The Diary of a Bookseller

"While I was in Dumfries, I took the opportunity to look at some books belonging to a elderlywoman whose husband died in May. She was in a tiny flat conveniently close to the hospital. The books were all about fishing, and some of them were reasonably rare. We agreed a price of £250 for four boxes, and when I told her I was a keen fly fisherman, she insisted on giving me all of his old fly boxes." (sid 272) Se: HÄR.

The Diary of a Bookseller av Shaun Bythell innehåller sanna historier från Skottland med olika sorters bokläsare, härliga små anekdoter och många boktips: "Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's paradise? Well, almost ...In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates, recommends books (both lost classics and new discoveries), introduces us to the thrill of the unexpected find, and evokes the rhythms and charms of small-town life."

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