Cecil Court is a narrow, almost unnoticeable, street extending between Charing Cross and St Martin’s Lane. If you come up from Trafalgar Square, as you walk into Charing Cross, keeping the National Gallery on your left, after the historical St Martin’s Church, this particular alley will appear to your right. It’s a small quiet island of peace which profoundly contrasts the noisy and trafficked main road.
You don’t have to let its extreme serenity mislead you, because, if you carefully observe, the alley is a precious gem for all book lovers. To begin with, Marchpane; this bookshop is a little jewel for children, mainly focusing on Lewis Carrol and his works. The collection of illustrated books is jaw-dropping, and it includes an astonishing first edition of Winnie-the-Pooh and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Founded by David Headley and Daniel Gedeon, friends and book collectors, Goldsboro is the store you have to visit if you want to find and buy signed editions. In this shop, writers, such as J. K. Rowling and Neil Gaiman, turned out to sign their latest releases and pleasantly talk to the readers. Occultism, magic, and esoterica are what you’re looking for, so Watkins is the place for you. The shop displays a huge selection of interesting books dealing with personal growth and self-empowerment, consciousness, and healing. The collections of numerous and different talismans, crystals, and tarots plunge the visitors into a world of mysterious forces and unimaginable powers. The one-hundred-year-old store is the oldest and more important shop dedicated to these matters in London. This time, I wanted to write about something different from a bookshop; books and literature are part of book lovers’ lives. We spend the biggest part of our time wandering thoughtlessly from store to store, from stand to stand, but, sometimes, tiny and original streets hide unexpected and astonishing surprises.
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