This collection of anecdotes offers an insight into working in the booktrade - with booksellers and the customers. The author runs a second-hand bookshop in Hastings.
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Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Seller Inventory # S_453960032
Seller: The Book Scot, Mansfield, MO, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 with some 196 pages. Bound in illustrated cream wraps. Cover illustration by David Hobbs. Hilarious autobiography of an English bookseller. Now if you buy a book for L2.50 and sell it for L5.00, buy a book for L5.00 and sell it for L10.00 and repeat this doubling for a year you should end up wealthy. So goes Mr. Linklater's theory. The humor is in the journey. Very funny book. Light wear; bit of creasing at front cover bottom tip area; speckling to top edge. VERY GOOD. Seller Inventory # 17807
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G094753301XI3N10
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shows minor wear. Seller Inventory # mon0003373298
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very good condition. This is a trade size softcover book. Bottom corners of covers are all pages are bumped. 196 pages. Seller Inventory # 15588
Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition First Pr. Minor wear to wraps. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Seller Inventory # SELlinREF
Seller: Arbor Scout, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Condition: Used: Like New. Seller Inventory # IL-56GG-H4KS
Seller: Biblio Pursuit, Lenhartsville, PA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. A fine copy. Hilarious memoir of being in the used book trade. Seller Inventory # 059069
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Trade paperback. Illustrated by David Hobbs. Fine in wrappers. Seller Inventory # 330062
Seller: J. and S. Daft, Lichfield, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustwrapper. 1st Edition. Story of a secondhand bookseller in Hastings. Seller Inventory # 019498