Welcome to Keel Row Books.
Opened in 1981, we are the longest established antiquarian and second-hand bookshop in the North East of England. We travel countrywide to buy and sell rare and second-hand books, maps, photographs and ephemera.
The shop is based in an rambling Victorian townhouse in historic North Shields, close to the mouth of the River Tyne. We specialise in signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings, literature and modern first editions, children's books, and the history and topography of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle, including the works of Thomas Bewick. The bookshop carries an extensive stock of second-hand books.
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Free postage to any UK address on all orders.
Plus free
shipping on overseas orders over £150. Below £150: £6 Europe; £9 Worldwide; £14 USA.
New Arrivals

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Sammons, Eddie.
The Magnificent Eric Delaney.
£65.00

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Dickinson, Adam.
The Husbandry of the Ancients.
£400.00

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[West, Thomas.]
A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire.
£125.00

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Tey, Josephine.
Miss Pym Disposes [with] The Franchise Affair, To Love and Be Wise, The Singing S...
£350.00

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Ende, Michael.
The Neverending Story.
£95.00

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Hyslop, John & Robert (editor).
Langholm As it Was.
£220.00

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Wallen, Dick.
Distant Thunder.
£120.00

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King, Stephen.
Skeleton Crew.
£65.00

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Mishima, Yukio.
The Decay of the Angel.
£80.00
Pay us a visit to discover everything from beautiful antiquarian books
to Penguin paperbacks to modern first editions.
Our rambling bookshop is just a few minutes from Tynemouth and the coast.
OPENING HOURS
Mon . . . . . . . 10.00 - 5.00pm
Tues . . . . . . . 10.00 - 5.00pm
Wed . . . . . . . 10.00 - 5.00pm
Thur . . . . . . . 10.00 -5.00pm
Fri . . . . . . . . . 10.00 - 5.00pm
Sat . . . . . . . . . 10.00 - 5.00pm
Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLOSED