Blackwell Bookshop

Oxford has good bookshops. Today's post is about one of them, Blackwell founded in 1889. 

The traditional style exterior is made of bricks. The interior is contemporary style. The shop has attractive English atmosphere.

In the shop, a skeleton sits. Why on earth skeleton?

【Rooted in Publication of Faculties' Books】

When I visited, a free guided tour about the shop was hold. I tried to participate.

I was guided to a office of the shop founder. The guide told us of the bookshop history. (As far as I understand,) Blackwell initially worked on the publication of books which were written by researchers at Oxford. From natural science to humanities, there has been a wide variety of areas. There has been surely much demand for publishing.

Blackwell publishes books written by researchers at Oxford. The books are bought by researcher s and students. Researchers are surely stimulated by the books, students also learn and develop their studies. Then they publish new books. The close relationship between the university and the bookstore...

It is the attractive to travel Oxford to feel the atmosphere of university town isn't it?