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    Bookshops

    Waterstones

    This place is great for any kind of book you’re looking for; some Waterstones around London have a coffee shop within it, so a nice place to sit and read amongst other book lovers!

    www.waterstones.com

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    Borders

    Just like Waterstones, Borders is the next big book store chain within London, and it too usually has a coffee shop in it to sit and read in too. A nice way to get away from the hustle and bustle for a while.

    www.borders.com

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    Foyles

    Foyles is one of the oldest bookshops, well, ever! Since 1903 as you can see in this photo, but it provides you with pretty much everything too; just seemingly more charming than most, especially if you have the time to read ‘About Foyles’ link.

    www.foyles.co.uk

    113-119 Charing Cross Road
    London

    WC2H 0EB
    Telephone: 020 7437 5660

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    Riba

    Riba is the renowned ‘Royal Institute of British Architects’, their books clearly specialise in architecture, but also good fro graphics, design and theory.

    www.ribabookshops.com

    London, RIBA
    RIBA Bookshop London
    Royal Institute of British Architects
    66 Portland Place
    London
    W1B 1AD

    Telephone: +44 (0)191 244 5557

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    Magma

    Magma is the essential bookshop for any creative being as it’s a great place to go and find books on area’s you had never contemplated before.

    It specialises in film, graphics, design, architecture, illustration, animation, art, music, photography, web design, fashion advertising, typography, magazine – basically everything related to the art world!

    www.magmabooks.com

    117-119 Clerkenwell Road
    London EC1R 5BY
    United Kingdom
    Telephone: +44 (0)20 7242 9503

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    Koenig Books

    Koenig books are all over the place, this is their official shop in London, but also run the bookshops at The Serpentine Gallery and Whitechapel Gallery. They specialise in theory/philosophy/history of art, fine art, architecture, design photography and craft. A great place to go if you want books to gain better theoretical understanding of the arts.

    www.buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de

    80 Charing Cross Road,

    Leicester Square,

    City of London

    WC2H 0BF

    Telephone: 020 7240 8190

     

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    Artwords

    These guys pretty much explain themselves perfectly ‘books, magazines and videos on the contemporary visual arts and offers the most up-to-date selection of newly published titles, both nationally and internationally’. So if you’re into your arts then this is a little gem of a place to go to.

    www.artwords.co.uk

    Shoreditch
    Artwords
    69 Rivington Street
    London EC2A 3AY

    Telephone: 020 7729 2000

    Hackney

    20-22 Broadway Market

    London

    E8 4QJ

    Telephone: 020 7923 7507

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    Design Museum

    Is the main hub for designers to go to, to get their books. But not only is it for ‘designers’ but fashion, architecture and even art is featured amongst the shelves. Go in and have a browse and a coffee anyway as it looks out on the River Thames by Tower Bridge. Idillyc really.

    www.designmuseumshop.com

    Design Museum

    Shad Thames,

    London

    SE1 2YD

    Telephone: 020 7403 6933

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    Tate

    Everyone knows of the Tate, and how vast it is, so the bookshop is going to be pretty vast too. Brilliant place to find just really good books on really good art and design. It won’t fail you in wanting to find the good stuff.

    www.tate.org.uk/shop/do/Tate-books

    Tate Modern
    Bankside
    London SE1 9TG

    Telephone:

    +44 (0)20 7887 8888 (menu number 4)

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    V&A

    The shop here is fanastic for Fashion, Textiles, Jewellery and  History, it isn’t strictly a bookshop, but they have alot of other things inside, like most museum, and they tend to be very beautiful, just like the museum itself and it’s contents.

    www.vandashop.com

    Victoria & Albert Museum

    Cromwell Road

    London

    SW7 2RL

    Telephone: +44 (0)20 7942 2000

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