03279cam a2200481 4500 889536083 TxAuBib 20230712120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781324092087 1324092084 B0B3GFCPC3 Amazon 637e62cd-beab-405a-8132-36a3cd3ae338 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9054092 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Darkshire, Oliver. Once Upon a Tome [Libby] : The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller. W. W. Norton & Company, 2023. Humor. collector. work. Bookstores. Book collecting. working. bookshop. memoir. bibliophile. books about books. bookselling. henry sotheran. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 34MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Language Arts. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:<p><strong>National bestseller<br /> A Literary Hub and BookPage Most Anticipated Book of 2023<br /> <br /> Welcome to Sotheran's, one of the oldest bookshops in the world, with its weird and wonderful clientele, suspicious cupboards, unlabeled keys, poisoned books, and some things that aren't even books, presided over by one deeply eccentric apprentice.</strong></p> <p>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).</p> <p>A novice in this ancient, potentially haunted establishment, Darkshire describes Sotheran's brushes with history (Dickens, the Titanic), its joyous disorganization, and the unspoken rules of its gleefully old-fashioned staff, whose mere glance may cause the computer to burst into flames. As Darkshire gains confidence and experience, he shares trivia about ancient editions and explores the strange space that books occupy in our lives—where old books often have strong sentimental value, but rarely a commercial one.</p> <p>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.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-07-12 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=637e62cd-beab-405a-8132-36a3cd3ae338&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=637e62cd-beab-405a-8132-36a3cd3ae338&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=637e62cd-beab-405a-8132-36a3cd3ae338&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)