Oxton Books

Oxton Books Independent Book shop housed in the beautiful and historic Williamson Art Gallery in the heart of Birkenhead. We can order new and second hand editions.

We sell new and second hand (including collectable). We specialise in local interest interest, transport, and art books. We stock a broad selection of children's illustrated storybooks. We house the Oxton History Group's archive - files can be borrowed to be perused in the cafe area of the gallery. Reservations and orders can be made by phone or by email.

05/12/2018

Only one more week for you to buy Scout Post stamps at Oxton Books! Last day for posting (postbox in gallery) is the 12th December.
Booklet about Oxton Women's Struggle for the Vote will make a brilliant stocking filler - available in our shop.
Last day for ordering new books before Christmas is Wednesday,19th December. The gallery will close the end of Saturday, 22nd December and reopen Friday, 4th January 2019. Seasonal best wishes to all our wonderful customers1

04/11/2018

Michael Morpurgo visited the Williamson yesterday to give a sold-out talk. He saw the Roger Lancelyn Green display -was so surprised to discover a childhood inspiration was born and lived in Wirral (had thought he lived in Magic Land). Said a favourite read when he was a boy was King Arthur. He was very impressed with our lovely gallery!

01/11/2018

November 2nd is the centenary of Roger Lancelyn Green's birth. This inspirational writer is having a blue plaque dedicated to him at Poulton Hall and there is also a display of his books {kindly loaned by June Lancelyn Green} at Oxton Books in the Williamson. Come and see how influential his writings have proved to be!

22/09/2018

Interested in Oxton history? We now have in a brand new booklet about the local Suffragist/Suffragette activists - makes fascinating reading! What an example to us all!

One day the artist Henri Matisse cut a small bird from a piece of white paper....so begins the story of a new kind of ar...
11/09/2015

One day the artist Henri Matisse cut a small bird from a piece of white paper....so begins the story of a new kind of art,featuring full-colour reproductions of eight works by Matisse,three of them in foldout form.
A child-friendly introduction to the wonderful world of Matisse!Available now at Oxton Books!

New sign outside gallery to let more people know we are here!
10/09/2015

New sign outside gallery to let more people know we are here!

Just published!! A new book by the lovely Laura Weston - a well known local artist. Pop-up art at its very best - availa...
27/08/2015

Just published!! A new book by the lovely Laura Weston - a well known local artist. Pop-up art at its very best - available NOW from Oxton Books.
Don't forget to tell all your friends!!

We now have in stock a very fine copy of the much in demand "Auld Lang Syne" by H.B. Neilson! A fascinating collection o...
20/08/2015

We now have in stock a very fine copy of the much in demand "Auld Lang Syne" by H.B. Neilson! A fascinating collection of reminiscences about Claughton and Birkenhead, with illustrations by the author. Share with collectors and local historians alike!

13/08/2015

Numerous towns claim connections to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - celebrating its 150th anniversary this year - but how legitimate are their links?

Do you know of Mike "Lofty" Carr's amazing war experiences?He now lives quietly in Oxton tending his butterfly garden wi...
13/08/2015

Do you know of Mike "Lofty" Carr's amazing war experiences?He now lives quietly in Oxton tending his butterfly garden with his wife Barbara. Read all about his exploits in the newly-published "The Men Who Made the SAS" by Gavin Mortimer now in stock here at Oxton Books.
It's opening sentences set the scene -
"There were few bigger men in The Long Range Desert Group than Lance-Corporal Mike Carr.....he was one of the three top navigatorsin the LRDG, a man capable of finding his way across the flat , featureless, unforgiving expanse of the Libyan Desert."

13/08/2015

The latest History Group Periodical [no.18] is now on sale at the book shop - £1 a copy.Its lead article features the 1887 cricket match at Oxton Cricket Ground between the Gentlemen of Canada and the Gentlemen of West Cheshire.

Don't forget - we can order new or secondhand books for individuals or reading groups. Three happy customers today and ,...
31/07/2015

Don't forget - we can order new or secondhand books for individuals or reading groups. Three happy customers today and , hopefully, one happy reading group!

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WILLIAMSON GALLERY AND MUSEUM
Birkenhead
CH434UE

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+441516520202

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