Collection: Preloved Books Treasures | Quality Second-hand Books & Classics
📚 Preloved Books Treasures | Quality Second-hand Books & Classics
For the person whose "to be read" pile is already out of control but they're adding to it anyway.
Every book in this collection came from my dad's personal library. A man who read widely, collected thoughtfully, and looked after his books like they mattered. Because they did. These aren't battered paperbacks from a box in someone's garage. They're carefully preserved, properly loved, and ready for their next reader.
Fiction, classics, cinema and film studies, academic texts, non fiction, reference books, hidden gems you won't find anywhere else. Some well known, some wonderfully obscure. All chosen by someone who genuinely loved reading.
Real books. Real pages. No charger required.
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🎁 Multi Buy Discount
Buy 2 items, save 10%. Buy 3 items, save 15%. Buy 4 or more, save 20%. Mix and match with preloved DVDs. Applied automatically at checkout.
🌍 Now Shipping to Europe
We ship Dad's Collection to Republic of Ireland, Mainland Italy, Mainland France and Netherlands. Under £30: £9 Royal Mail International Tracked. Over £30: FREE. For full details and how to order, see our International Shipping page.
Giving Back
20% of every website order supports Arundawn Dog Rescue.
© 2026 Kate's Treasures15. Every book tells a story.
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Soldaten: On Fighting, Killing, and Dying
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The "Star Wars" Vault: Thirty Years – Hardback Book with 2 CDs
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Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton by Martin van Creveld
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
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Newspapermen: Hugh Cudlipp, Cecil Harmsworth King and the Glory by Ruth Dudley Edwards
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Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World by Giles Milton
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Vietnam: An Epic History of a Divisive War 1945 to 1975 by Max Hastings
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Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy by Matthew R. Simmons
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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language by Melvyn Bragg
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In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939 to 45 by Robert Fisk
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Informer by Ron Farebrother and Martin Short
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Service to the Services: The Story of Naafi by Harry Miller
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West End Girls by Barbara Tate
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GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency by Richard Aldrich
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Best of British: Cinema and Society by Anthony Aldgate
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On Film-making by Alexander Mackendrick
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