![]() ![]() Lots of book shops are moving out of city centres and Henry Pordes Books downsized two years ago as "h aving a large bookshop with a lot of cheap paperbacks wasn't paying off". ![]() Gian Marco at work in Henry Pordes Books (Image: Facundo Arrizabalaga/MyLondon) READ MORE: Inside London's oldest bookshop that's bizarrely so popular in South America they're constantly shipping orders to people there These days, the only remaining bookshops are the Foyles flagship, Henry Pordes Books and Any Amount of Books. The release of the book 84 Charing Cross Road - based on the correspondence between New York City author Helene Hanff and the staff of bookshop Marks & Co - and the subsequent 1987 film adaptation starring Antony Hopkins and Judi Dench helped increase the street's fame.īut in the last few decades many of the bookshops have closed down one by one, with Quinto Bookshop being the latest to shut in 2019. ![]() In its heyday, there were some 20-30 book shops alongside Foyles and the Central London road was renowned as a book buying destination. Foyles is now a seven-store strong bookstore chain owned by Waterstones, but it started on neighbouring Cecil Court in 1903 before moving to Charing Cross Road in 1906 and finally to its new flagship in 2014. Charing Cross Road was once teeming with dozens of second-hand and specialist bookshops but today there are only two left - three if you include the Foyles flagship store. ![]()
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