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Author:

Darkshire, Oliver author.

Title:

Once upon a tome : the misadventures of a rare bookseller, wherin the theory of the profession is partially explained, with a variety of insufficient examples... / by Oliver Darkshire.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
HUMOR / Topic / General
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
Antiquarian booksellers
Booksellers and bookselling
Great Britain
Autobiographies

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.

ISBN:

1324092076
9781324092070

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

FTPA274 -- Delhi Public Library (Delhi)

JSPB572 -- Ely Public Library (Ely)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

SEPC074 -- Hawkins Memorial Library (La Porte City)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)

SJPB094 -- Readlyn Community Library (Readlyn)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

KLPC566 -- West Point Public Library (West Point)