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The Bookshop by Andrew Pettegree
Basic Books · New release

The Bookshop

A History of Bookselling from the Dawn of Print to the Twenty-First Century

Andrew Pettegree

Basic Books · World History
Releases October 13, 2026 · ISBN 9781541607279

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About the book

Andrew Pettegree traces bookselling from medieval merchants and the first printers to railway bookstalls, chain stores, and independent shops. He is a historian of the book and of the Reformation.

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