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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.〔''(History of the Bookshop )'', Cambridge University Press website.〕 Since the closure of in 1992, the site has been the home of the Cambridge University Press bookshop. The firm’s backlist included titles by 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). By far their most prestigious author was Edwin Keppel Bennett. ==See also== *Macmillan Publishers (on the Macmillan brothers) *Our Price (on the subject of Sherratt & Hughes) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bowes & Bowes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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