Watkins Books, Soho London

Author InterviewsJan 5, 2006by The Bookseller Editorial Team

The roots of Watkins Books can be traced back to 1894--the dawn of the golden era for the esoteric and the occult, when founder of the theosophy movement Madame Blavatsky urged John Watkins to set up London's first mystical bookshop.

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