Madame Bibi and I go book shopping

Last Saturday, I had a lovely bookish treat – going bookshopping with Madame Bibi Lophile! We’ve known each other in the blogosphere for goodness knows how long – well over a decade – but never met before. When I posted a lament about all the best secondhand bookshops in London closing or worsening, she put forward recommendations for travelling further south – and so I asked her to give me a tour of some of her faves. Since they’re spread out, Madame B put together an itinerary of a handful – and I suspect there is scope for a second trip for others. We had such a fun morning/afternoon – the sun was shining, the company was excellent, and (thank goodness) we both bought lots of books. I’ve been bookshopping before with people who are very abstemious, and it is lovely but not the same as finding someone else also ready to load up with literature. The photo is what I bought (out of order) – let’s go through it, place by place. We started at Greenwich Oxfam – a little bookshop, very…