About Alice's

Shop photo

Address: Alice's Bookshop, 629 Rathdowne St. North Carlton, Melbourne, Vic 3054 Australia.
Postal Address: P.O. Box 285, North Carlton, Vic 3054 Australia.
Phone: +61 3 9347 4656
Email Address: books@alices.com.au
Opening Hours: 10.30 - 6.00, 7 days.
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day only.
Owner/Manager: Anthony Marshall.
Assistant Manager: Bernard Vella.
Established: 1986.

Stock:

Approximately 20,000 old, rare, interesting secondhand books in four ground-floor rooms. No specialisation, but emphasis on the arts, literature, humanities, travel, ancient and medieval history.

Services:

Free search service for out-of-print books.
Mail-order throughout the world.
Credit cards and EFTPOS facilities.
Valuations and appraisals by arrangement.
Single books and entire collections purchased.

Access:

Shop is situated about 3 km from the centre of Melbourne.
(Map Coming Soon!) Serviced by public transport:
Method: Number: Destination: Stop:
Tram 1 Port Melb. Beach to East Coburg via Swanston St. City 115: cnr of Lygon & Newry Streets.
Tram 22 Arts Centre, St.Kilda Rd. to East Coburg via Swanston St. City 115: cnr of Lygon & Newry Streets.
Tram 96 St.Kilda to East Brunswick via Bourke St. City 18: cnr of Nicholson & Curtain Streets.
Bus 250 & 251 Garden City to LaTrobe University / Northland Rathdowne St. (Carlton Library).
Bus 235 & 236 Fisherman's Bend to Park St. North Carlton Rathdowne St. (Carlton Library).
Car parking nearby is usually available at no cost. Time limits apply.

The Owner:

Anthony Marshall


Anthony Marshall is the owner of Alice's Bookshop. He has been a bookseller for over twenty years. A graduate of Cambridge University, he had a bookshop in England for ten years before he settled in Melbourne in 1988. He writes a monthly column for the Australian Book Collector entitled "From a Melbourne Bookshop". He is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers ( ANZAAB).