John Boosey was a bookseller in 18th century
London
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. He stocked foreign-language titles and also ran a circulating library on
King Street.
His son Thomas Boosey continued the business. The Boosey family remained in the publishing industry and in 1930 formed
Boosey & Hawkes, music publisher.
See also
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Book trade in the United Kingdom
The book trade in the United Kingdom has its roots as far back as the 14th century, however the emergence of internet booksellers such as Amazon partnered with the introduction of the e-Book has drastically altered the scope of the industry. Book ...
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English booksellers
Businesspeople from London
Commercial circulating libraries
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