book-historia:Allow me to introduce you to the beautiful and magical Maggs Bros.(maggsbros ). Establ
book-historia:Allow me to introduce you to the beautiful and magical Maggs Bros. (maggsbros ). Established in 1853, they’re one of the oldest continuously operating antiquarian bookshops in the world, and are located in the lovely Mayfair neighbourhood of London. They have a wonderful show room and shop, but what is really amazing about them (in my opinion) is their overflow stores and “hospital”, which Ed Maggs believes to be the last one in use. Hospitals used to be the rooms in antiquarian bookshops into which books lacking pages disappeared, in the hopes that one day a book with a complementary defect could be found and both books could be made whole. However, due to the change in attitudes towards creating “hybrid” books, I don’t believe the room gets much use for its original purpose- instead, they have become wonderlands of slightly tatty treasures, perhaps loved a bit too much in their early days, but given a great deal of personality for it. -- source link
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