Bill' on display in the cabinet. This is signed by several members of the cast along with photos of the cast and the official 'The Bill' bible. I don't imagine this will stay in the shop very long as this is a popular TV series with many fans that would like to own this piece of TV memorabilia.

Finally:

The shop is gearing up for the Book-Fest that Oxfam hold every year. This year we will be having a book-swap in the shop. This means that you can bring in one (or more) of your books and swap it for one (or more) of our specially stickered books without charge! More details as we approach the Book-Fest.

The week ending 25/03/2011

After a week of sorting through another batch of fantastic donations by the good public of Norfolk I would like to highlight some of the new items we have for offer on our Abe listings this week.

To start with we have:

The Life of Charles Dickens

The Life of Charles Dickens - 6 volumes complete.

Valued at £340 plus P&P

To read the full listings please visit the linked page above. Of course this collection may also be viewed in our shop on request.

Then we have a lovely copy of Kenneth Williams Autobiography titled ‘Just Williams: An Autobiography’ which is signed by the author. We have this for sale on Abe at £75 plus P&P

Again, to read more detail please visit the linked page and of course this book is also available to view on request in the shop.

After last weeks message we quickly sold the CD collection of Noel Coward Recordings along with other material by Noel Coward to a very happy customer. We all hope he is enjoying his new purchase.

This week the shop has committed itself to running a table at St Georges Day Book Festival which will be held at St Gregorys Church, Pottergate, Norwich. The date to put in your diary is St Georges Day (obviously) 23^rd April 2011. More details will follow about our involvement over the coming weeks.

As always, we look forward to greeting you in the shop when ever you are in our part of the city.

Charles Wesley Sale

We sold another book via our ABE Books listings today, it was:

Sayings And Portraits Of Charles Wesley. With Additional Portraits Of John Wesley. Compiled And Edited By John Telford (no image available)

We have many of our more collectable books for sale on line at Abe Books, for our complete listing please click HERE.

We still have Red Noses in stock but they are now going fast, if you have not yet bought yours, visit us soon to avoid disappointment. We also have Deeley Boppers to help you laugh your head off along with Car Red Noses that fit easily onto the grill of your car. Red Nose Day is this Friday, March 18^th.

A Tale of Two Cities

What a fantastic way to christen our new blog by informing the world about a wonderful internet sale we had yesterday. We advertised a wonderful First Edition copy of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens on line with Abe Books and yesterday a buyer came forward. We hope the new owner of the book is very happy with his purchase