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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    RECENTLY RETURNED
 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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