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03045aam a2200637 i 4500 001 E8603416CD2D11EDBF6324E933ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230328010045 008 230222r20232022nyua 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1324092076 020 $a 9781324092070 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d IMmBT $d NjBwBT $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 14 $a Z325.D36 $b D37 2023 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20230222 100 1 $a Darkshire, Oliver $e author. 245 10 $a Once upon a tome : $b the misadventures of a rare bookseller, wherin the theory of the profession is partially explained, with a variety of insufficient examples... / $c by 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 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 10 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs 650 0 $a HUMOR / Topic / General 650 0 $a LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General 610 20 $a Antiquarian booksellers 655 7 $a Booksellers and bookselling $2 lcgft 650 $a Great Britain 650 $a Autobiographies 775 08 $i Reproduction of (manifestation): $a Darkshire, Oliver. $t Once upon a tome $d London : Bantam, 2022 $z 9781787636040 941 $a 25 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20240509012138.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409043927.0 952 $l JSPB572 $d 20240323012818.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314024849.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207020610.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117021338.0 952 $l SJPB094 $d 20231026011404.0 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20231010012008.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20231005013116.0 952 $l GHPD771 $d 20231005012742.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20230922010434.0 952 $l GPPC641 $d 20230829011337.0 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20230801011027.0 952 $l FTPA274 $d 20230722010304.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011500.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20230706011135.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20230704010509.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20230621011717.0 952 $l CQPE926 $d 20230614010243.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230603010150.0 952 $l KLPC566 $d 20230602011406.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230512010155.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20230405010213.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230404020249.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20230328011040.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E8603416CD2D11EDBF6324E933ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search