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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I Heard You Paint Houses | Charles Brandt
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The Language of the Third Reich | Victor Klemperer
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Smersh: Stalin's Secret Weapon | Vadim J. Birstein
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Sex and the British: A Twentieth-Century History | Paul Ferris
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Mosley's Old Suffragette: A Biography of Norah Dacre Fox | Susan & Angela McPherson
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature | M C Howatson
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Massacre on the Road to Dunkirk | Leslie Aitken
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Tales of Chinatown | Sit Yin Fong
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Dr Hammond's Covid Casebook | Phil Hammond
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The Mafia Commission: A History of the Board of Directors of La Cosa Nostra | Andy Petepiece
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Pour Me, A Life | A.A. Gill
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Flashpoint Trieste: The First Battle of the Cold War | Christian Jennings
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Three to Kill | Jean-Patrick Manchette
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Siege: Trump Under Fire | Michael Wolff
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Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland | Richard English
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Sold outGustave Doré: Selected Engravings
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