Goldsboro Books brings its collection to The Library by BookXcess
For most bookworms, collecting beautifully made books with jaw-dropping artwork covers and sprayed edges wrapped up in a hardbound back can sometimes be more appealing than reading the book itself.
If you fall into that category – or you’re just eager to check out new books – then you’ll want to know about the new Goldsboro Room at The Library by BookXcess. The London-based specialist bookstore Goldsboro Books brings its collection of UK first editions, all of them signed, to the Petaling Jaya bookstore.
Here’s a first look at the space, which officially opens to the public on 27th August 2026.
What is Goldsboro Books?
Goldsboro Books in London.
Image credit: Goldsboro Books
For the uninitiated, Goldsboro Books was founded in 1999 as an independent bookstore located in London’s Cecil Court, also popularly known as ‘Booksellers’ Row’ in London. The specialist bookstore is known for carrying a wide collection of signed hardback first editions of well-known and rare titles. Currently, the bookstore carries over 25,000 hardback first edition books.
The bookstore quickly rose to popularity in 2013, as they were the only bookshop in the world to carry signed copies of The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith, the pen name for J.K Rowling before she revealed her true identity to the world.
What to expect at Goldsboro Room
Goldsboro Books is part of The Library by BookXcess, tucked away inside Sunway Square Mall. The space, officially called Goldsboro Room, mimics the look of its flagship store in London, with 13sqm of space in the bookstore reserved for books in its collection.
It’ll also be Goldsboro’s first outpost in Southeast Asia.
Malaysian bookworms can get eye-catching copies of books in their UK first edition. Almost all of them feature sprayed edges and hardback covers.
Books on the shelves span a variety of genres, including general fiction, translated titles, horror, fantasy, and non-fiction, with most of the titles written by up-and-coming authors. All the books are hand-signed by the authors, too.
Goldsboro Room opens at The Library by BookXcess this August
A slice of London’s ‘Bookseller’s Row’ will be coming to Malaysia permanently, with the debut of the Goldsboro Room at The Library by BookXcess on 27th August. Whether to browse or to buy, it’ll be a treat for bookworms, who can now go through the London bookstore’s collections right here in Malaysia.
Cover image adapted from: TheSmartLocal Malaysia
Photography by Brooklyn.
First published on 17th August 2026, and updated on 24th August 2026.