Marylebone and Daunt Books
4:21 PM
This city is just BURSTING with history. Every corner seems to have been a spot of note.
Marylebone, the once 'shabby' area of Central London, is quite a pricey area now. I know that can be said of MOST of London but this is on the higher end.
This sign is at the top of Marylebone High Street
After it was a hunting lodge to King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, it was turned into a boarding school before being demolished in 1791.
The bustling, but not over-crowded, high street is lined with boutiques and speciality shops, kept fresh and vibrant by the main landlord, Howard de Walden Estates.
It is darling. I love this High Street that is no more than
The shining jewel for me is right here... Daunt Books is like a candy store to me.
Look at the beautiful candy! I will collect them all.
This branch of Daunt Books has an alleged history of being the first bit of custom build bookshop in the world. The older part of this shop was completed in 1912. A long oak gallery of a former Edwardian bookshop is one of the loveliest places to find some great fiction, non-fiction, some of the forgotten classics or even pick up a phrase book for an upcoming holiday. Travel books galore.
Daunt was originally into travel books exclusively but branched out to publishing fiction and non-fiction alike in 2010. The sections are organised geographically with guides, phrase books, history and fiction grouped together by country.
Walking from Baker Street to Marylebone High Street, we stumbled on the back entrance of the St James, Spanish Place. Going inside and getting to know the George Street entrance area is on my list of things/places to see! (the list will never be completely checked off...it is ever-growing...)
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