{"product_id":"the-bookshop-a-history-of-bookselling-from-the-dawn-of-print-to-the-21st-century-9781805224372","title":"The Bookshop: A History of Bookselling From the Dawn of Print to the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA magisterial history of bookshops and booksellers by the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Library \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book at war\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBookshops 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 with beloved institutions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e, from the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Library\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Book at War\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the evolution of bookselling from the cramped collectors' shops frequented by Samuel Pepys to the radical feminist bookshops of the 70s, the rise of monolithic chains and the new world of online selling. Connecting stories and lives that span centuries, countries and continents, \u003ci\u003eThe Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e brings us into beloved bookshops of today and looks forward to the possible experience of booksellers of tomorrow.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781805224372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Main\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 22 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Profile Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.6(H)x15.4(L)x3.2(W)535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 535\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eAndrew Pettegree, FBA, is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book at War, \u003c\/i\u003ethe prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Book in the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author \u003ci\u003eof The Library: A Fragile History\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and founding director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eStylish, authoritative and full of telling anecdotes. Andrew Pettegree is the ideal guide through half a millennium of selling books -- Dennis Duncan, author of INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE\u003cbr\u003eA wonderfully wide-ranging study * Country Life *\u003cbr\u003eClearly written, packed with anecdotes, vignettes and nuggets - and, for the bookman, quite irresistible * Oldie *\u003cbr\u003eA pioneering and meticulously researched history ... Pettegree's command of his sprawling subject is clear ... An essential resource for anyone interested in the largely undocumented and precarious history of bookselling * The List *\u003cbr\u003eAn absorbing and thorough history of the book trade whose shaky livelihoods have, for nearly 600 years, been at the mercy of the fickle vagaries of changing winds ... Scholarly and engaging -- Shaun Bythell, author of THE DIARY OF A BOOKSELLER\u003cbr\u003ePettegree reveals the hard graft and innovation behind the book trade * History Today *\u003cbr\u003eAt last, a history of the bookshop which paints the big picture. Every chapter of Pettegree's kaleidoscopic account has enough stories, characters and statistics to satisfy even the most curious bibliomaniac -- Roly Allen, author of THE NOTEBOOK\u003cbr\u003eA unique and fascinating chronicle of the origins of bookselling and the development of the bookstores we know and love today. The Bookshop is an important contribution to the canon of literary history -- Molly Guptill Manning, author of WHEN BOOKS WENT TO WAR\u003cbr\u003eIn a thoroughly engaging and deeply researched narrative, he traces the sale of books by printers, pedlars and priests, from stalls in St. Paul's Churchyard to gilded department stores, from train stations to chain stores and ultimately Amazon. Pettegree chronicles the resilience of the trade in the face of censorship, banishment, and bankruptcy. This is the arresting and ultimately optimistic story of the making and marketing of print culture. Here is a book for every booklover to buy -- Jeff Jarvis, author of THE GUTENBERG PARENTHESIS\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Pettegree's new book provides a lively account of what's both recognizable and strange about the way books found their way to owners and readers at other times and places. The results will make you think differently about the path through which this book reached your hands -- Leah Price, author of WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BOOKS\u003cbr\u003eIn this wide-ranging work, Andrew Pettegree, an outstanding historian of the printed word, traces all the ways that books reached readers, from peddlers' packs to the internet. His masterful survey brings together information on the book trade in many countries since the time of Gutenberg. The Bookshop will delight anyone who has shopped for books -- Robert Darnton, author of THE GREAT CAT MASSACRE","brand":"Andrew Pettegree","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574000455897,"sku":"9781805224372","price":49.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781805224372.jpg?v=1790774929","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-bookshop-a-history-of-bookselling-from-the-dawn-of-print-to-the-21st-century-9781805224372","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}