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The Printed Word Bookshop Limited, 
Jersey Museum, St.Helier. Jersey.
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Here are some titles with a Jersey interest.

To see more books with a Channel Island theme try:  LOCAL BOOKS

For our Jersey customers with an island address delivery is FREE. So if you pay by Paypal we will refund you the UK postage.

All Paypal buttons on this site are for delivery to the UK.If you are an international customer, please email us for a quote for postage to your country before paying by Paypal.

Please note that all items are offered subject to availability.

 

Around the Channel Islands book cover.

 

 

£12.99

+

£3.00 post

to UK

 

 

Around the Channel Islands

by Catherine Rothwell.

Prize-winning author, Catherine Rothwell, shows her love of the Channel Islands by seeking out so much interesting history. Along with her stunning selection of historic images, she describes in great detail the customs and traditions, events, landmarks, streets and coast scenes and people going about their daily business in days gone by.

Designed to appeal to visitors and islanders alike, this is an exceptional book to treasure.

 

Jersey That Nest of Vypers book cover

 

£9.99

+

£3.00 post to UK

Jersey: 'That Nest of Vypers'

by Alec Podger.

The History of Jersey has many interesting aspects and this collection of talks and articles covers many of them with a particular emphasis on maritime subjects.

 

From Refugee to OBE by Charles G Strasser cover illustration.

RRP £29.95

£15.00

+

£6.00 post to UK

 

From Refugee to OBE

by Charles G. Strasser.

The life of Charles Gad Strasser is well captured in the title of this book. The reader will find not only a passionate personal story of one man's "climbing of the mountain," but also an important historical rendition from war-torn Europe to the flourishing industries and institutions which have contributed to our current prosperous world.

Charles Strasser fled from his native Czechoslovakia when he was 11 in 1938 just barely in advance of the Nazi war machine.

 

Coasters of the Channel Islands cover illustration

£15.00

+

£4.00 post to UK

 

Coasters of the Channel Islands

by Dave Hocquard.

Written by well-known Jersey maritime historian and photographer, this hardback contains 12 black and white and 75 colour photographs. Featuring vessels at Ronez Quarry and St Helier harbour and at Guernsey, Alderney and Sark.

Covers the period 1950s to 2006

 

Life & Times by Chris George, cover illustration

£19.95

+

£4.00 post to UK

 

Life & Times;

Life Across Our Islands

Captured by Chris George.

More than 200 pictures from the 24SE7EN photographer showing a slice of the diverse life in the Channel Islands.

 

Wild Islands DVD by Sue Daly, cover illustration.

 

£14.99 + £3.00 post to UK

 

Wild Islands DVD

by Sue Daly

Four 25 minute programmes by award-winning natural history photographer, Sue Daly. Wild Sark, Wild Invaders, Wild Harbours, Wild Spring and Wild Alderney

See the dedicated page:

http://www.jerseybookshop.co.uk/WildIslands.htm

Jersey 1204; The forging of an island community. Hardback dust jacket.

 

£19.95

+

£3.20 post to UK

 

 

Jersey 1204

The forging of an island community

by J.A.Everard & J.C.Holt  

An authoritative history published to celebrate the 800th anniversary of

Jersey's unique relationship with the English crown.

The British Channel Islands under German Occupation 1940-45 by Dr Paul Sanders. Cover.

 

£19.95

+

£3.20 post to UK

 

 

The British Channel Islands under German Occupation 1940-45

By Dr Paul Sanders.

ISBN 0-9538858-3-6

To mark the 60th anniversary of liberation in 2005 the Jersey Heritage Trust commissioned a new study of this defining period in the history of the islands.

A Peculiar Occupation by Peter Tabb, Dust jacket illustration.

£19.99

+

£3.20 post to UK

 

 

 

A Peculiar Occupation

   New Perspectives on Hitler's Channel Islands.

By Peter Tabb

ISBN 0-7110-3113-4

Written by a Channel Islander, this is a remarkable testament to the triumph of the human spirit over evil and the survival of a quintessentially British way of life under the Nazi jackboot.

Jersey Geology Trail by R.A.H.Nichols Ph.D. & A.E.Hill Ph.D. Cover.

 

£17.00

+

£1.50 post to UK

 

 

Jersey Geology Trail

by R.A.H.Nichols, Ph.D.

& A.E.Hill Ph.D.

Jersey Climbs by Kevin Eloury. Guide cover image © Michael Richecoeur

£15.00

+

£1.50 post to UK

 

 

JERSEY CLIMBS

by local climber Kevin Eloury.

 Check out this link:    http://www.jerseyclimbs.com/

 

Deo Gratias History of the French Catholic Church in Jersey:1790-2007

 

£10.00

+

£3.00 post to UK

 

 

 

Deo Gratias;

A History of the French Catholic Church in Jersey:

1790-2007

by Diane Moore.

