Quotes
Cicero - 'A room without books is like a body
without a soul'
Daniel Boorstein - 'A wonderful thing about a
book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that
you can take it to bed with you'
Bertrand Russell - 'there are two motives for
reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the
otherthat you can boast about it'
Welcome to Balfour Books
We are an independent, online market place for books. We hold a large stock of second-hand, rare, out of print titles in almost every field. We maintain an interesting and varied stock of over 20,000 titles and specialise in the following fields:
Modern & Naval History
Modern 1st Editions
Field Sports
Biographies
Sport
Topography
General Fiction
Agriculture
Catalogue
Based in Sidmouth Devon, we provide a searchable online catalogue for our customers across the UK and world.
Free Book Search
The internet is not enough. Through our contacts we are able to trace titles not in the public domain.
We Buy
We are always looking to buy book collections or libraries. Covering all subjects.