About this place
What to expect
A Newtown institution, the shelves are bursting with new and secondhand books covering Australian art, history and culture; biographies and memoirs; travel; law; philosophy; cooking and much more. Elizabeth’s Bookshops are one of Australia’s largest second-hand bookshop operations, with four shops on both sides of the Australian continent. For 50 years, Elizabeth’s have been major dealers in second-hand, out-of-print and discounted new books. Elizabeth’s is the home of the original Blind Date with a Book. Books are wrapped in brown paper with just a few clues written on the outside, so there’s no way you can judge a book by its cover. Vintage magazines and antiquarian books, including first editions are also available.