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Author_Andrew Pettegree
book lovers
bookselling
bookshops
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European history
forthcoming
Foyles
history books
history of bookshops
literary books
reading
Waterstones
World War Two
Product details
- ISBN 9781805224372
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Bookshops are a comforting sight on our high streets, warm and welcoming spaces in which to browse, meet friends and occasionally buy books. They may feel timeless, yet their history is a restless and turbulent one, filled with as many entrepreneurial street hawkers and illicit trades as with beloved institutions.
The Bookshop, from the celebrated author of The Library and The Book at War, explores the evolution of bookselling from the cramped collectors' shops frequented by Samuel Pepys to the radical feminist bookshops of the 70s, the rise of monolithic chains and the new world of online selling. Connecting stories and lives that span centuries, countries and continents, The Bookshop brings us into beloved bookshops of today and looks forward to the possible experience of booksellers of tomorrow.
Andrew Pettegree, FBA, is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of The Book at War, the prize-winning The Book in the Renaissance and co-author of The Library: A Fragile History. He is a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and founding director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue.
