Trafficking in Old Books (Re: Alice's Bookshop. ) - 5 Angebote vergleichen

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, E. Manning Books.
Softcover (16 x 24 cm), 268 pages. ISBN: 0646364243. Ex-library copy. Good condition. The wraps are covered in a permanently attached archival book cover (laminate). Bumped, scuffed. The only external library markings are an index sticker ('B') affixed to head of spine and a library name stamp across the front page edge. There are library sticker/stamps on the first page, title page, and last page. Inside hinges reinforced with archival tape. Clean textblock. Pages tanning. "'Trafficking in Old Books' is for people who have a passion for books and bookshops (it will not make you rich or famous and it is emphatically no a how-to guide for making your fortune in secondhand books) -- it is for thinking, feeling human beings. This book celebrates a more kindly approach to life, far from the frantic world of high-flying careerist, global corporations, slick men in suits and stone-hearted economic rationalists. With gentle humour is shows how small-scale 'cottage-industries' such as bookshops can connect with the local communities they serve, how important values, such as consideration for other, decency and co-operation - so easily despised in our cut-through times - are essential to our quality of life. Weight (before packaging): 445g.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Bookwood [55344734], Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
First bookshop memoir and related essays by local Melbourne author & bookseller, which was followed by his popular second title, Fossicking For Old Books. Filled with wonderful and witty bookshop-related anecdotes and book stories (pun intended) surrounding Anthony Marshall's North Carlton bookshop, Alice's Bookshop. Foreword by Janet McCalman, University of Melbourne. Contents include an introduction and 52 wide-ranging chapters, with titles such as Inside Old Books, The Discount War, The Naming of Bookshops, Buying by the Book, Work Experience Experience, Shelving Matters, Library Spy, Really Useful Books, Let Sleeping Books Lie, End of 'The Affair', Sounds Appauling, An Hommage to Maistre Bradstreet, Reviewing the Books, Dress Optional, Tips of the Trade, Selling Techniques, etc. From rear cover: "Trafficking in Old Books is for people who have a passion for books and bookshops (it will not make you rich or famous and it is emphatically not a how-to guide for making your fortune in secondhand books) - it is for thinking, feeling human beings. If you're the sort of person who delighted in 84 Charing Cross Road - this is definitely for you! Anthony Marshall has been a bookdealer for over twenty years, most of that time in Melbourne. These essays, mixing anecdote, advice and provocative comment, take you right into the life (and shop) of a secondhand bookseller". A bare trace of shelfwear, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 268pp. SB-63. Size: 23.5 x 15.5cm.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Goodwillsocal, CA, Ontario, [RE:4].
Item is in Good condition: Item shows minor signs of wear and / or use but is completely intact and usable as intended. Please email us with any condition questions. Paperback.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Masalai Press.
North Carlton: Lost Domain. 2004. Trade paperback. Very good.. 268 p. Audience: General/trade. .

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Masalai Press, CA, Oakland, [RE:5].
268 p. Audience: General/trade. Trade paperback.