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Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers

Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers is a bookseller and bookstore in London. It is located opposite from the British Museum and sells rare books mostly from the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on Charles Dickens. The Times named it one of the best bookshops in London for rare books, and Londonist called it one of London's most fabulous literary bookshops.

History

In 1969, Brian Lake and Christopher Johnson founded Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers; in the seventies, Lake's wife, Janet Nassau, also joined the company.

In 1980, the bookseller paid for its building outright. The building had been built in the 1730s, and Randolph Caldecott had formerly taken residence in it; it still has a small bedroom that staff members occasionally stay in temporarily.

In 2021, Lake and Nassau's son, Edward Nassau Lake, joined as a partner.

Name

The bookseller's name is a reference to the court case Jarndyce and Jarndyce from Bleak House by Dickens.

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