Sanders of Oxford is an

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print shop situated on the

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of the city of

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. Although stores trading in prints were once common in the country, there are now only a handful left, Sanders being one of the largest and longest running outside

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. The building, Salutation House, has traded in books and prints since at least the 1840s, when it was registered as a 'Bookseller and Auctioneer & appraiser' by its then proprietor Charles Richards. In the 16th and 17th centuries the building housed the Saluation Inn and Thomas Wood was the proprietor of the Inn. Sanders possesses a token issued by Wood in 1652. The design shows a racket, a reference to the real

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at Oriel College. The tavern later became a

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kept by James Houseman. Sanders of Oxford was owned until his death in 2012 by Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, second son of

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politician Alan Lennox-Boyd.

Notable former employees

People who have worked at or been part owners of Sanders include: *

Henry Taunt Henry William Taunt (1842–1922) was a professional photographer, author, publisher and entertainer based in Oxford, England. Birth Henry Taunt was born in Penson's Gardens in the parish of St Ebbe's, Oxford. His father Henry was a plumber a ...

, early photographer. *

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, science fiction writer. * Kyril Bonfiglioli, comic mystery writer.

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