2 weeks on....

The Tardis Bookshop has been open in Great Missenden High Street for 2 weeks now.

Although footfall has been sporadic over the last two weeks the ebay shop has been going well.

To check out more items we have online go to The Tardis Bookshop ebay shop.

We have a hugh selection of postcards online at present plus many more to follow.

The Tardis Bookshop, Great Missenden opens on 5th May

Tuesday 5th May 2009 will see the opening of the latest edition to Great Missenden's High Street.

Over the coming May Bank Holiday, we will be putting finishing touches to The Tardis Bookshop, and then will open as listed below.

Weekly:

Tuesdays 12 noon 'til 4 pm

Wednesdays 12 noon 'til 4 pm

Thursdays 12 noon 'til 4 pm

Fridays 12 noon 'til 4 pm

Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and Bank Holidays we will be Closed

We will continue to review opening times over the coming months and would very much like your feed back.

We are a local family run business and have a wide selection of books, including a specialist selection of true crime books. You can even pick up some bargain holiday reads!!

We buy and sell:

Books

Collectables

Bric a brac

Antiquities

Memorabilia

Antiquarian

Modern 1st Editions

Postcards

Sporting Memorabilia

Plus much more...

We hope to see you, so feel free to pop in and say hello in the very near future.

If you know anyone who would benefit from receiving this email please feel free to forward it on.

Regards

John

The Tardis Bookshop

For any more information please call or email us.

telephone: 01494 868434

email: books@thetardisbookshop.co.uk

www.thetardisbookshop.co.uk

59A High Street, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 0AL

The Tardis Bookshop Great Missenden

Great Missenden, High Street, Buckinghamshire

Below are a selection of pictures down Great Missenden High Street on the 30th April 2009

The White Lion, Great Missenden, Bucks

The Tardis Bookshop, Great Missenden
The Tardis Bookshop, Great Missenden

Soft Water Solutions
Soft Water Solutions, Great Missenden

Renewable Heat Solutions, Great Missenden

One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden

Landscapeconnection, Great Missenden

La Petite Auberge, Great Missenden

Cafe Toria, Great Missenden

Amanda Slope, Great Missenden

These were just taken quickly but my plan is to set up a gallery of images of the High Street for people to browse.

Bookshop in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, one of the loveliest of the Home Counties, contains the Chiltern Hills, the River Thames and the rolling acres of Aylesbury Vale. A county of fascinating contrasts, with tranquil country walks, unspoiled villages, country parks and vibrant market towns. Buckinghamshire Tourist Information can be found in many towns throughout the County.

In the south west of Buckinghamshire, Princes Risborough on the Icknield Way is worth a visit, to see the many 16th century houses and its brick Market House with open arcades. This is the ideal base for exploring the Chiltern Hills and Whiteleaf Hill.

Picturesque Wendover, renowned for fine eating places and antique shops, nestles into the edge of the Chiltern Hills - the focal point is the clock tower, built in 1842 which now houses the Buckinghamshire Tourist Information centre. The Ridgeway National trail leads through Wendover Woods up to Coombe Hill, and 33 miles of footpaths surround the town.

The south east of Buckinghamshire has many interesting attractions and pretty market towns. Amersham is divided into top Amersham, a thriving commercial centre and Old Amersham, worth visiting to see the half-timbered buildings and period cottages. The town holds outdoor markets and has a good selection of shops.

Great Missenden is an especially beautiful town with several churches and old buildings. A Bookshop called The Tardis Bookshop is located in Great Missenden High Street.

This information was obtained from aboutbritain.co.uk.

Great Missenden Bookshop

The Tardis Bookshop in Great Missenden

Great Missenden is a large village in the valley of the River Misbourne in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire between Amersham and Wendover. It closely adjoins the villages of Little Missenden and Prestwood. The narrow High Street is bypassed by the main A413 London to Aylesbury Road. The source of the Misbourne is to be found just north of the village, although the upper reach of the river runs only in winter and the perennial head is in Little Missenden. The village is now best known as home to the late Roald Dahl, the internationally famous children's author.

