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St Philip's Books Ltd

P.B.F.A., B.A. (estd.1995) 82 St Aldates, Oxford OX1 1RA

Specialist in rare & secondhand books in the humanities: Theology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Art, Classics and Antiquarian. Particular interests include Roman Catholic books, John Henry Newman & the Oxford Movement, C.S. Lewis & J.R.R.Tolkien, Eastern Christianity, Patristics, Medieval Studies, Biblical Studies and Christian Spirituality.

Rare, Secondhand and New Books

Distributor for the Letters & Diaries of John Henry Newman

Books posted worldwide

large stock of Humanities books, including History, Literature, Philosophy, Art, Classics and Antiquarian

Over 10,000 books in stock

Books bought in all subjects, especially Theology, Humanities, and Academic.

For more information, or to request a free printed catalogue, please use the enquiry page. Orders may be placed through the website, or by e-mail, phone, letter or fax.

We are always interested in buying books, and will travel nationwide to view collections.

You can join our mailing list to receive a regular PDF catalogue.

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