Description
The Story of Exclusive Books
Exclusive Books has a rich history – a colourful past of peaceful protest, celebrity appearances, fascinating stories and a family of staff, all boasting eclectic and wide-ranging knowledge. We are more than a store: Exclusive Books is a shared cultural touchpoint with personality and authority made possible through passion and an undying love of literature.
Back in the Cold War, long before the Internet, a small, unassuming bookstore opened on King George street in Johannesburg in 1951. Word of mouth spread. Then that store, in the beloved care of founders Pamela and Phillip Joseph, moved to Pretoria street in Hillbrow in 1973, its loyal customers following it. It sold its last book in 1993. Happily though, the famous Hyde Park store had been open since 1984. Then one store became five, became ten, became twenty: now we are getting closer to forty stores, including a store that exists only in the sky –
