Once upon a tome the misadventures of a rare bookseller
"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 resi...
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2023.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Once upon a tome : |b the misadventures of a rare bookseller / |c Oliver Darkshire. |
| 250 | |a First American edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b W.W. Norton & Company, |c 2023. | |
| 300 | |a ix, 244 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a "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"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Darkshire, Oliver. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Antiquarian booksellers |z Great Britain |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Booksellers and bookselling |z Great Britain |v Biography. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Autobiographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Kofman, Nadine tribute. | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Welch, Bill tribute. | |
| 775 | 0 | 8 | |i Reproduction of (manifestation): |a Darkshire, Oliver. |t Once upon a tome |d London : Bantam, 2022 |z 9781787636040 |
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