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Blackwell's Art & Poster

Oxford


Blackwell's split-level sibling store, all but opposite the main bookshop, specialises in reference books, coffee-table tomes, posters, cards and stationery, ranging across art forms from Expressionism to origami, and film stills to anime. Browsing is welcome, and leaving without a purchase near impossible.


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