FounderDuels

G.C.T. van Dorp & Co. vs Shakespeare and Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

G.C.T. van Dorp & Co. is the older of the two, founded in 1857 — 62 years before Shakespeare and Company.

Founded
1857
1919
Status
Active
Closed 1941
Headquarters
The Hague, Netherlands
France
Industry
bookstore
bookstore

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on G.C.T. van Dorp & Co. and Shakespeare and Company.