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52 SHOPPING
Love Books Bamboo, 53 Rustenburg Rd, Melville, tel.
+27 11 726 7408, www.lovebooks.co.za. Kate Rogan
selection exhibits thoughtful and considered choices, awardwinning
books, and books people are or should be talking
about. The bookshop hosts regular events and launches and
also stocks great books for children.QOpen 09:00–17:00,
Sat 09:00–16:00, Sun 09:00–02:00.
Rad Gallery 357 Jan Smuts Ave (cnr St Albans Rd),
Craighall Park, tel. +27 11 781 0455, www.warmandglad.com.
A small but delightful store attached to a popular
café, Warm & Glad. The place for quirky design books on fashion,
typography, street food and other specialised interests.
QOpen 07:30–16:30, Sat 08:30–12:30. Closed Sun. K
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Exclusive Books Shop U110/112, Upper Level, Nelson
Mandela Sq, 5th St, Sandton, tel. +27 11 784 5416,
www.exclus1ves.co.za. With stores in many of the city’s
major shopping centres, this is your destination for new books.
You’ll also find contemporary South African writing here, and it
is good for tracking down hiking maps and roadmaps.QOpen
08:00–22:30, Sat 09:00–22:30, Sun 09:00–21:00. UL
David Krut Bookstore 151 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood,
tel. +27 11 880 5646, www.davidkrutpojects.com. With
a print workshop and art gallery in Parkwood and Maboneng
(which also sells books), David Krut is a top South African art
book publisher and stocks a unique and hand-picked range of
exquisite local and imported art books.QOpen 09:00–17:00,
Sat 09:00–16:00. Closed Sun.
Bookdealers 12 7th St, Melville, tel. +27 11 726 4054,
www.bookdealers.co.za. New titles arrive every week and
the many genres covered will interest just about any reader
– from popular fiction to cookbooks, history to detective
novels. Bookdealers has six stores across the city and will
ship books to most countries.QOpen Mon 09:00–21:00,
Tue–Sat 09:00–22:00, Sun 10:00–21:00.
Collectors Treasury F-4, CTP House, 244 Commissioner
St, Maboneng, tel. +27 11 334 6556, www.antiqbook.com/bookdealer.phtml?o=collectorstreasury.
It doesn’t get much better than this: the largest used and
rare-book shop in Africa, with two million items (books,
maps, engravings, prints, porcelain, records, etc.). Take your
time to unearth some treasures.QOpen 09:00–17:00, Sat
10:00–13:00. Closed Sun.
Hospice Bookshop C-3, Cnr Juta and Melle Sts,
Braamfontein, tel. +27 11 403 1026, www.hospicewitwatersrand.org.za/Shops-Braamfontein.aspx.
The
flagship store of the charity Hospice, this quirky shop sells an
assortment of clothing, household objects, vintage and rare
items along with a fine selection of well-priced fiction and nonfiction.QOpen
09:00–16:00, Sat 09:00–14:00. Closed Sun.
Maboneng Precinct
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1886 Boutique
Kalahari Books The Garret, Tuxedo Junction, 2 Dunottar
St, Orange Grove, tel. +27 82 678 8619, kalaharibooks.co.za.
All you see from the street is a hand-painted
black arrow pointing to a concrete ramp. Follow it to this haven
for used, hard-to-find and generally out-of-print editions (an
estimated 70 000 titles). Kalahari Books also sells from two
Sunday markets: B&B Markets Norwood Stall Y18, and Finders
Keepers Rosebank Mall Market Stall 191 (see Markets).
QOpen Tue–Sat 09:30–16:30. Closed Sun, Mon.
Crafted goods
1886 Boutique G-4, 20 Kruger
St, Maboneng, tel. +27 11 467
2264, www.1886boutique.
co.za. An ode to Joburg and its
landmarks in a myriad quirky
household objects, from taxi
hand-signs printed on tea towels
to ceramics bearing the image of the Hillbrow Tower. The large
Joburg Princess cushions are a personal favourite.QOpen
10:00–17:00. Closed Mon. L
Art Africa 62 Tyrone Ave, Parkview, tel. +27 11 486
2052. A treasure trove for South African arts and crafts
gifts and household accessories made from beads and
recycled products. Art Africa stocks everything from jewellery
to fabrics, homeware to furniture, along with extraordinary
ceramics, lighting and other handmade goods.QOpen
09:00–18:00, Sat 09:00–16:00. Closed Sun.
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