In 1896 the original G David (a Parisian bookseller) started selling his books from a stall in the central market square in Cambridge. Today, if you take a short walk from the market towards the Cambridge Arts Theatre and King’s College, just next to St Edward’s Church, you will find G David Bookseller in St Edward’s Passage which surrounds the Church and has remained largely unchanged for centuries.
There could hardly be a more perfect location for a traditional book shop specialising in antiquarian books, fine bindings, second-hand books and publisher’s remainders, so step inside G David Bookseller – fondly known by its customers simply as ‘David’s’.
Owned and run by the most welcoming team you could wish to meet, David’s has that sense of being from another time – almost as if you have arrived at a location for a film where an archetypal English bookshop is required as a setting by the director.
Wind your way through the heavily-stocked rooms at the front of the shop and this ‘film-set’ sense is heightened when you walk into the antiquarian book room. Specialising particularly in English literature, early science and travel, the room contains about 4,000 beautifully bound books that surround you on shelves, in bookcases and on a large central table.
Hours could be spent here quite easily.
16 St Edward's Passage
cambridge
CB2 3PJ
Tel: +44 (0)1223 354619
E: gdavid.books@gmail.com
W: www.gdavidbookseller.co.uk
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Find out more by visiting the Independent Cambridge website:www.independent-cambridge.co.uk/
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Independent Cambridge: beautiful books
28 May 2013
Cambridge boasts a fantastic range of independent traders, but many residents - let alone visitors - are unaware of what's available right on our doorstep. Now the publishers of Independent Cambridge, a book which celebrates these businesses, plan to rectify that by highlighting a selection of 'indies' on the Cambridge Network site. This week: G David Bookseller.