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Once upon a tome : the misadventures of a rare bookseller
Published 2023 by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY
ISBN 9781324092070
Bib Id 2581048
Edition First American edition.
Description ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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9781324092070 (hardcover) $27.95
1324092076
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B Darkshire
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Once upon a tome : the misadventures of a rare bookseller
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First American edition.
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2023 by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY :
Description
ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"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). 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"--
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