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Henry Earlforward's bookshop

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Bookshop in Arnold Bennett's 1923 novel "Riceyman Steps" set in Clerkenwell.

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Henry Earlforward's bookshop

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Earlforward's bookshop

Roy Hattersley, a Bennett enthusiast, unveiled the plaque.

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