Lions Secondhand Book Shed
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While bookshops are rapidly becoming as extinct as a
Hispaniolan Edible Rat , it is fortunate for us bibliophiles that the supply of second hand books is doing the opposite.
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on Main Road at Coromandel Valley has a large collection of clean pre-owned books at prices from 50 cents to $5. Sadly they don't accept donations of Readers Digest condensed books, so if that's your thing then you will have to look elsewhere to purchase them
I went there in pursuit of my holy grail, a Sands & McDougalls Directory of South Australia. Sadly, it was not to be. But I did find a couple of other books about SA which I snapped up for $2. And I was very tempted by a sketchbook of places around SA (signed by its author), but my bookshelves wouldn't have thanked me for the extra weight.
Speaking of weight, there were a set of tomes about gardening which would have been tempting but they didn't seem to cover native plants. Anyone with an interest in roses could get a month's worth of reading here very cheaply.
Another book that caught my eye was The World's Greatest Scandals of the 20th Century, which looked particularly salacious. Maybe I am missing the tabloid press of the UK a little too much. The book's placement next to the New Testament did seem a little curious though.
It's actually worth the drive to Coromandel Valley just to see the scenic Sturt Creek as it meanders past, a short distance away from the Book Shed. I was tempted to let the dogs have a run there, but was worried they would jump in the creek faster than a pair of mating salmon.
Like other bookshops run by community service organisations, all proceeds go to charity.
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