Great Missenden lay on a major route between the Midlands and London and several coaching inns, particularly the Red Lion (now an estate agents) and The George (which still exists) provided rest and refreshment for travellers and their horses. The first railway line in the area was, however, routed alongside the Grand Union Canal to the east. Once the coaches stopped running Great Missenden declined in importance and prosperity, becoming an agricultural village. Following the arrival of the London Underground Metropolitan Line in 1892, Great Missenden became a commuter village for London with writers, entertainers and even Prime Ministers among the passengers. Great Missenden railway station is now on the Chiltern Railways line and offers services running into London Marylebone.

The village is overlooked by the medieval parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul. Its position away from the village suggests an earlier settlement round the church with a move to its present location in the early Middle Ages. In the twelfth century Great Missenden was granted a charter allowing it to hold an annual Fair in August. Missenden Abbey, founded in 1133 as an Augustinian monastery, was ruined following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the remains were incorporated into a Georgian mansion which is now a conference centre.

Gipsy House in Great Missenden was the home of author Roald Dahl until his death in 1990, and many local scenes and characters are reflected in his work. Roald Dahl is buried at Saint Peter & Saint Pauls Church and children still leave toys and flowers at his grave. Great Missenden was also temporarily home to Robert Louis Stevenson, the writer of the world famous book Treasure Island, and is currently home to actor Geoffrey Palmer, and his wife Sally.

In June 2005 the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre opened in Great Missenden to honour the work of Roald Dahl.

The village is home to the Gateway School, Great Missenden Church of England Combined School and The Misbourne secondary school.

Bookshop

We have added a description from Wiki as to the definition of book collecting.

Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given individual collector. The love of books is bibliophilia, and someone who loves to read, admire, and collect books is a bibliophile. Bibliophilia is sometimes called bibliomania but should not be confused with the obsessive-compulsive disorder by that name, which involves the excessive accumulation and hoarding of books. The term bookman, which once meant a studious or scholarly man, now means one who writes, edits, publishes, or sells books. A book dealer is one whose profession is the buying and reselling of rare or used books. The Tardis Bookshop is a book dealer in Great Missenden, Bucks

True book collecting is distinct from casual book ownership and the accumulation of books for reading. It can probably be said to have begun with the collections of illuminated manuscripts, both commissioned and second-hand, by the elites of Burgundy and France in particular, which became common in the 15th century. Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy appears to have had the largest private collection of his day, with about six hundred volumes. With the advent of printing with movable type books became considerably cheaper, and book collecting received a particular impetus in England and elsewhere during the Reformation when many monastic libraries were broken up, and their contents often destroyed. There was an English antiquarian reaction to Henry VIII's dissolution of the Monasteries. The commissioners of Edward VI plundered and stripped university, college, and monastic libraries, so to save books from being destroyed, those who could began to collect them.

Book collecting can be easy and inexpensive: there are millions of new and used books, and thousands of bookstores, including online booksellers like Abebooks, Alibris, and Amazon. Only the wealthiest book collectors pursue the great rarities: the Gutenberg Bible, and Shakespeare's First Folio, for example, are both famous and extremely valuable. Collectors of average means may collect works by a favorite author, first editions of modern authors, or books on a given subject. Book prices generally depend on the demand for a given book, the number of copies available, and their condition.

We are a large selection of True Crime Books in stcok for you to look around.

NEW Bookshop to open soon in Great Missenden

NEW Bookshop to open soon in Great Missenden

The Tardis Bookshop will open soon in Great Missenden along the High Street.

The address of the shop is 59A High Street, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 0AL

Please call us on 01494 868434 or send us an email: books@thetardisbookshop.co.uk

We buy and sell all types of Books, Collectables, Antiquarian, Postcards, Sporting Memorabilia, General Memorabilia.

If you have any items you would like to sell then please feel free to contact us.

www.thetardisbookshop.co.uk