Once Upon a Tome The misadventures of a rare bookseller
Afbeeldingen
Sla de afbeeldingen overArtikel vergelijken
Auteur:
Darkshire, Oliver
- Engels
- Hardcover
- 9781787636040
- 06 oktober 2022
- 256 pagina's
Samenvatting
'Seeking a Christmas present for that bibliophilic relative who has seemingly read everything? It's right here.' Financial Times
'Peculiarly hilarious!' - William Gibson
'Every page is a pleasure' - Lindsey FItzharris
'Utterly charming' - Tom Holland
'Unfortunately I have mislaid the book in question' - Neil Gaiman
Welcome to Sotheran's, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabelled keys, poisoned books and some things that aren't even books, presided over by one deeply eccentric apprentice.
Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd on Sackville Street (est. 1761) to interview for their bookselling apprenticeship, a decision which has bedevilled him ever since.
He'd intended to stay for a year before launching into some less dusty, better remunerated career. Unfortunately for him, the alluring smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap proved irresistible. Soon he was balancing teetering stacks of first editions, fending off nonagenarian widows with a ten-foot pole and trying not to upset the store's resident ghost (the late Mr Sotheran had unfinished business when he was hit by that tram).
For while Sotheran's might be a treasure trove of literary delights, it sings a siren song to eccentrics. There are not only colleagues whose tastes in rare items range from the inspired to the mildly dangerous, but also zealous collectors seeking knowledge, curios, or simply someone with whom to hold a four hour conversation about books bound in human skin.
By turns unhinged and earnestly dog-eared, Once Upon a Tome is the rather colourful 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.
Productspecificaties
Wij vonden geen specificaties voor jouw zoekopdracht '{SEARCH}'.
Inhoud
- Taal
- en
- Bindwijze
- Hardcover
- Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
- 06 oktober 2022
- Aantal pagina's
- 256
- Illustraties
- Nee
Betrokkenen
- Hoofdauteur
- Darkshire, Oliver
- Hoofduitgeverij
- Bantam Press
Overige kenmerken
- Editie
- 1
- Product breedte
- 140 mm
- Product hoogte
- 24 mm
- Product lengte
- 223 mm
- Studieboek
- Nee
- Verpakking breedte
- 126 mm
- Verpakking hoogte
- 31 mm
- Verpakking lengte
- 216 mm
- Verpakkingsgewicht
- 702 g
EAN
- EAN
- 9781787636040
Kies gewenste uitvoering
Bindwijze
: Hardcover
Prijsinformatie en bestellen
De prijs van dit product is 12 euro en 99 cent.
Uiterlijk 31 mei in huis
Verkoop door bol
- Gratis verzending door bol vanaf 20 euro
- Ophalen bij een bol afhaalpunt mogelijk
- 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
- Dag en nacht klantenservice
Shop dit artikel
Rapporteer dit artikel
Je wilt melding doen van illegale inhoud over dit artikel:
- Ik wil melding doen als klant
- Ik wil melding doen als autoriteit of trusted flagger
- Ik wil melding doen als partner
- Ik wil melding doen als merkhouder
Geen klant, autoriteit, trusted flagger, merkhouder of partner? Gebruik dan onderstaande link om melding te doen.