The Bookshop : A History of Bookselling From the Dawn of Print to the 21st Century summer This was a riotously imaginative

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The Hungarian Jewish cellist and composer Pál Hermann managed to keep one step ahead of the Gestapo for much of the Second World War but was eventually captured and murdered

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The Bookshop : A History of Bookselling From the Dawn of Print to the 21st Century summer This was a riotously imaginativeAuthor(s): Pettegree, Andrew Binding: Hardback, Date of Publication: 17 09 2026, Pagination: 320 pages, 8pp colour plates, ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781805224372, Description: 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