Barter Books

Introduction

Barter Books is a secondhand bookshop with an online catalogue. It also offers gift items, music and refreshments.

The book catalogue covers fiction, children’s books, art, history, science and many other subjects. It includes antiquarian books, first editions and autographed editions.

What Barter Books offers

The Station Buffet and an ice cream parlour offer refreshments.

Using the website

The online catalogue has book search fields for author, title and keyword, plus an advanced search option and search help.

Search help describes using an asterisk as a wildcard when spelling is uncertain. It also explains how to use AND, OR, quotation marks and brackets in a search.

The website includes an interactive view of the writers’ mural. Panels can be enlarged to show background information, and individual figures can be selected for close-ups.

Notable features

The ice cream parlour serves ice cream, sundaes, milkshakes and ice cream sodas. It also offers coffees, tea and cakes, with seating and tables in an adjoining room.

The Station Buffet has a breakfast menu and a main menu. It does not operate a booking system.

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Key takeaways

Summary

Barter Books brings together secondhand books, music and gifts, with an online catalogue that can be searched by author, title or subject.