Heywood Hill

Heywood Hill, (HH), is a bookshop at 10 Curzon Street in the Mayfair district of London.[1]

History

The shop was opened by G. Heywood Hill on 3 August 1936, with the help of Lady Anne Gathorne-Hardy, who would later become his wife.[2][3]

For the last three years of the Second World War, while he was in the Army, Lady Anne ran the shop with the assistance of the novelist Nancy Mitford.[4] In 1991, the shop was bought by Nancy Mitford's brother-in-law, Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire.[5]

As of 2016, the store is owned by Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, and managed by his son-in-law, Nicky Dunne since 2011.[6] The staff of the store has substantial expertise in the location and acquisition of rare books and collections of books. They have the ability to select and acquire a library meeting the bespoke requests of a customer.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Sarah Lyall (2 February 2016). "The Tiny London Shop Behind Some of the Very Best Libraries". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2016. London’s Heywood Hill curates impressive collections for discerning customers in 60 different countries — and specializes in the obscure.
  2. ↑ Alison Flood. "Prize of a lifetime: London bookshop offers free books for the rest of your life | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  3. ↑ "About - Heywood Hill" (html). heywoodhill.com. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lady Anne Hill". The Independent. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb (2008). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. pp. 395–396. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  6. ↑ https://www.mrporter.com/journal/journal_issue150/2#1

Coordinates: 51°30′25″N 0°08′48″W / 51.5070°N 0.1466°W / 51.5070; -0.1466

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