John Sandoe
British bookseller (1930–2007)
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John Sandoe (10 July 1930 – 29 December 2007) was a British bookseller, and the founder in 1957 of the bookshop John Sandoe Books in what had previously been a poodle parlour on Blacklands Terrace off King's Road, near Sloane Square.[1] The Times called him "one of London's leading independent booksellers".[2]
Early life
John Sandoe was born in Felixstowe on 10 July 1930, the son of a stockbroker and moneylender, and the only child of two only children.[1][3] He was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford.[1][3]
Career
Sandoe's main competitor was Heywood Hill in Mayfair.[1]
Regulars included Mary Quant, Keith Richards, Lucian Freud, Chips Channon, Dirk Bogarde and Tom Stoppard.[1]
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