Contact/Visit Withnail Books


What?

Withnail Books aims to be the best kind of secondhand bookshop: a place you might find something you never knew you were looking for. While we do sell online, most of our stock is not listed on any website, so you'll have to come and visit us to see it all...


Where?

The shop is part of The Brunswick Yard in Penrith, where you can also find architectural salvage, antiques and Oriental carpets and rugs. The Yard is also home to an amazing little cafe, Sugar Shack, a pop-up pizza joint, Dough Mama, and a wonderful wine shop, Black Hand Wine.

Withnail Books
at:
The Brunswick Yard
24 Brunswick Road
Penrith
CA11 7JU

www.withnailbooks.com
withnailbooks@btinternet.com
07977 830945


There are several car parks within about a minute's walking distance of the Yard, including Booths and Morrisons if you happen to be in town to get some eggs and things.

When?

We're open Wednesday to Saturday, 10am - 5pm

Why?

Why Withnail Books? I have opened a bookshop by mistake in Penrith, near to where one of my favourite films, Withnail and I, was filmed, so it would be rude *not* to call it Withnail Books. Just to be 100% clear though, Withnail Books is not licenced, approved or endorsed by HandMade Films, Bruce Robinson, Uncle Monty or any person or entity connected with the film. It's just me, in a little shop, tipping my hat to a great film made in the area. If you don't already own the film, buy it immediately on Amazon here. If you do already own it, several times on various formats, buy it again, especially if you don't have the Blu-ray yet. You should also own Bruce Robinson's wonderfully scabrous novel, The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman, available here, or indeed at Withnail Books, as we try to keep at least one copy of it on the shelves at all times.




11 comments:

  1. What a terrific thing to exist in the world: a secondhand bookshop in Penrith, and dedicated to the best film ever! If I had my own bookshop, that's how I'd like to do it. I would be honoured to post something about your establishment when next visiting the Lake District:
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  3. Hello, I have a first edition of War, Wine and Women for sale. Would you be interested.
    Alex Revell

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    1. Hi Alex, Thanks for getting in touch. Is it a first printing/first impression, and does it have a dust jacket?

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    2. I'm not an expert on old books, but I feel sure that this is a first edition. The recto page on the reverse of the title page just carries 'First Published 1931.' It was published by Cassell & Co. There is no dust jacket and curiously the spine has no title, but there is no visible sign of fading (rebound?) The book is in excellent condition. I will sent a scan if you wish.
      Many thanks
      Alex

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    3. Hi Alex, It sounds like you do have a first printing, though if it's not got a title on the spine, it may well a library rebind (or possibly the spine lettering has simply worn off!). To be honest, without a dust jacket I don't think it's one I'd be interested in buying, but you've certainly got yourself a rare book there...

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  4. A very late entry for playing Jackson Lamb.
    Ray Winstone, but he would have to drop the cockney accent and be a bit boozy posh. If that makes sense. Nicotine stained fingers would be a must.

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  5. hello
    do you have
    any books for sale
    by Robert Shaw?

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  6. Hello there,
    I was wondering if you would be interested in purchasing a copy of the Godzilla chronicles along with the Gamera version of the same. I read your review on it and saw that you were in the process of selling that copy.

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  7. hi
    do you have Yvonne De Carlo's autobiography?

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