Books and Comics In one of his 1980s Driff’s Guides the infamous, almost mythical bookshop reviewer Driffield described the original Book and Comic Exchange shop as having the “aura of somewhere out of a Jim Thompson novel”. That was our old shop, a dingy cave above a musical instrument shop on Notting Hill Gate’s main drag. Since then we have moved to bigger and brighter premises over two floors on Pembridge Road.   New stock is added daily. Recent acquisitions have included: a full run of Films and Filming magazine from the 1950s to the 1980s, a collection of rare Aleister Crowley pamphlets, a run of slip-cased E.C. Comics reprints and a signed copy of The Classy Chiseller.   As well as a wide selection of literary fiction, poetry and plays we are particularly strong on music, film, art and fashion related items. We also hold full shelves of sciences, history, military history, biography and cookery as well as our celebrated “sci-fi corridor”.   In addition to our ground floor selection of books, comics and magazines we have a fabulous bargain basement with thousands of items available for 50p or less. This bargain selection has regularly been used as a resource for set dressers from film and television or as material for artists and designers (Rachel Whiteread’s “library cast in concrete” was mainly sourced from our basement). And we especially love it when people buy our basement stock by the box.   We have thousands of books and comics with prices ranging from a few pence to hundreds of pounds. As one of the few bookshops to not list their shelved stock on the internet we remain one of the last places where dealers and general readers can rub shoulders and genuinely not know what is going to turn up next.