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The Dymock's Book Arcade traded at a number of addresses in the Sydney CBD, including at 208 Pitt Street, and then at 142 King Street and finally, from 1890, at 428 George Street where it is still located. The Dymock's Book Arcade grew considerably in size. Its George Street location was "200 ft (61
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However, Anderson and Angus & Robertson replied that sourcing that
English agents resulted in "intolerable delays in delivery" and the supply of works unsuitable for the Library, whereas Sydney booksellers could supply books efficiently and offered "a good stock of Australian titles".
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and Alfred Lee. He sold both new and antiquarian books and advertised his role as a
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On 5 October 1900, at the age of 39 years, he died suddenly of an apoplectic seizure. Control of the bookshop passed to the
Forsyth family, who expanded the business, which eventually became
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