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Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones, is a British book retailer based in London, United Kingdom, owned by the American investment group Elliott Investment Management. As of 2025, i
Early versions of shop signage were gold in colour.
Waterstones in Wakefield occupies the city's former HMV branch.
A re-branding saw the logo change from Baskerville to FS Albert Pro until 2012.
Sutton branch, with Café W signage
Blackwell's
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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
Waterstones
…bookshop in Ireland, founded in 1768), Hatchards (the oldest bookshop in Britain, founded in 1797), Foyles (a chain of seven bookshops in England) and Blackwell's. In April 2018 the American investment-management firm Elliott Management Corporation bought a majority stake in the company…
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