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Blackwell UK, also known as Blackwell's and Blackwell Group, is a British academic book retailer and library supply service owned by Waterstones. It was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Henry Blackwell, af
The main shop in Oxford in 1977
The "Norrington Room", contains more than 160,000 books on 3+ miles of shelving
Flagship branch, 48–51 Broad Street, Oxford
South Bridge, Edinburgh, formerly James Thin
James Thin
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James Thin Ltd was a Scottish bookshop chain, founded by James Thin in 1848. Five generations of the Thin family ran the company over the course of its 154-year lifespan. Initially a single store in E
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…music and art/poster shops, remained the only ones until expansion in the early 1990s, when at peak after taking over Heffers in Cambridge in 1999 and James Thin in Scotland in 2002, the company had more than 70 outlets. Its library supply chain serves an international market, but parts were sold off in 2009…
James Thin's bookshop in South Bridge
Cover of James Thin's catalogue of second-hand books from 1858
The former premises of James Thin, now Blackwell's Bookshop, South Bridge, Edinburgh.