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Author Bythell, Shaun, author

Title The diary of a bookseller / Shaun Bythell
Published London : Profile Books Ltd, 2017

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Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; February; March; April; May; June; July; August; September; October; November; December; January; February; Epilogue; Also From Profile Books
Summary 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 to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski-suit-wearing, bin-foraging Nicky. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, 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, always with a sharp and sympathetic eye
Subject Bythell, Shaun -- Diaries
SUBJECT Bythell, Shaun fast
Subject Bookstores -- Scotland -- Wigtown -- Diaries
Booksellers and bookselling -- Scotland -- Wigtown -- Diaries
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
Booksellers and bookselling
Bookstores
Scotland -- Wigtown
Genre/Form Electronic books
Diaries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782833635
1782833633