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The Dales & Lakes Book Centre

Entrance to the DLBC Inside the DLBC 72 Main Street
Sedbergh
Cumbria LA10 5AD
Phone: 015396 20125

The Dales & Lakes Book Centre houses a number of book dealers offering a wide range of quality secondhand books on many subjects. A selection of the dealers is shown below.

Tourist Information Office logo Barbara French Books Bridge Books F. N. Crack Books Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Harvest Books Henry Wilson Books Inner Space Books MCL Books Norman Kerr Antiquarian Booksellers
Richard Hodgson Books Rosley Books Sedbergh Community Office Windrush Books  

Most of the dealers are members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association, a trade association for antiquarian and secondhand book dealers and are indicated by the PBFA logo alongside their details.

Sedbergh Tourist Information Office

The Tourist Information Office carries a comprehensive range of maps guidebooks, postcards and souvenirs. They would be happy to help you with your telephone (015396 20125), postal or email ( ) enquiries and supply any items you require so you can find out about the area before you visit. Payment can be made by credit card.

Harvest Books

PBFA logoHarvest Books have a small, mainly specialist stock with an emphasis on illustrated books including Country Life, Folklore, English Literature of 19th and 20th centuries, Social History and Women.

Books are also available via Internet orders and at Book Fairs in the North West of England.

For more information visit Harvest Books at UKBookWorld.com, , or phone 01744 885747.

Henry Wilson Books

PBFA logoSpecialist dealers, since 1983, in antiquarian, second-hand and new books on transport and industrial history.

Henry Wilson stocks a large range of new and second-hand books, magazines, timetables, working notices, rule books, maps, guides and publicity material covering most aspects of railways at home and abroad.

The stock covers steam, diesel and electric locomotives, railcars and multiple units; carriages and wagons; signalling; track, buildings, bridges, tunnels and earthworks; operation and working on standard gauge, broad gauge and narrow gauge in the UK and overseas. Stock ranges from fine antiquarian items contemporary with the beginnings of railways to many more recent out of print titles.

Most current UK railway titles are carried with an emphasis on specialist publishers such as Oakwood Press, Irwell Press and Wild Swan.

Henry Wilson Books are based in Chester and deal primarily by mail order but have a selection of books for sale in the Dales & Lakes Book Centre.

For more information visit the Henry Wilson Books website, , or phone 0870 8330100, (or 01829 740693 for the answering service).

Inner Space Books

In addition to stocking a range of spiritual, self help, healing and esoteric books Inner Space Books also provide a short run, on demand publishing, printing and graphic design service.

For more information visit the Innerspace Books website , or phone 015396 21800.

Norman Kerr Antiquarian Booksellers

PBFA logoEstablished in Cartmel in 1933, Norman Kerr Booksellers traded for over 50 years in books on Transport, establishing a world wide postal and catalogue business and became the country's leading specialist in Railway Books.

In 1986 the business was restructured on a part time basis when Mr Kerr retired, and his wife and son now continue to run things, specialising in books for collectors in a wide range of subjects. They have been members of the PBFA since 1983, and continue to attend book fairs and occasionally issue catalogues.

The main stock of about 10,000 scarce and good quality books books is held at the bookshop and showroom in Cartmel. Prices generally range from £5 to £500, through secondhand to antiquarian and rare books in many subjects but particularly:

Picture of some books

A selection from this stock is available at the Dales & Lakes Book Centre.

Norman Kerr Antiquarian Booksellers are always interested to buy or value books from individuals volumes to large collections, particularly illustrated books published between 1700 and 1900

For more information , or phone 015395 36247 or 015395 32508).

MCL Books

MCL Books have a good selection of collectable books, the main focus being Natural History (especially Collins' New Naturalist Series and the Wayside and Woodland Series from FW Warne), children's books and a good selection of reference books, relating to antiques and cCollectables

In addition they have a range of Observers Books

For more information visit http://www.mclbooks.co.uk or .

Richard Hodgson Books

PBFA logoRichard Hodgson attends book fairs around the country, specialising in books on agriculture, illustrated natural history including Charles Darwin, travel & other good quality general items. A selection from his stock is available in the Dales & Lakes Book Centre.

For more information phone 01642 780445, 07950 647377 or .

Rosley Books

A collection from Wigton based Rosley Books who specialise in first editions, scarce and collectable literature and theology books .

For more information visit the Rosley Books website, , phone 016973 49924 or fax 016973 45149.