Daunt Books

Daunt Books Marylebone, London The long, top-lit back gallery of Daunt Books on Marylebone High Street, with wooden balconies running down both sides to a stained-glass window, photographed in December 2025. The building carries the date 1910 and was rebuilt for the bookseller Francis Edwards, and James Daunt took it over in 1989 to 1990, starting out with travel books. Travel is still the heart of it, with books shelved by country: this is the shop to visit before a trip, to come away with a guide and a novel set where you are going.