Daker Books

Independent bookshop specialising in rare & collectable treasures, signed copies, pre-loved & beautiful editions. Please see Instagram for our latest news.

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Debbie’s Grandma and Grandad Daker, after whom our secondhand, rare, collectable and antiquarian collection is named, back pride of place in The Daker Room @kibworthbooks.

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…and this 😍

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This…

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We’re on tour again! This time - Edinburgh! Come and see us and other lovely booksellers at the Augustine United Church on George IV Bridge 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Our ever-growing collection of treasures. Come and find one today at The Barn in Kibworth, open 10am 4pm 💫📚

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**Don’t forget about our courtyard entrance!**

👟Immediate and safe passage into The Children’s Room and easiest access for our @dakerbooks collection

🚗 There are 2 parking spaces too for the less ambulant

We’re here to help you into our bookshop, whatever the challenge♥️📚

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Elsie and the Child by Arnold Bennett, illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer.

One of a limited print run of 750 numbered copies published by Cassell and Co. in 1928 📚

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The first 12 volumes of the Folio Letterpress Shakespeare. Numbered (all 12 the same), Limited Editions.

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Every last object has now been moved over from number 52 to The Barn, including the pictures from the old non-fiction room upstairs. They look quite fetching in The Daker Room, non?!
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@westwood_books @kibworthbooks Thanks Heather!

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Daker Books at The Barn is GO! Come and see us at 29 High Street with our sister bookshop @kibworthbooks

It’s REALLY fab!
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@DanielDVince @kibworthbooks Thanks Daniel!

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***Moving into The Barn Progress Report***

Well, we’re getting there…

Come and check out said progress tomorrow night when @robinince will be @kibworthbooks, where we are now (half-)installed!

(Tickets in-store and online.)

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Books you will see on our stand at the @pbfaorg York New Year Book Fair @yorkracecourse TODAY!

10:30am-4:30pm

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Books you will see on our stand at the @pbfaorg York New Year Book Fair TOMORROW @yorkracecourse Part III:

History of Western Music by Claude V. Palisca et al. Folio Society, 2008

Pristine book with foiling on spine and boards. In fine slipcase. £30
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Books you will see on our stand at the @pbfaorg York New Year Book Fair this Saturday @yorkracecourse Part II:

The Passenger and Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy. Picador, 2022

***Both books signed by Cormac McCarthy***

1st ed. New. Limited to 250 copies worldwide.

£2,500

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Books you will see on our stand at the @pbfaorg York New Year Book Fair this Saturday @yorkracecourse Part I:

A Book of Mediterranean Food by Elizabeth David. Macdonald & Co, 1958.

First edition. Near fine book in good dust jacket. £125.

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Buswoman’s holiday for Daker Books in Stockholm, thanks to @bookshop_se, @ronnellsantikvariat and the magnificent Stadsbiblioteket📚♥️🇸🇪🎄HAPPY NEW YEAR, BOOK LOVERS!

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🎤📚EXCITING NEWS 📚🎤

After Chrimbo, we’ll be moving into The Barn with our sister bookshop @kibworthbooks! So...come and see us at the old place before / on Christmas Eve and you will very likely pick up bargains (so that we have fewer books to schlepp in the move! 🤣📚🚚😬)

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@MariaVBooks !!🤣🧩