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O'Connell's Bookshop
O'Connell's Bookshop: A treasure trove of rare finds and friendly, knowledgeable service.
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Retail Store
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O'Connell's Bookshop: A treasure trove of rare finds and friendly, knowledgeable service.
Located at 19 Bank St, Adelaide, O'Connell's Bookshop is praised as a treasure trove of well-priced titles, including rare and antique books. Benjamin, who runs the shop, is noted for his broad knowledge and engaging chats. The stock often changes, with items like old programs, sheet music, and scores, and friendly staff welcome every visitor.
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Specializing in rare, antique, and collectible books, including first editions and historical volumes with careful handling guidance.
Curated selection of old programs, sheet music, books, texts, and scores for music and theatre enthusiasts.
Personalized assistance to help you find specific titles or authors, with a willingness to search and post items.
Engage in knowledgeable conversations with the owner about books, history, and collections to enhance your visit.
A wide range of well-priced older books organized for easy exploration in a cozy, historic shop setting.
Overall rating
Sally-Anne Russell
Ben runs a great bookshop and is knowledgeable on many topics, it’s a treasure trove of fabulous things! Highly recommend, happy to search and post and lovely rare books available. My particular bent is music and theatre and he has old rare programs, sheet music, books, texts and scores. Today’s haul : Alma Mahler and a Handel Theodora yay ! Do search it out, have a natter and I’m sure thou will find something 🎶🎵
Teresa Reeves-Mierswa
My husband and I stumbled across this bookstore during a short stay in Adelaide. Had a lovely chat and found some treasures. Highly recommend you stop by and take a look around.
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Adelaide's oldest bookshop! Benjamin who took over from his father is intelligent and engages in descriptive conversation 😊 The shop is reasonably organised with predominately older books. Some rare books are available....at a price 💵 It's easy to lose track of time as you pick your way through the offerings! I found a book that reminded me of my mother - 'I can jump puddles' - my mother suffered from polio when she was a small child. Having this book helps me keep her in my memories. I recommend you visit, especially if you are looking for something in particular.
Christy Songola
Super friendly staff, a wide range of well priced books.
献忠张
A bookstore with a long history for antiques. It’s L shaped so it’s larger than it looks if you approach the building from the east like I did. The owner adores his collections, which unfortunately didn’t have the books I came for when I visited it. Though I soon found out it’s probably because the specific versions I wanted were only put together in the 21st century. The store often restocks, so the books on display could change from time to time. For reference I left with 2 books by Jack Vance from around 1970, and one book out of the Great Books of the Western World from 1952. There’s a one-star review about how the owner (I’m not sure if it’s the current owner Benjamin) took away a book from a kid, and another that says that a bag requested by the owner to be put at the storefront got stolen. The store probably got better now because there are signs on book racks notifying people the correct way of handling books and you are only required to remove your bags when you browse the books on the wall behind the counter, which are genuine antique books so old that the bookbindings are brittle now, almost fragile. If you wish to buy them then you probably should prepare a safe way for transport in advance, or ask Benjamin to come up with some protection. Be careful not to let Oscar creep up to you and scare you. Don’t step on him either.
