What Higginbothams is known for
Founded in 1844, this Mount Road bookseller stocks fiction, academic titles and Tamil-interest books. The house once ran the railway station bookstalls across the south and still trades under the name of its Victorian founder, Abel Joshua Higginbotham.
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — Historic bookshop and general reading
Chennai, India (bookseller)
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