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Author:   Gordon Allan
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.141kg
ISBN:  

9781898595410

ISBN 10:   1898595410
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   01 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Traylen's; Stone Trough, York; Kim's, Worthing; Hall's, Tunbridge Wells; Arundel; Staffs, Lichfield; Baggins, Rochester; Camden, Bath; Petersfield; Howes, Hastings; Steedman, Newcastle; Tombland, Norwich; Gibb's, Manchester; Fifteenth Century, Lewes; Chapel Books, Westleton; Albion, Broadstairs; Halewood & Sons, Preston; Camilla's, Eastbourne; Brookes, Brighton; Sanctuary, Lyme Regis; Broadhurst, Southport; Castle, Colchester; Thornton's, Oxford; The Bookshop, Cambridge; Barely Read Books, Westerham; H. M. Gilbert & Son, Southampton; Academy, Southsea; Readers Rest, Lincoln; Portland, Leamington Spa; Sterling, Weston-super-Mare; Two islands; Murray & Kennett, Horsham; Treasure Trove, Leicester; Scarthin, Cromford; Rye Old Books; D'Arcy Books, Devizes; Eric T. Moore, Hitchin; Barter Books, Alnwick; Farewell to True Bookshops by John F. X. Harriott; Index.

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A mixture of fact, anecdote and quotation, this book describes the author's exploration of the best of England's provincial second-hand bookshops - a splendid personal view of hours spent closeted among shelves filled with every book imaginable. -- The Oldie. I would say that bookselling is the most humane, sociable, ill-organised, yet absorbing form of commerce to be found anywhere. -- Eric Moore, Hitchin bookseller. Five million books are published in the world every year. Only one per cent of them are any good, and settle, and they end up in second-hand shops. -- Victor Suchar, Camden Books, Bath.

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Gordon Allan entered journalism straight from school in Aberdeen. His Fleet Street career was spent mostly at The Times.

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