Owned the rights to the works of Charles Dickens,better remembered for his railway bookstalls. In 1848 began to explore the possibility of selling books on railway stations. By 1857 he had obtained the sole rights on all the railway stations in the north-east of Scotland, sold newspapers to passengers as the trains made their brief stops at the various railway stations.
Owned the rights to the works of Charles Dickens,better remembered for his railway bookstalls. In 1848 began to explore the possibility of selling books on railway stations. By 1857 he had obtained the sole rights on all the railway stations in the north-east of Scotland, sold newspapers to passengers as the trains made their brief stops at the various railway stations.
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