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

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

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eng

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autobiography

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non fiction

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Once upon a tome

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by Oliver Darkshire

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the misadventures of a rare bookseller, wherein the theory of the profession is partially explained, with a variety of insufficient examples

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"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

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Misadventures of a rare bookseller

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