Bowes & Bowes
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Bowes & Bowes was a bookselling and publishing company based in Cambridge
, England
. It was established by Robert Bowes (1835–1919), a nephew of Daniel Macmillan
(1813–1857 — the founder, with his brother Alexander
, , of , another successful bookshop in Cambridge). The company became known as ‘’ only , following George Brimley Bowes’s (Robert Bowes’s son’s) becoming a partner in the firm . The firm continued as a family business until 1953 when it was acquired by , who continued to operate it under the original name . In that year the business’s name was changed to Sherratt & Hughes.
The site at 1, Trinity Street, Cambridge
has a claim to be the oldest bookshop in the country, books having been sold there since 1581. Since the closure of in 1992, the site has been the home of the Cambridge University Press
bookshop.
In its heyday the firm’s backlist included the names of Erich Heller
, who was also the general editor of a series of books published by Bowes & Bowes (‘Studies in Modern European Literature and Thought’, some of which were printed in the Netherlands) and by far their most prestigious author, and of Edwin Keppel Bennett
.
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was established by Robert Bowes (1835–1919), a nephew of Daniel Macmillan
Daniel MacMillan
Daniel MacMillan was a Scottish publisher from the Isle of Arran, Scotland.Daniel MacMillan was born in the Isle of Arran to a crofting family...
(1813–1857 — the founder, with his brother Alexander
Alexander Macmillan (publisher)
Alexander Macmillan, , born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was a cofounder, in 1843, with his brother Daniel of Macmillan Publishers...
, , of , another successful bookshop in Cambridge). The company became known as ‘’ only , following George Brimley Bowes’s (Robert Bowes’s son’s) becoming a partner in the firm . The firm continued as a family business until 1953 when it was acquired by , who continued to operate it under the original name . In that year the business’s name was changed to Sherratt & Hughes.
The site at 1, Trinity Street, Cambridge
Trinity Street, Cambridge
Trinity Street is a historical street in central Cambridge, England. The street continues north as St John's Street and south as King's Parade and then Trumpington Street....
has a claim to be the oldest bookshop in the country, books having been sold there since 1581. Since the closure of in 1992, the site has been the home of the Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
bookshop.
In its heyday the firm’s backlist included the names of Erich Heller
Erich Heller
Erich Heller was a British essayist, known particularly for his critical studies in German-language philosophy and literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.- Biography :...
, who was also the general editor of a series of books published by Bowes & Bowes (‘Studies in Modern European Literature and Thought’, some of which were printed in the Netherlands) and by far their most prestigious author, and of Edwin Keppel Bennett
Edwin Keppel Bennett
Edwin Keppel Bennett, noms de plume: Francis Bennett, Francis Keppel , was an English writer, poet, Germanist, and a prominent academic...
.
See also
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(on the subject of Sherratt & Hughes)