 

Living with the Enemy DVD image.

Living with the Enemy VHS illustration.

Living with the Enemy paperback book cover.

DVD £15.99

+£2 postage to UK


VHS £12.99

PAL system

+£2 postage to UK


Pbk Book £5.95

+£3.00 postage to UK

 

 

Living with the Enemy DVD £15.99

 

 

Living with the Enemy VHS £12.99

 

 

Living with the Enemy book £  5.95

You may wish to try this link to find out more :

http://www.livingwiththeenemy.com/

Signed Copies of

Harry Vardon,

by Audrey Howell

back in stock.

Buy yours now!


See also:

Harry Vardon WMV video.

Buy it here:

HARRY VARDON PAGE.

 

Windows Media Video of Harry Vardon, Jersey's Favourite Golfing Son.


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Located in the Channel Islands, our book shop specialises in selling local Jersey books, general U. K. released books and gifts.

Our bookshop will despatch worldwide.

(For our North American customers, please note our bookstore is happy to ship to USA & Canada.)

Contact us for a quote.

As the only locally owned Bookseller in St.Helier our website url (or web address) reflects that we are THE JERSEY BOOKSHOP .

o .The Printed Word at the Jersey Museum, General booksellers and Gift retailer.

iThe Printed Word at the Jersey Museum.

We don't just stock history books!

Classics, Childrens titles, History books and one of the most extensive collection of Local Channel Island publications.

There are novels, general non-fiction...

A discerning selection of brand new general fiction, biographys and other non fiction.

and also gifts...

Collectables and many other gifts from Jersey to suit all pockets

To find the shop take the main entrance into the Jersey Museum from the Weighbridge. Go through the courtyard, where the brasserie sets out their tables to tempt you to sit and have refreshments.

Please go in the main door. There is NO charge if you just want to enter the shop to browse or buy.

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Did you know?

In most cases we offer a no extra charge delivery-service to your workplace or home, if in the island of Jersey (see terms), so fill in the form.

 Unlike others we do not  need payment up front. If delivery is to a Jersey address then pay us when we contact you to say that your book has arrived with us.

We accept Mastercard, Visa Maestro and Delta cards. If you are outside Jersey then contact us for a quote for postage costs.

 If you have an email address you can then pay us using Paypal .

Simply fill in your details on the Order Form and we will calculate the total price of your order to include carriage to your postal address.

You will then get an email with a Paypal button link which you can use to pay us with.

 

Import Duty and VAT for customers in UK.

While books are zero rated in the UK and so are the same price in the Channel Islands, audio books. language CD/cassettes and gift items are not. If you buy from us we do not charge VAT.

If you are a buyer from the UK then as long as the item is less than £18 (currently) there is no VAT to pay.

You are considered the importer of record and must comply with the laws and regulations of the UK.

For a guide to UK Customs see:

HM Revenue & Customs

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As experienced booksellers, having been in the business since December 1988, we know our way around the bibliographical data-bases in order to find that in-print book that other bookshops may have failed to find.

We are an independent and not a branch of a chain or Multiple.

If you want us to search for a book and order it for you please call our order line: 01534-768524 or

click here

In Jersey we deliver island wide at no extra charge

As well as ordering new titles, we can do an Antiquarian book search for those out-of-print books.     

ORDER FORM.


Finding the book to order.

Would you like some inspiration? Try a book review site e.g.:
www.richmondreview.co.uk

Or the BBC arts page at:

www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books/

Did you see it on Channel 4 Richard and Judy's Book club?

book_club

Or was it:

Page Turners on the BBC hosted by Jeremy Vine?

BBC - Arts- Page Turners

 

Perhaps you are searching for a book that you saw reviewed in the papers but can not remember the title?

Here are the web addresses of some of the newspapers to help you:

www.independent.co.uk

www.timesonline.co.uk

www.telegraph.co.uk

www.guardian.co.uk

www.ft.com

www. daily mail .co.uk

The ISBN, Title and author are helpful to us in order to ensure that we obtain the correct book for you.

This service is normally for British Books that are in print. We can order U.S. titles via our U. K. wholesaler, however they take longer and our supplier converts $1=£1 to cover costs (sorry this is out of our hands!).

The Printed Word at the Jersey Museum.

To find the book shop enter the Museum via the Weighbridge entrance, next to St.Helier bus station.

Picture of the Jersey Museum taken from the Weighbridge.

Please visit our partner's site:

www.jerseyheritagetrust.org

In association with the Jersey Heritage Trust, we run the shop in the Jersey Museum at the Weighbridge, St.Helier, Jersey. The shop has a comprehensive local section, various general titles and gifts and souvenirs for all tastes.


 

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