Author: Sotheran, Henry and Co
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Sale-catalogues of Second-hand Books on Sale by Henry Sotheran & Co
Author: Sotheran, Henry and Co
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Pages : 844
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Book Catalogues
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Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Languages : en
Pages : 908
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Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
Author: Gray's Inn. Library
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
Author: Oliver Darkshire
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1324092084
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 139
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Instant National Bestseller Shortlisted for the 2023 Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award "Witty, literary and very funny." —Minneapolis Star Tribune Welcome to Sotheran’s, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabeled keys, poisoned books, and some things that aren’t even books, presided over by one deeply eccentric apprentice. Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions and placating the store’s resident ghost (the late Mr. Sotheran, hit by a tram). A novice in this ancient, potentially haunted establishment, Darkshire describes Sotheran’s brushes with history (Dickens, the Titanic), its joyous disorganization, and the unspoken rules of its gleefully old-fashioned staff, whose mere glance may cause the computer to burst into flames. As Darkshire gains confidence and experience, he shares trivia about ancient editions and explores the strange space that books occupy in our lives—where old books often have strong sentimental value, but rarely a commercial one. By turns unhinged and earnest, Once Upon a Tome is the colorful story of life in one of the world’s oldest bookshops and a love letter to the benign, unruly world of antiquarian bookselling, where to be uncommon or strange is the best possible compliment.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1324092084
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 139
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Instant National Bestseller Shortlisted for the 2023 Inc. Non-Obvious Book Award "Witty, literary and very funny." —Minneapolis Star Tribune Welcome to Sotheran’s, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabeled keys, poisoned books, and some things that aren’t even books, presided over by one deeply eccentric apprentice. Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions and placating the store’s resident ghost (the late Mr. Sotheran, hit by a tram). A novice in this ancient, potentially haunted establishment, Darkshire describes Sotheran’s brushes with history (Dickens, the Titanic), its joyous disorganization, and the unspoken rules of its gleefully old-fashioned staff, whose mere glance may cause the computer to burst into flames. As Darkshire gains confidence and experience, he shares trivia about ancient editions and explores the strange space that books occupy in our lives—where old books often have strong sentimental value, but rarely a commercial one. By turns unhinged and earnest, Once Upon a Tome is the colorful story of life in one of the world’s oldest bookshops and a love letter to the benign, unruly world of antiquarian bookselling, where to be uncommon or strange is the best possible compliment.
Reference Catalogue of the Reynolds Library, Rochester, N.Y.
Author: Reynolds Library
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Category : Reference books
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Category : Reference books
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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The Athenaeum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Publishers' Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 938
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 938
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The Spirit of the English Magazines
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Languages : en
Pages : 890
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Pages : 890
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The Bookmart
Author: Halkett Lord
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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