Simon Paul Books is an independent bookseller based in Chorley, Lancashire, with a particular passion for transport, local history, and older books that can be difficult to find elsewhere.
The business is run by Simon, whose interest in transport comes from growing up in a railway family. Trains and railway history have always been a particular fascination, and this lifelong interest has developed into a strong knowledge of transport books, railway publications, and specialist titles.
Simon also has a deep interest in local history and holds a BA (Hons) degree in History. This background has given him a genuine appreciation for books that document local communities, industries, transport networks, people, and places.
A major part of Simon Paul Books is the care and attention given to older and out-of-print books. Many titles are no longer available through mainstream bookshops, yet still contain valuable information, photographs, maps, memories, and research that deserve to be preserved and enjoyed.
Simon regularly travels across the country sourcing new books for the collection, searching for interesting, unusual, specialist, and hard-to-find titles. Every collection brings the possibility of discovering something special, from railway histories and transport reference books to local history, social history, religious books, and other fascinating subjects.
At Simon Paul Books, the aim is simple: to give good books a new home and help readers, collectors, researchers, and enthusiasts find titles they may have thought were no longer available.
Whether you are searching for a particular railway book, researching your local area, building a specialist collection, or simply enjoy browsing older books, Simon Paul Books hopes you will find something worth discovering.