Collection: Preloved Books
📚 Preloved Books | Literature, Classics, History & Non Fiction
For the person whose to be read pile is already out of control but they are still adding to it anyway.
Preloved books from Dad’s personal library, covering literature, classics, history, World War II, Irish history, politics, organised crime, film and cinema studies, and wider non fiction.
Every book here was chosen, kept, and genuinely valued. He read widely, collected thoughtfully, and looked after them properly. These are not random second hand finds. They are part of a real collection, built over time and now ready to be read again.
If you are looking for films as well, explore our preloved DVDs and World Cinema collection.
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🐾 Arya’s Review
Right darlings, this is exactly the sort of collection where people say they are just browsing and then suddenly need four books and a lie down. Strong shelf presence, excellent taste, and plenty worth discovering. 5 PAWS.
Real books, real pages, and plenty worth making space for.
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Buy 2 items, save 10%. Buy 3 items, save 15%. Buy 4 or more, save 20%. Mix and match with preloved DVDs and CDs. Applied automatically at checkout.
🌍 Now Shipping to Europe
We ship Dad's Collection to Republic of Ireland, Mainland Italy, Mainland France, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Austria and Denmark. Under £30: £9 Royal Mail Tracked International. Over £30: FREE. For full details, see our International Shipping page.
Giving Back
20% of every website order supports Arundawn Dog Rescue.
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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language | Melvyn Bragg
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In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality, 1939-45 | Robert Fisk
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Informer: Life in the Shadows as an Undercover Agent | Ron Farebrother & Martin Short
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Service to the Services: The Story of Naafi | Harry Miller
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West End Girls | Barbara Tate
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GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency | Richard J. Aldrich
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Best of British: Cinema and Society from 1930 to the Present | Anthony Aldgate & Jeffrey Richards
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On Film-making | Alexander Mackendrick | Edited by Paul Cronin
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Anatomy of the Red Brigades: The Religious Mind-Set of Modern Terrorists | Alessandro Orsini
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Directing on Camera: A Checklist of Video and Film Technique | Harris Watts
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Whose Promised Land?: The Continuing Crisis Over Israel and Palestine | Colin Chapman
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Death on the Rock: And Other Stories | Roger Bolton
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Hung, Drawn, and Quartered: The Story of Execution Through the Ages | Jonathan J. Moore
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The Welfare State We're In | James Bartholomew
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Arafat: The Biography | Tony Walker & Andrew Gowers
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Children of the Dead End | Patrick MacGill
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