| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Four Thousand: Bad Books -- Chapter 2. Book Scouts and: Dead Booksellers -- Chapter 3. Billions: of Books -- Chapter 4. All for the: Want of a Book -- Chapter 5. A Book Fair: with the General -- Chapter 6. Bookman's Alley: and McCosh's Mansion -- Chapter 7. Beating: the Bushes -- Chapter 8. A Bookstore: in Stillwater -- Chapter 9. Hoarding: and Horse Barns -- Chapter 10. Travels to: Book Towns -- Chapter 11. The King: of Hay-on-Wye -- Chapter 12. The Mormon: and the Map Thief -- Chapter 13. North America's: First Book Town |
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Chapter 14. The Book: Collectors -- Chapter 15. The Stillwater: Booktown Times -- Chapter 16. The Beginning: of the End -- Chapter 17. Survival: Tactics -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Travel Journal -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- About the Author |
| Summary |
"A wry, unvarnished chronicle of a career in the rare book trade during its last Golden Age"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 04, 2022) |
| Subject |
Goodman, Gary, 1951-
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| SUBJECT |
Goodman, Gary, 1951-
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| Subject |
Antiquarian booksellers -- Minnesota -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
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Antiquarian booksellers
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Minnesota
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021025899 |
| ISBN |
9781452966908 |
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1452966915 |
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1452966907 |
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9781452966915 |
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