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Author Darkshire, Oliver, author.

Title Once upon a tome : the misadventures of a rare bookseller / Oliver Darkshire.

Edition First American edition.
Publication Info. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3057491~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Biography  BIO DARKSHIR    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO DARKSHIR    DUE 05-18-24
 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO DARKSHIR    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO DARKSHIR    AVAILABLE
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Description ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Darkshire, Oliver.
Antiquarian booksellers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Henry Sotheran Ltd.
Genre Autobiographies.
ISBN 9781324092070 hc.
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