Benjamin Henry Blackwell opened his first bookshop in 1879 at 50, Broad Street, Oxford. It was a miserable room measuring just 12 square feet. It quickly grew to include the upstairs, cellars and the neighbouring shops.
This room measures 10,000 square feet
It has 5 km of bookshelves
Blackwell's was sold to Waterstones in 2022
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